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VA WHI SOL 2-4
SOL 2-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who emerged in East Africa between 100,000 - 400,000 years ago? | HOMO SAPIENS |
| Homo Sapiens ________________ from Africa to Eurasia, Australia and the Americas | MIGRATED |
| Early Humans were hunter gatherers whose survival depended on the availability of _______________ | WILD PLANTS AND ANIMALS |
| Paleolithic means... | OLD STONE AGE |
| Paleolithic people were nomads who followed the ______________. | FOOD |
| Early Humans invented the first tools, created the first cave art, and learned how to make and use _________ to stay warm, cook their food, and ward off predators. | FIRE |
| Early Humans lived in ________, developed an __________ language and created ____________ art | CLANS / ORAL / CAVE |
| Societies during the Neolithic (New Stone Age) domesticated what two things? | PLANTS AND ANIMALS |
| Who studies past culture by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils and artifacts | ARCHAEOLOGISTS |
| What is a scientific test used to date and analyze fossils and artifacts? | CARBON DATING |
| What is an example of an archaeological site in England started during the Neolithic and finished during the Bronze Age? | STONEHENGE |
| What two cities are examples of early cities in the Fertile Crescent? | ALEPPO AND JERICHO |
| What is an example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation in Anatolia? | CATALHOYUK |
| Which river valley civilization took place in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley? | MESOPOTAMIAN |
| Which river valley civilization took place in the Nile River Valley and Nile Delta? | EGYPTIAN |
| Which river valley civilization took place in the Indus River Valley (South Asia)? | INDIAN |
| Which river valley civilization took place in the Huang He Valley (East Asia)? | CHINESE |
| River valleys offered rich __________ and irrigation ___________ | SOIL / WATER |
| The River valleys tended to be in locations easily protected from _______________ by nomads | INVASIONS |
| Who settled between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River and practiced Judaism? | HEBREWS |
| Who settled along the Mediterranean coast and were known for trading on the sea and a first form of alphabet? | PHOENICIANS |
| What civilization was located on the Nile River south of Egypt in Africa? | NUBIAN |
| Most early civilizations had a rigid class system where ____________ was accepted but was not based on race. | SLAVERY |
| ____________________ rulers passed their titles to their children. | HEREDITARY |
| Early civilizations had hereditary rulers such as as kings or ______________ in Egypt | PHARAOHS |
| City-states, kingdoms and empires are all examples of the world's first ... | STATES |
| Centralized governments were often based on ___________________ authority. | RELIGIOUS |
| Written by a Babylonian king, it was one of the world's first law codes. Included "an eye for an eye" | HAMMURABI'S CODE |
| Hebrews followed the ______________________________ and believed they were given to Moses by God. "Thou shalt not..." | 10 COMMANDMENTS |
| The first two types of metal for tools and weapons were... | BRONZE and IRON |
| Most early civilizations believed in many gods or... | POLYTHEISM |
| The Hebrews were the first group of people to believe in only one God or... | MONOTHEISM |
| _____________________ is considered the founder of Judaism | ABRAHAM |
| ____________________ led the Jews out of Egypt. | MOSES |
| The holy city of Judaism is... | JERUSALEM |
| The written records and beliefs of the Jews is called the ... | TORAH (first 5 books of the Old Testament) |
| The Jewish people spread away from their homeland. This spreading out, which helped spread Judaism, was called | DIASPORA |
| The earliest written languages were symbols collectively known as ... | PICTOGRAMS |
| The writing of Ancient Egyptians is called... | HIEROGLYPHICS |
| The writing of Ancient Sumerians on clay tablets is called... | CUNEIFORM |
| Built on earlier central Asian and Mesopotamian civilizations, __________ developed the largest empire in the world | PERSIA |
| Persians believed in ______________ of their conquered people. They basically let people do their own thing. | TOLERANCE |
| The Persians constructed the ______________________________ system for trade and travel. It helped the army move quickly throughout the empire. | ROYAL ROAD |
| The religion of the Persians with a belief in two opposing forces (good vs evil) in the universe was called.. | ZOROASTRIANISM |
| What two mountain ranges and one body of water made it difficult to invade the Indian Civilization | HINDU KUSH / HIMALAYAS / INDIAN OCEAN |
| The most important two rivers in the Indus River Valley were the ... | INDUS AND GANGES |
| The two most important cities in the Indus River Valley were ... | HARAPPA and MOHENJO-DARO |
| What group of people crossed into the Indian subcontinent from the North and brought in the Caste system, a social class system that would influence all social actions and occupations? | ARYANS |
| Which Empire spread Buddhism with ASOKA, had free hospitals, good roads and veterinary clinics? | MAURYAN |
| What was the Golden Age of the Indian Civilization that included setting of bones, CONCEPT OF ROUND EARTH, CONCEPT OF ZERO, textiles and literature? | GUPTA |
| What Indian religion has many forms of one God? | HINDUISM |
| What is rebirth based on karma? | REINCARNATION |
| What is knowledge that all thoughts and actions result in future consequences? | KARMA |
| Hinduism was spread on trade routes and two of its holy texts are... | VEDAS and UPANISHADS |
| Who founded Buddhism? | SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA |
| Whose missionaries and writings spread Buddhism from India to China and other parts of Asia? | ASOKA |
| What is another name for the Huang He River? | YELLOW RIVER |
| Settlements from the North kept invading China so Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi built the... | GREAT WALL OF CHINA |
| The ________________ facilitated trade between China all the way to the Mediterranean | SILK ROAD |
| An organized system of hiring government workers was created in China. It was known as the... | CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM |
| Chinese people had to pass the ____________________________ to be eligible for office. | CIVIL SERVICE EXAM |
| The three main items of trade from China were... | PAPER, PORCELAIN AND SILK |
| What Chinese religion believed humans are good, respect for elders, ancestor worship and a code of politeness? | CONFUCIANISM |
| Another religion created in China was called ______________. It had a focus on nature,simple life, inner peace and humility. | TAOISM |
| This symbol represents both the good and bad (dark and light) or the opposites for both Taoism and Buddhism. | YIN AND YANG |
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