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World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what did hammurabi base his law code system on | strict justice |
| what ancient group invented the wagon wheel, potters wheel and the sundial | the sumerians |
| which river is the longest in the world | the nile river |
| who were the first indo european people to make use of iron | the hittites |
| how did the assyrians effective communication system work | horse relays |
| how many gods did the zoroastrianism believe in | 1 - monotheistic |
| who discovered the bones of the earlist known human at olduvai gorge | mary and louis leakey |
| what subspecies of human being do all human beings belong to today | homo sapien sapiens |
| why were the paleolithic people nomadic | followed the animals (food) |
| who were the first humans to learn to deliberately make fire | homo erectus |
| what was the real change of the neolithic revolution | became male dominated- hunter gathereer changed to systematic agriculture |
| WHAT are the six characteristics of civilization | art, writing, gov, cities, religion, social structure |
| what isthe best description of the neolithic revolution | development of new and improved tools, growing food, and keeping animals |
| what did farming in ancient mesopotamia result in | irrigation, drainage ditches, domestication, communities |
| what is hammurabi known for doing | establishing the first written code of law |
| what are the ten lost tribes | after the kindgom split into 2 due to Solomons death, the assyrians invaded, the israelites scattered- 10 tribes |
| who established the persian empire in the 6th century BCE | ednjs |
| what persian leader extended their empire to become the largest empire the world had ever seen | egjbdskxcm |
| what did the persians allow their conquered people to keep | religion and culture |
| what did akkadian leader sargan do around 2340 bce | created the worlds first empire |
| what civilization is accredited for the creation of cuneiform | the sumerians |
| egyptian history is split into what 3 major time periods | old, middle and new kingdoms |
| how did the people of egypt view the pharoah | as a god |
| what evidence showed that the people of the first civilizations believed in an afterlife | their tombs had all their belongings and food, etc |
| what civilization created an alphabet that is the basis fofr the english alphabet today | the Phoenicians |
| how did judaism differ from other religions of this time? what is the name of their holy book? | monotheistic and torah |
| what king was israel ruled under during the height of its power | solomon |
| what were the assyrians especially known for | military, being really organized, how badly they treated their prisoners |
| how were neolithic societies and the first civilizations similar | had some typpe of social structure |
| what was one of the greatest himan acheivements that emerged with the first civilizations | writing |
| the need to organize large scale irrigation projects can be a possible explanation for the origins of what | river valley civilizations |
| what was the political structure of the persian empire | bureaucracy (one ruler, multiple satrupts -- like governors) |
| how was indias society divided socially and who made this | the caste system and the assyrians |
| technological advances such as water mills for grinding grain, iron casting which led to steel, paper, and invention of the rudder and the fore and aft rigging is accredited to what asian civilization | han dynasty |
| who was one of the first scientists known to have used algebra | aryobhata |
| what did buddha believe suffering was caused by | material objects/ attachments |
| what religious view states the idea of humanity consists of a sense of compassion and empathy for others | confucianism |
| what chinese acheivement was most important to the development of traade | silk road |
| because of the physical geogrpahy of china, most early civilizations were -blank- from the rest of the world | isolated |
| consequence of the neolithic revolution | houses and store rooms built trade occured tension and jealousy male domination |
| early river valley civilizations, or complex socieities, were all extremely intelligent. what do we have today that we owe to all of these societies? explain their achievements and how we use them today. | 6 characteristics of civilization- art, writing, cities, government, religion, ss basic civilization, religions explained the unknown and are widely used today, art and writing are forms of expression and give a way to document what is happening |
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