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Social Studies 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| River Civilization | Indus, Egypt, China, Mesopotamia |
| Indus River Valley | Indus river |
| Egypt | Nile River |
| China | Haung-he , Yangte, |
| Mesopotamia | Tigris, Euphrates river |
| Golden Age | period of good time |
| Cultural Diffusion | transferring religion, ideas, and knowledge |
| City State | an independent city inside of a bigger state |
| Empire | A ruler |
| Civilization | A place with a stable food supply, art, government, language, religion, social structure with a group of people in that area |
| Pax-romana | 200 years of peace |
| Pax- sinica | 150 years in China |
| Hellenistic era | the spreading of Greek |
| Legacy | something that one leaves behind |
| What was one cause of the development of many small city states in ancient Greece? | the mountains and the hills |
| Characteristics of Athens government | democracy and council of 500 |
| Characteristics of Athens Economy | based on trade |
| Characteristics of Athens Education | produce good citizens, boys only go to school, learn to wrestle and do gymnastics |
| Characteristics of Athens treatment of women | age 15 married, can not own property, was to take care of house and kids |
| Characteristics of Athens slaves | captured in war, many were skilled workers who worked in farms and factories |
| Characteristics of Sparta Government | Oligarchy, two kings, |
| Characteristics of Sparta Economy | based off of farming |
| Characteristics of Sparta Education | based on strength and discipline, both boys and girls went to school, learned boxing and gymnastics |
| Characteristics of Sparta treatment of women | own property and freedom to speak |
| Characteristics of Sparta slaves | there were more slaves than citizens, could get married, sell crops, and by freedom |
| All citizens in ancient Athens had the right to attend the assembly where they could meet and open discussion and cast voted | Example of Direct Democracy |
| How did Alexander plan to build his empire? | 1. he used religion to inspire loyalty 2. spread greek culture and ideas 3. show respect for other cultures and adopted some of the cultures |
| Identify examples of how Alexander the Great spread greek ideas to unite the different people of his empire. | Split empire into 3 kingdoms, built greek like cities with marketplaces, temples, and theaters, Greek brought in laws art literature and speaking. |
| Identify examples of how Alexander used religion to unite his empire. | He was multi cultural, honored Egyptian and Persian gods, treated equal to Greek Gods, they wear armor and greek symbols on their helmet, required greeks to accept him as son of Zeus |
| Identify examples of how Alexander adopted ways of other cultures to show respect for the people he had conquered. | He adopted Persian style by wearing Persian clothing, greeted official visitors, marries daughters of Persian kings, |
| Define Hellenistic era. Which leader is most closely associated with the accomplishment of the Hellenistic era? | Like the Greeks, Alexander the Great |
| Explain the legacy of Ancient Greece in modern world. | Language, government, medicine, astronomy, architecture, sports |
| Which form of government developed in Ancient Rome? | Republic |
| Patricians | Wealthy land owners that hold most the power |
| Plebeians | Common Farmers, artisans and merchants who made of majority of population |
| Why did the Plebeians want laws to be written down in Ancient Rome? | They were not written yet. |
| Identify the written form of laws developed in ancient Rome? Explain first 4 | Twelve Tables- must go to court when called, if need a witness can go shout in front of his house 1x every 3 days, if a neighbors tree in on your property you can take legal action to remove, Your tree your fruit even if on anothers land, |
| Identify the second 4 laws in Ancient Rome. | Guilty of giving false witness can be thrown down the Tarpeian rock, no holding meetings at night, dead man shall not be buried or burned in the city, Can not marry between plebeians and patricians. |
| What ideas were established when this written form of laws was created? | All free ideas had a witness protection from the law |
| How are the laws similar to Hammurabis code? | |
| Identify and explain the reasons for the decline of the Roman Republic. | People who own land had to fight in the army, wealthy take from poor, slaves revolt, provinces complain of corrupt officials |
| what are the roles of the senate? | lawmakers |
| What are the roles of the councils? | they choose a dictator |
| What ultimately led to the decline of the Western Roman Empire? | high taxes, army lacks discipline in training, many invasions |
| How is the geography of Rome similar to Greece? How is it different? | Similar: Isolated terrain, peninsulas, rivers, trade, moutains, hills, Different: Rome has fertile land, fewer mountians and less rugged than Greece. |
| What are the two major social classes of Ancient Rome? | Patricians and Plebeians |
| Democracy | Ruling power in the hands of all the people |
| Oligarchy | Ruling power in the hands of few leaders |
| Monarchy | Ruling power in the hands of one person, rulers are chosen by the people |
| Tyranny | Ruling power in the hands of one person, illegal seize control |
| Republic | a form of government in which the power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders |
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