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Prehistory to 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is another word for Australopithecines? | Lucy |
| What does Australopithecine mean? | Southern Ape |
| What does Nomadic mean? | No home |
| Agriculture (Neolithic Revolution) is what? | The most important event in history |
| Race is determined by what? | Climate |
| What does Neolithic Age mean? | It's about the tools you use |
| What does Mesopotamia mean? | Birthplace of Civilization |
| Mesopotamia is where? | In between the rivers |
| What is irrigation? | Moving water |
| What is a civilization? | 1. Food Surplus 2. Advanced Cities 3. Advanced Technology 4. Skilled Workers 5. Complex Institutions - government, religion 6. System of Writing/record keeping |
| Where did we all come from? | Africa |
| Where is Mesopotamia now? | Modern day Iraq |
| Homo Sapiens Sapiens are what? | Modern humans |
| What is between Tigris and Euphrates? | Mesopotamia |
| What does Neolithic mean? | New Stone |
| What does Paleolithic mean? | Old Stone |
| What does Nomadic mean? | To follow food |
| Where did Homo Sapiens Sapiens originate? | Africa |
| What did men do? | Hunt |
| What did women do? | Gather |
| What was he Code of Hammurabi? | An eye for an eye |
| What was the writings called in Ancient Egypt? | Hieroglyphics |
| Which way does the Nile flow? | North |
| What is Bureaucracy? | Compartments |
| Cuneiform is what kind of writing? | Mesopotamia |
| When did Hammurabi reign? | 1700s BCE |
| Who got less of a punishment? | Higher Class |
| What was the Rosetta Stone used for? | To translate hieroglyphics |
| What did the Social Structure look like in Ancient Egypt? | A pyramid |
| What does Harappa mean? | Ancient India |
| What does Caste mean? | Social Level |
| What was the Social Level in Caste System? | 1. Priests 2. Warriors 3. Workers |
| What group was outside of the Caste System? | Untouchables |
| What are the Untouchables considered to be? | Sub-Human |
| Who should not be touched or spoken to? | Untouchables |
| What is Hierarchy? | Rankings |
| What does Mesoamerica mean? | Mexico/Central America |
| Why did Mesoamerica start later? | Inhabited later and bad geography (mountains/deserts) |
| No Beast of ______? | Burden (pack animals) |
| What means Old Mexico? | Olmec |
| Trade rotes for India's empire is known as what? | Silk Roads |
| What was known as the desert ship? | Camels |
| Camel Caravans traveled from and to where? | From China to India, Africa, and Europe |
| What kinds of Luxury items were carried on the Silk Road? | Silk/Jewelry |
| The Silk Road also exchanged what? | Religion and Culture |
| Shang Dynasty used what? | Oracle Bones |
| Zhou Dynasty believed in what? | Mandate of Heaven |
| Qin Dynasty did what? | Built the Great Wall to keep out nomads |
| Polis means what? | City |
| Greek was what? | City states. Not one big country. |
| Wes Europe and the United States are known as what? | "The West" |
| Athens was what? | The source of Western culture |
| Who invented drama? | Athens |
| Athens was all about what? | Democracy (Direct) |
| What is Direct Democracy? | Everyone votes |
| Sparta was all about what? | War |
| Sparta was what? | Isolated, Oligarchy |
| What does Oligarchy mean? | Ruled by few |
| What war did Athens lose to Sparta in? | Peloponnesian War |
| By what age was Alexander the Great when he conquered most of the Mediterranean? | 20 |
| Who spread Greece the farthest? | Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Great started Hellenistic (_____) Age | Golden |
| Where did Alexander the Great spread Greece to? | Greece to India |
| Who questioned everything? | Socrates |
| The Philosophers wanted to do what? | Explain nature without saying "the gods did it" |
| What is a Republic Democracy? | People pick Reps |
| Roman was ruled by kings, then what? | Republic |
| What are patricians? | Upper class, people who owned land |
| What are Plebeians? | Lower class, poor people/peasants |
| What did the Senate do? | Make laws |
| What was the first set of Roman laws? | 12 Tables |
| What are two Roman laws that are like the laws we have today? | 1. Innocent until proven guilty 2. Right to defend self in court |
| Who did the Jews in Israel resist? | Romans |
| Jesus was born when? | 1 AD |
| What happened after Jesus's death? | Branch of Judaism developed into Christianity |
| Where is Mali? | West Africa |
| What was traded in Mali? | Gold and Salt |
| What is the capital of Mali? | Timbuktu |
| What did Mansa Musa do? | Doubled the size of Mali |
| What was brought to Mali? | Tons of Gold |
| Who had the largest land empire ever? | Mongols |
| Who almost took over the world? | The Mongols |
| Who died to keep the Mongols from taking over Europe? | Ogedi |
| What storm hit that keep the Mongols from taking over Japan? | Kamikaze (divine winds) |
| Japan was what? | Agriculture based, rice |
| Japan used what? | Feudal Land System |
| Who invaded the "Christian" territories? | Muslims |
| What did Muslims preserve? | Greek and Roman text |
| Crusaders brought back text such as who? | Plato and Aristotle |
| What did the Muslims lead to? | The Renaissance |
| The Muslims brought what into the world? | 1. Science 2. Technological Advancements 3. Mathematical Advancements 4. Banking |
| What did the Holy Roman Church and Eastern Orthodox Church do? | Split |
| What does Schism mean? | Split |
| Who was the only aloud to marry in the Great Schism? | Orthodox Priest |
| What was the Black Plague? | Bubonic Plague |
| Where did the Black Plague travel to? | Middle East |
| Who carried the Black Plague to the Middle East? | Traders, Mongols on the Silk Roads |
| How many people did the Black Plague kill? | 1/2 of Europe's pop |
| What was the Black Plague transmitted by? | Rodents, Fleas, Bacteria |
| Loss of what is the Church? | Faith |
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