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Prehistory to 1500
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does Neolithic mean? | new stone |
| what does Paleolithic mean? | old stone |
| what does austrolapithacine mean? | southern ape |
| what is the austrolapithacine's nickname? | Lucy |
| where was "Lucy" found? | Africa |
| what're we considered as humans? | Homo Sapiens Sapiens |
| Where can all humans trace their heritage too? | Africa |
| What do you call a person the travels because of food? | Nomad |
| When was the Neolithic Age? | 8,000 to 5,000 BCE |
| What was the most important event in History? | The Neolithic Age |
| What came out of the Neolithic age? | Agriculture, Religion, and Metal Tools. |
| What is a civilization? | Food surplus Advanced Cities Advanced technology Skilled Workers Complex Institutions- Government, Religion. System of writing |
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | In the middle of rivers. |
| Where is Mesopotamia located? | Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Where is modern day Mesopotamia? | Iraq |
| With a sense of safety, what did this give people the time to do? | Think |
| What determines race? | Climate. The closer to the equator the darker the skin. |
| What is evolution? | The belief that people evolved from lesser creatures. |
| How are we all African American? | We can trace our history to Africa. |
| How are we all Native Americans? | We all were born here in the USA. |
| Why are rivers where early civs start? | The land is fertile with minerals. |
| What is Bureaucracy? | "Department" of early civilization. |
| Who is Hamurabi? | The first king of Babylon |
| What was the code of laws set in place named after Hamurabi? | Hamurabi's Code |
| What is Cuneiform? | Early Mesopotamian writing (wedge form). |
| What is a saying that summarizes the Code of Hamurabi? | "An eye for an eye." |
| What was the Social Hierarchy structure in Egypt? | A pyramid. |
| In what direction does the Nile flow? | North |
| What was Harappa? | Ancient India |
| What is modern day Harappa? | Pakistan |
| What is the Caste System? | A rigid social hierarchy |
| What was the first civilization to build cities using a grid system? | Harappa |
| What is a beast of burden? | Animals that can be used to work. |
| Why was Meso America inhabited later? | *Bad geography *No beasts of burden |
| 1200 BCE- Mexico | Olmec |
| 300-900 CE- Mexico | Maya |
| 1100s CE- Mexico | Aztec |
| 1400s CE- Peru | Inca |
| What Kind of writing did the ancient Egyptians use? | Hieroglyphics |
| Who took over ancient India? | The Syrians |
| What is the Silk Road? | Several roads that allowed trade through the east. |
| What is a caravan? | A large group of travelers. |
| What kind of items were traded on the Silk Road? | Luxury items |
| What were the two most important exchanges on the silk road? | Religion & Culture |
| What important object did the Shang Dynasty give us? | Oracle bones |
| What important object did the Zhou Dynasty give us? | The mandate of Heaven (Rulers ruled until the Gods thought their reign should come to an end). |
| What important object did the Qin Dynasty give us? | The Great Wall of China |
| Why was The Great Wall built? | To keep nomads out. |
| What is the only man made object you can see from space? | The Great Wall of China |
| Greece was made up of what? | Many small city states, not one whole country. |
| What did Homer write? | The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| What were two main City States in Greece? | Sparta and Athens |
| What was Sparta all about? | War |
| What was Athens all about? | Democracy |
| What did Alexander the Great do? | Unify Greece and conquer most of the Mediterranean |
| What age did this spread of Greece start? | Hellenistic (Golden) Age |
| What is a direct democracy? | The people vote on everything. |
| What is Democracy? | Governed by the people. |
| What War did Athens and Sparta Fight in? | The Peloponnesian War |
| What is Philosophy? | Rational Though. |
| Who were the great Philosophers? | Socrates Plato Aristotle Alexander the Great |
| Where did the USA get there government? | Ancient Rome. |
| What was Rome's Government? | A replublic. |
| What were the upper class Romans called? | Patricians |
| What were the lower class Romans called? | Plebeians |
| What was the first set of Roman Laws? | 12 Tables |
| What is a republic? | The people elect representatives in the government. |
| What religion was Jesus? | Jewish |
| What were the two main exports from Mali? | Salt and Gold |
| What is the capital of Mali? | Timbuktu |
| Who was Mansa Musa? | A man that doubled the size of Mali and became a Muslim. |
| What did the Mongols do? | Took over almost all of the East |
| What did the Mongols have? | The Largest Military. |
| What was the Mongols Army's Name? | The Golden Horde |
| Why didn't the Mongols take over Japan? | Kamikazes (Divined Winds) |
| What made the Mongols land so unique? | They had the largest land empire ever. |
| Who was the first Mongol King? | Genghis Khan |
| Where did Ogedi die? | Poland |
| What did Kublai Khan do? | Took over China, called it the Yuan dynasty. |
| Who first started fighting using biological warfare? | The Mongols. |
| What land system did Japan use? | The Feudal System |
| What kind of Religion did Japan have? | Shinto (animated). |
| What were the crusades? | Religious wars between Christians and Muslims. |
| What did the Muslims do that preserved some history? | They saved books (instead of burning them). |
| What kind of texts did the Muslims Preserve? | Roman and Greek |
| What kind of texts did the Christian Crusaders bring back? | Socrates and Plato |
| What did the Crusades lead to? | The Renaissance |
| What did the Renaissance bring? | Advancements in Science, technology, mathematics, and banking. |
| What's a Schism? | A split |
| What two Churches separated? | The Roman Catholic and The Eastern Orthodox. |
| What language was the Orthodox Bible in? | Greek not Latin. |
| What is Iconoclasm? | The worship of idols. |
| What does Catholic mean? | The one and only. |
| What caused the Bubonic plague? | Infected fleas on rats, brought by traders from the Middle East. |
| How many people did the Bubonic Plague kill? | Over 2/3 of the European population. |
| What did The Bubonic Plague cause? | A loss in faith. |
| What did the loss in faith cause? | Caused a loss of power in the church. |
| What happened between the Popes of both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches? | They Excommunicated each other. |
| What was fought over during the Crusades? | The "Holy" Lands. |
| How was the Bubonic Plague spread? | From human to human Interaction. |
| Who brought the Bubonic Plague? | The Mongols |
| What advancement did the Bubonic Plague bring? | Advancements in Medication. |
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