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Mrs. Hughes
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Neolithic Era societies do? | developed agriculture, dometicated animals |
| What is a civilization? | basic charateristics of a civilization are cities, government, religion, social structure, writing, and art |
| What are the River Valley Civilizations? | Cradles of Civilizations Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China |
| What type of religion did most early civilizations practice? | polytheism-a belief in many Gods (opposite of monotheism) |
| What rivers is the Mesopotamian civilization centered around? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| What is the land between two rivers called? | Fertile Crecsent |
| What are the rivers in Egypt, India, and China? | Nile, Indus River, Huang He/Yellow river |
| Who wrote in Hieroglyphics, Cuneiform, and sanskrit? | Egyptians,Sumerians,Indo-Aryans |
| What are city states? | a form of government consisting of a city and the countryside around them |
| What is cultural diffusion? | The spreading and mixing of cultures and ideas usually through trade and other contact of people. |
| What is the Silk Road? | Ancient trade route connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea |
| What were the two most important city-states in Greece? | Sparta and Athens |
| What physical features helped create seperate city states in Greece? | Mountains |
| Where did our form of democracy orginate? | Athens, greece |
| Who was Alexander the Great? | Greek ruler who united the greek city states and spread greek culture from Europe, to Africa, to Asia by conquests |
| What were the stages of government in Rome? | Monarchies, Dictators, Republicanisn |
| What is the medieval Period? | Period between 500 AD to 1500 AD |
| What is feudalism? | The system of govenrment during the medieval period based on loyalty and servitute to the king |
| What is the Black Death? | Bubonic Plague that spread through Europe killing 55 Million People |
| What is the Renaissance Period? | Rebirth of ideas,humanism,inventions: Printing Press, Caravels, Astrolabe: Led to Exploration |
| What is the Columbian Exchange? | Transfer of plants, animals, and ideas from one hemisphere to another. |
| What was the Triangular trade? | system of trade involving Europe, Africa,and the Americas(slaves, rum, and Sugar) |
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