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Prehistory to 1500
4th period
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does Neolithic mean? | new stone |
| what does paleolithic mean? | old stone |
| what does nomatic mean? | you have no home |
| what does australopithecines mean? | southern ape |
| who was the first upright hominids? | australopithecines |
| when were the first upright hominids discovered? | 3-4 million years ago |
| what name do we call the first australopithecine? | lucy |
| how long ago were homo sapiens? | 120,000 years ago |
| how long ago were homo sapiens sapiens? | 30,000 BCE |
| What are homo sapiens sapiens? | Modern humans |
| when did the bearing strait get crossed? | 25,000 BCE |
| where do homo sapiens sapiens originate? | africa |
| where did homo erectus leave? | africa |
| what do nomads do? | follow food |
| what did men do? | hunted |
| what do women do? | gathered |
| DNA proves that we all come from where? | africa |
| Neolithic age is described by? | the tools they used |
| what is the most important movement in history? | Neolithic revolution |
| Neolithic age lasted how long? | 8,000-5,000BCE |
| what all defines a city? | food surplus, advanced cities, technology, workers, complex institutions, system of record keeping |
| where is the birthplace of civilization? | mesopotamia |
| where is Mesopotamia? | between tigris and euphrates |
| what modern country was Mesopotamia? | iraq |
| what is irrigation? | movement of water |
| what does meso mean? | middle |
| what does potamia mean? | river |
| around what do civilizations usually start around? | rivers |
| what does a river do to the land around it? | makes it fertile with minerals |
| who owned most of Mesopotamia? | Babylonian empire |
| what does bureaucracy mean? | compartments and departments |
| what does the code of Hammurabi basically mean? | to see an eye for an eye |
| if youre high class do you receive more or less punishment? | less |
| when did ancient Egypt begin? | 3100 BCE |
| where did ancient Egypt begin at? | the nile delta |
| how did the Egyptians write? | hieroglyphics |
| where did the nile flow? | north 4,000 miles |
| what was a social structure in ancient Egypt? | pyramid |
| where is Harappa? | ancient india |
| what modern day is Harappa? | pakistan |
| what is a caste system? | a rigid social level |
| who are Aryans? | European nomads |
| who created the caste system? | the aryans |
| what is a caste? | social level |
| what are the people outside the caste system called? | untouchables |
| should you speak or touch untouchables? | no |
| what does meso America mean? | mexico/central America |
| what is Olmec considered? | old mexico |
| what was the only pack animal? | llama |
| in what order was the caste system? | priest, warriors,workers,untouchables |
| what was the trade route for indias empire? | silk road |
| what is a desert ship? | camel |
| where did camel caravans take you? | from china to india, Africa, and Europe |
| what are some examples of luxury items that were traded? | silk or jewelry |
| what would also be exchanged while trading? | religion and culture |
| what was the first Chinese dynasty? | shang dynasty |
| which dynasty was the "writers"? | shang dynasty |
| what were questions carved in in the shang dynasty? | oracle bones |
| which dynasty is the mandate of heaven? | Zhou dynasty |
| what does Zhou sound like when pronounced? | joe |
| the qin dynasty was responsible for building what? | the great wall |
| what was the great walls purpose? | keep out nomads |
| were the greeks a one government country? | no |
| what did homer write? | odyssey and iliad |
| what is the Athens a source of? | western culture |
| Sparta was associated with mostly what? | war |
| how long did men from Sparta stay in the military? | until age 60 |
| what kind of government was over Sparta? | oligarchy |
| what is an oligarchy? | you have two kings |
| what was the Athens about? | democracy |
| what kind of democracy did the Athens have? | direct democracy |
| what is a direct democracy? | everyone votes |
| what war did the Athens lose to Sparta? | Peloponnesian war |
| who conquered most of Europe? | alexander the great |
| how old was alexander the great when he conquered most of Europe? | 20 |
| which empire did he spread? | greek |
| what age did alexander the great start? | helenistic age |
| whats another name for the helenistic age? | the golden age |
| what did most philosophers love? | wisdom |
| how did philosophers want to explain nature? | without saying the gods did it |
| Socrates is known for what method? | socratic method |
| how did Socrates die? | committed suicide |
| what was Socrates? | a martyr |
| what are 4 well known philosophers? | Socrates, plato, Aristotle, alexander the great |
| what is a democracy? | everyone votes |
| what is a republic? | people elect representatives |
| what kind of government did romans first have? | ruled by kings |
| what kind of government did the romans switch to? | republic |
| what kind of class were patricians? | upper class |
| who were patricians? | land owners |
| what kind of class were plebeians? | lower class |
| who are plebeians? | poor peasants |
| what did the senate do? | make laws |
| who was the senate? | plebeians |
| what were the 12 tables? | first set of roman laws |
| who did the jews in Israel resist? | romans |
| where was jesus born? | Nazareth |
| when was jesus born? | 1 CE |
| who claimed the messiah? | jesus and a small group of jews |
| when did jesus die? | 33CE |
| after jesus died what did a branch of Judaism develop into? | Christianity |
| where is Mali? | west Africa |
| what kinda trades would you make in mali? | gold and salt |
| where is malis capital? | Timbuktu |
| what doubled the size of mali? | mansa musa |
| where did mansa musa go? | micca |
| what did mansa musa bring back tons of? | gold |
| what was the largest land empire ever? | mongols |
| was the mongols military good? | yes |
| what two things were the mongols best with? | guns and horses |
| what was the name of the mongols army? | the golden horde |
| who did the golden horde conquer? | Russia |
| what stopped the mongols? | kamikaze |
| what is kamikaze? | huge stroms |
| who started and spread the empire? | Genghis kahn |
| where did ogedi die? | Poland |
| who created the yuan dynasty? | Kublai kahn |
| was the Japanese one big country? | no, small tribes |
| when did yamamoto unite? | 600s |
| what are samurais? | military servants |
| what is the bushido? | the samurai code |
| what does bushido mean? | the way of the warrior |
| was the Japanese agricultural based? | yes |
| what was the Japanese religion? | Shinto |
| what does patr mean? | father |
| what did they call Genghis kahn? | the universe ruler |
| what is Shinto? | spirits in all things |
| what did the muslim invade? | Christian territories |
| what do knights get penace for? | kill count or dying on a crusade |
| why did pope urban ll send nights on holy crusade to middle east? | to reclaim the holy lands |
| whose text did muslims preserve? | greek and roman |
| crusaders brought back whose text? | plato, Socrates, and Aristotle |
| European interactions with muslims lead to what? | the renaissance |
| what is a renaissance? | cultural rebirth |
| what two churches used to be together? | holy roman church and the eastern orthodox |
| when did the holy roman church and the eastern orthodox split? | 1054 |
| who could marry in the orthodox? | only priest |
| what language was orthodox bibles in? | greek |
| what was it called when the pope outlawed praying to pictures? | iconoclasm |
| how was the bubonic plague transported? | from middle east by traders |
| how much of europes population did the bubonic plague kill? | over 1/2 |
| who was the bubonic plague brought by? | mongols on silk road |
| what is the bubonic plague transmitted by? | rodents, fleas, and bacteria |
| why was there a loss in faith in church? | people thought the church could no longer protect them |
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