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Prehistory 1500's

QuestionAnswer
Who was Lucy? Australopithecine
Where was Lucy from? Etheopia, and the continent Africa
What 2 continents are connected by land bridge? North America and Asia
What makes race? climate
What is a Nomad? follow the food, no home, men hunted and women gathered
Describe Agriculture Revolution? 1) most important event in history 2)learns farming and herding 3)women started it
What do we have now because of Agriculture Revolution? 1)cities 2)religion 3)metal tools
What is Civilization? Food surplus, advanced cities, advanced technology, skilled workers, complex institutions (government, religion), system of writing (record keeping).
Where is the birthplace of Civilization? Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean? Meso Potamia middle rivers
Where is Mesopotamia? between Tigris and Euphlates
Paleolithic Age means? Paleo Lithic Old Stone
Neolithic Age means? New Stone
BC, BCE, AD, CE Before Crist, Before Common Eror, Anna Domini, Common Eror
Where was Rosetta stone found and what does it have? The city of Rosetta in Egypt. Had same text in 3 languages
What was Mesoamerica? middle America
Describe Silk Road trade route for India's empires
What are the 3 Chinease Dynasties? 1) Shang Dynasty 2) Zhou Dynasty 3)Qin Dynansty
What did the Qin dynasty do? Great Wall of China, which kept nomads out
What did the Shang Dynasty do? Orcle bones that tell the future and was their only form of writing
What did the Zhou Dynasty do? mandate of heaven, gods lead the rulers keep ruling if fair to the people
What did the Greeks invent? Drama
Sparta was all about what? War
Athens were all about what? Direct Democracy : all vote
Sparta was ruled by: few, 2 kings
Who did the Athens lose to in the Peloponnesian war? Sparta
Alexander the Great ruled most of what by age 20: Mediterranean
Who were the Greek Philosophers? Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great
Plato was whose student? Socrates'
Aristotle was whose student? Plato's
Alexander the Great was whose student? Aristotle's
Describe what the Greek Philosophers did: open minded, wanted to explain why things happened without saying "The Gods did it"
What are Patricians? Land owners, theyre in charge, upper class. Patri= Father
Who were the Romans rules by? Kings, then Republic
What are Plebeians? lower class, poor, peasents
What is the senate? Patrician, they made laws
The 12 table was? first set of Romans laws
Where did Ancient rome start? Italy
What was the biggest empire ever? Constantine
What did Constantine see? burning cross in the sky which caused his to convert to Christianity
After Constantine saw the burning cross and converted to a Christian, what did the rest of the Romans do? converted to Christianity as well
What do most Americans have? Europe ancestors
Where did America come from? Europe
Who did Mali defeat? Ghana
What did Mali bring? gold, and the salt trade
What did mansa musa do? went to mecca as a muslim and brought back tons of gold
What is the largest land empire ever? The Mongols
The Mongols military was? and why? strong because they are the best with guns and horses.
Kahn means? leader
where did kahn die? battle in western border
After Kahn died, what did the rest have to do? they all returned to Mongolia
Easter Border Japan had what? huge storms and divine winds
Who were the important mongols? Genghis Kahn. Ogedi Kahn, and Kublai Kahn
who was Genghis kahn and what did he did? he was the grandfather, he started and spread Mongolia (empire)
who was ogedi kahn and what did he do? he was the son and he died in poland
who was Kublai kahn and what did he do? he was the grandson and he took china and called it yuan dynasty
What is a Samurai Knight? warrior
Japanease beginning grew a lot of what and why? rice because they were agriculture based
The way of the warrior was called what? Bushido, the samurai code
what was Seppuku? samurai killed themselves instead of dying in battle
Anmistic means? spirits in all
worshipped kami means? spirits in ancestors
Who hires samurai and military servants? Aristocrats
True or False: European feudalism and Japanese feudalism are similar? true
What are crusades? Christians vs. Muslims over holy lands
why would Christians start the crusades? Muslim invasions over holy lands/ Christian territories
what do knights get rewards in heaven for? for kill count or dying in a crusade (die in battle)
who sent knights on holy crusades to the middle east to reclaim the holy lands? Pope Urban II
what is a influence gained by European interactions with Muslims? Muslims preserved Greek and Roman texts
crusades bringing back texts is what for the Europeans? an influence they gained by interacting with Muslims
True or False: Europeans gained science, technological advancements, mathematical advancements, and banking all from interacting with Muslims? True
who started the first Christian church? (catholic) peter the 1st pope
who was the only ones that could marry? orthodox priests
are orthodox bibles in Greek or Latin? Greek
iconoclasm was what? the pope outlawing praying to pictures
what was one effect of the black plaque? cause: Mongols on the silk road brought fleas and bacteria. Effect: Killed over half of Europe's population
bubonic plaque is what? another name for the black plaque
What is a australopithecine? first hominid (human like)
what does Mesolithic mean? middle stone
What are homeosaphien saphiens? humans like us
what do homeosaphien saphiens do? orginate in Africa, take over and kill other species
who brought the caste system? Aryans
Who were the Aryans? Untouchables, European nomads, subhumans
What did the Aryans do? touch dead bodies
The pravidians was who? workers, they were outside of the caste system
Where was Homer from and what did he do? he was a poet from Greece, he wrote odyssey and iliad
who was one of 3 that took over the world? alexander the great
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