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prehistory to 1500
history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does Neolithic mean? | new stone |
| what does paleolithic mean | old stone |
| what does austrolopithicines mean | southern ape |
| what were the austrolopithicines also called | lucy |
| what are modern humans called | homo sapien sapiens |
| where did homo sapien sapiens originate | africa |
| if the men hunted, what did women do? | gather |
| what land bridge did the prehistoric humans cross to get to food | bearing straight |
| what is considered the most important event in history | neliolithic revoluthin |
| what were the three ideas the came about during the neliolithic revolution? | cities, religion, and metal tools |
| name three things that a civilization consist of | food surplus and advanced technology |
| how are we all African Americans | we all originate in Africa |
| what were the tools people used in the neliolithic revolution made of | stone/metal |
| when your food and security are taken care of, your culture will what | flourish |
| what was considered the first civilization | Mesopotamia |
| what does Mesopotamia stand for | between the rivers |
| what are the two rivers that Mesopotamia is settled between | Tigris and Euphrates |
| what modern country is Mesopotamia | Iraq |
| how did the Mesopotamians gather water | irrigation |
| Mesopotamia was the "birthplace" of what | civilization |
| why are rivers where early civilizations start | land is fertile with nutrients |
| who was Hammurabi | first king of Babylon |
| what was the code by which Hammurabi ran his empire | the Code of Hammurabi |
| what concept does the code suggest | eye for an eye |
| what area did the Babylonian empire cover | most of Mesopotamia |
| how was the code of Hammurabi corrupted | higher class didn't get as bad of a punishment as the lower class |
| where did ancient Egypt settle | Nile Delta |
| what form of writing did Hammurabi develop | cuneiform |
| what type of writing did ancient Egyptians use | hieroglyphics |
| what direction does the Nile river flow | north |
| what is ancient Egypt's social structure | pyramid |
| what is Harappa | ancient India |
| what river was Harappa built on | Indus |
| Harappa is modern day what | Pakistan |
| where did the Aryans travel from | Europe |
| what social structure did the Aryans bring to Harappa | Caste system |
| what is an untouchable | someone who is below the caste system |
| what is Mesoamerica | central America and Mexico |
| what were the tribes of Mesoamerica | Olmec, Inca Aztecs, Maya |
| what were the silk roads | trade routes for India's empires |
| what did the Indians trade on the silk roads | silk, jewelry and spices |
| what other things were traded on the silk roads | culture and religion |
| what places were included in the trade routs | Europe, Africa, china, and India |
| what was the first Chinese dynasty | Shang |
| what was the Shang dynasties form of writing | oracle bones |
| what did the Zhou dynasty develop | the mandate of heaven |
| what was the qin dynasty known for | building the great wall of china |
| ancient Greece was what instead of one single country | city states |
| what famous pieces of literature is homer know for | the odyssey and the Iliad |
| Athens is know as the source of what | western culture |
| what did Athens create | drama |
| Sparta was all about what | war |
| Athens was all about what | democracy |
| Athens lost to whom in the Peloponnesian war | Sparta |
| who conquered most of the Mediterranean by the age of 20 | alexander the great |
| alexander the great started the Hellenistic age, also known as what | Golden age |
| what did philosophers want to explain without saying the gods did it | nature |
| who was the philosopher who became a martyr by committing suicide | Socrates |
| who was Plato | Socrates' apprentice |
| The roman empire started off as a monarch, then became what | a republic |
| what were the patricians | upper class |
| what were the plebians | lower class |
| what were the 12 tablets | the first set of roman laws |
| who resisted the romans in Israel | Jews |
| where was Jesus born | Nazareth |
| where is Mali | west Africa |
| what valuable mineral was sold out of Mali | salt |
| what is the capital of Mali | Timbuktu |
| where did Mansa Musa go when he became a Muslim | Mecca |
| when Mansa Musa traveled to Mecca, what did he take tons of with him | gold |
| the Mongols had the largest what ever | land empire |
| Mongols were best with guns and what | horses |
| what conquered Russia for Mongolia | Golden Horde |
| who died that made the Mongols return to Mongolia | Ogedei |
| what was the huge storms that keep the Mongols out of japan | Kamikaze |
| who started the Mongol empire | Genghis Kahn |
| aristocrats hire who as military servants | samurai |
| what is Japanese religion called | Shinto |
| what did Japanese people worship | kami |
| what caused the crusades | Muslims invading Christian territories |
| knights get what for kill count or death in battle | pennance |
| pope urban sent knights on holy crusade to reclaim what | holy lands |
| what lead to the renaissance | crusaders bringing back ancient texts of Socrates and Plato |
| what does renaissance stand for | cultural rebirth |
| what was the great schism | eastern orthodox church split from catholic |
| where did bubonic plague originate from | middle east |
| plague killed how much of Europe's population | over 1/2 |
| who brought the plague to europe | mongols |
| how was the disease transmitted | rodents, fleas, etc. |
| what did the plague cause in churches | loss of faith |
| what is another affect of the plague | mass burials |
| plague caused a decline in what | church power |
| what was rumored to exist during the time of the plague | vampires |
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