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Pre-History to 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does paleo mean? | Old |
| What does BCE mean? | Before Common Era |
| What two places does the bearing strait connect? | Alaska and Russia |
| What are the nicknames of Australopithecines? | Lucy |
| Where did the first homo sapiens sapiens orginate? | Africa |
| What does Nomadic mean? | To follow food |
| What were the jobs of the men and women in the tribe? | The men hunted and the women gathered |
| What is the bearing strait? | Land Bridge |
| What does Homo Erectus mean? | Upright Human |
| Who were the first modern humans? | Homo Sapiens Sapiens |
| What are the five main things you need for a city? | 1.A food surplus 2.Advanced Cities 3.Advanced Technology 4. Skilled workers 5.Complex Institutions 6.System of writing and record keeping |
| Where was Mesopotamia located? | Between The Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| What is needed to maintain your city? | When you have your food and security secure |
| What modern day city is Mesopotamia located in? | Modern Day Iraq |
| Who was Hammurabi? | The king of Babylon |
| What kind of writing did the Egyptians use? | Hieroglyphs |
| What does a Caste system mean? | The level at which you are in the community |
| What was the code of Hammurabi? | An eye for a eye |
| What was the second dynasty of the Chinese empire | The Zhou Dynasty |
| What dynasty started construction on the great wall? | Qin Dynasty |
| What was the mandate of heaven? | A thing that says the ruler can rule as long as he wants as he is fair |
| What was the major difference between Sparta and Athens? | Sparta was all about war Athens was all about democracy |
| What age did Alexander The Great start? | Hellenistic (Golden Age) |
| Who was Alexander the Great? | Roman General who conquered most of the Mediterranean |
| What were the philosophers number one goal? | Trying to explain nature while keeping the gods out of it. |
| What were the 12 tables? | The first set of Roman laws. |
| Who did the romans still all their ideas from? | The Greeks |
| When was Jesus born? | 1CE-ish |
| After the death of Jesus what was the branch of religion that came from Judaism? | Christianity |
| What was the Capital of Mali? | Timbuktu |
| What did Mansa Musa do? | Doubled the size of Mali |
| What did Mansa Musa do at Mecca? | Brought tons of gold and handed to everybody |
| Who were the Mongols? | The largest land empire ever |
| What weapons did the mongols use best? | Guns,Horses,and Bows |
| What was the mongol army that conqured Russia? | The Golden Hoard |
| What was the reason the mogols didn't take Europe? | Because Ogedei Khan died |
| What was the reason the mongols didn't take over Japan either? | Because huge storms came and stopped the mongols |
| Who was the most important and legendary mongol? | Genghis Kahn |
| When did the mongols start using Biological Warfare? | When they first encounterd castles |
| Who were the people that hired samurais as a personal army? | The Aristocats |
| What was the name of the samurai code | The Bushido |
| Which decedent of Genghis Kahn took china? | Kulabi Kahn |
| What dynasty did the mongols start after they took China? | The Yuan dynasty |
| What was the name of Genghis Kahn's son? | Ogedi Kahn |
| How and where did Genghis Kahn's son die? | In Poland with a arrow shot in the neck |
| How did China start out? | As small tribes not one big goverment |
| Who was the first humanoide to stand upright? | Lucy |
| How was the romans ruled at first? | By king's |
| Then later how were the romans ruled? | By a Senate (Republic) |
| What was the upper and lower classes called in rome? | Upper was Patricames and the lower classes were the Plebians |
| What does Disaporia mean? | A mass migration of people |
| Who resisted the romans? | The jews in Israel |
| What was Malis main exports? | Gold and Salt |
| What did Mansa Musa do? | Doubled the size of Mali |
| Who did the Japanese worship? | kami (spirits of ancestors) |
| What land system did the Japanese use? | The Fedual land system |
| What does animistic mean? | spirits in all things |
| What was the main grain for Japan? | Rice |
| What were the Crusades about? | Reclaming the Holy Land in the middle east |
| What did the muslims preserve? | Greek and Roman texts |
| What made the Roman church and the East Orthodox Church split? | Diffrences in relgion |
| What did the pope outlaw? | praying to icons or pictures |
| Where did the Jews end up after the left Israel? | Germany |
| How much of the population of Europe did the Bubonic plauge kill? | Over 1/2 |
| Who brought the Bubonic plague to europe? | The Mongols |
| How did the bubonic paluge get to Europe? | The Silk Road |
| What helped lead to the decline of the church? | Loss of faith in the church to protect people |
| How did the Bubonic get transmitted? | Rodents,Fleas, and Bcteria |
| What does Crusade meaen? | A holy war |
| What is the meaning of Peance? | A reward in Heaven |
| What did Socrates do instead of going to a trial? | Commited Suicide |
| Who drew the Jews out of Israel? | The Romans |
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