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Lambert/Dupont WH
Lambert/Dupont World History Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions | civilization |
| Many of the most important early civilization grew up here due to fertile soil and water. | River Valleys |
| An object made or changed by humans. | artifacts |
| A period of human development up to about 4000 B.C. during which people used stone tools | The Stone Age |
| Civilization that contained democracy, city-states, social class structure, Alexander the Great, greatest during the 5th century | Greek |
| Civilization that contained alphabet, arch, aqueducts and roads, republic, Caesar, Constantine | Roman |
| Civilization that contained Darius, barter economy, coins, Cyrus the Great, road systems | Persian |
| Civilization that contained alphabet, shipping, manufacturing and trade, purple dye | Phoenicians |
| Civilization that contaiend a dynasty, Great Wall, Silk Road/trade. | Chinese |
| A period beginning in Europe about 470 A.D. and lasting until l500 A. D. | The Dark Ages |
| Birth place of Hinduism and Buddhism | India |
| The Nile Valley location | Africa |
| Typical of the Sumerian civilization | Ziggurats |
| A religious war that occurred during the ll00s | The Crusades |
| King John of England agreed this in 1215 and it guaranteed personal liberties. | Magana Carta |
| 1. Trained apprentices for work 2.Set quality standards 3.offered opportunities for socializing. | The Guild System |
| The first humans to move into North and South America | Paleo Indians |
| The land bridge that connected Asia and North America | Beringia |
| Prehistoric Indians who hunted animals and gathered plants to survive | Hunter-Gatherers |
| The last prehistoric period of Native American development | Neo Period |
| Constructed large mounds, trade systems and government in present day Louisiana | Poverty Point Indians |
| Probably made a landing in North America in the l000 | Leif Ericson |
| Look for gold, spreading Christianity and securing land for the empire motivated these explorers. | European Explorers |
| The obstacles faced by the early European | Poor maps and poor navigation tools |
| A difficulty that early explorers of North America experienced | fear of the unknown |
| A Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain | Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
| An Italian explorer who traveled across Asia in the lated l300s and l400s | Marco Polo |
| Claimed southwest United States for what country Spain | Francisco Coronado |
| Overthrew the Aztec rulers of Mexico for Spain | Hernando Cortez |
| Overthrew the Inca civilization. | Fernando Pizarro |
| An English explorer, landed in North America and claimed the mainland for Great Britain. | John Cabot |
| Claimed Quebec for France | Samuel de Champlain |
| Claimed the Mississippi River Valley | Robert LaSalle |
| European goals during this time period were expansion of empires and power, increase in wealth and improved balance of trade, and desire to spread Christianity. | Age of Exploration |
| Made voyages of discovery along West Africa | Portuguese people |
| Establishing trading posts between the American Indians and Europeans | cultural interaction |
| A reason for conflict between the American Indians and the Europeans | Struggle over land |
| Conquered and enslaved the American Indians during Europeans exploration | Spanish |
| The American Indians taught this to the English | Farming Techniques |
| The terms, Rabbi, Passover, and synagogue are a part of which religion | Judaism |
| The religious movement in Europe in the l500s seeking to reform the Catholic Church and leading to the establishment of Protestant churches. | Reformation |
| Belief in one God | monotheistic religion |
| Belief in one god, sacred text is the Torah, began in Ancient Mesopotamia | Judaism |
| Belief in God and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, sacred text is the Holy Bible, Rome | Christanity |
| Belief in Allah, sacred text is the Qur'an, began in Arabian Pennisula, leader Muhammed | Islam |
| Belief in three gods (Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, sacred text is Vedas and "Baghavad Gita", began in India | Hinduism |
| Teachings of the Enlightened One, began in India | Buddhism |
| teaches balance, began in China | Taoism, Confucianism |
| The ruler of the Byzantine Empire | Justinian |
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