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Global 9H Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | The study of the ways of life of early people by looking at their physical remains. |
| Economics | Social science in which scarcity and supply and demand are studied. |
| What do archeaologists refer to as the time before people invented writing systems? | Prehistory |
| What are the five themes of geography? | Location, Place, Human-Environment interaction, movement, and region. |
| Fertile Crescent | The arc of fertile land from the top of the Persian Gulf to the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Ziggurat | Pyramid temple dedicated to the chief God or Goddess of an ancient Sumerian city-state. |
| Cunieform | wedge like writing of the sumerians |
| What are the eight features of civilization? | Cities, written language, job specialization, political system, social system, religious system, art and architecture, public works |
| Steppes | sparse, dry grassland |
| Cultural Diffusion | spread of ideas, customs, and technology |
| Animism | the belief that the world has spirits in the land and in animals |
| What technology was developed during the Paleolithic Age? | Fire and sharpened sticks |
| What technology was developed during the Neolithic Age? | Calendar, clothe, wheels, and arrows |
| What are the characteristic of the Neolithic agricultural revolution? | Planted crops, domesticated animals, increase in population, and permanent villages. |
| Fertile Crescent | Arc of fertile land from the top of the persian gulf to the eastern mediterranean sea. |
| Pictogram | Symbols that represent words |
| What is a characteristic of the Old Stone Age? | toolmaking |
| What caused ancient civilizations to change? | contact with other people through trade, warfare, and migration |
| Where did the first cities/civilizations form? | in river valleys |
| Who was Menes? | The king of upper egypt around 3100 B.C. He united the two regions of egypt. |
| In which 4 river valleys did early civilizations emerge? | Tigris/Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Yellow(Huang He) |
| Where were the pyramids built? | Giza |
| Who was Hatshepsut | A woman pharoah who encouraged trade with the eastern Mediterranean and along the coast of Africa. |
| Who was Ramses II? | The most powerful ruler of the new kingdom. He pushed Egyptian rule northward all the way to Syria. |
| What happened in the Old Kingdom of Egypt? | The Pyramids were built. |
| What happened in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt? | There was great struggle and crop failure. The Hyksos took over the delta region. Also the Hyskos introduced the horse drawn chariot to the Egyptians. |
| What happened in the New Kingdom of Egypt? | Egyptian rule was pushed all the way to Syria |
| What is a vizier? | Chief Minister who supervised the business of government in ancient Egypt. |
| What lead to the fall of Egypt? | They were conquered by the Assyrians, Persians, Greek, and Romans |
| What is the story of Osiris and Isis? | Osiris ruled Egypt until his brother Set killed him. Osiris was cut up and thrown around Egypt. His wife Isis saved him by picking up all of the pieces. Osiris became the God of the afterlife and Judges souls. |
| Who is Amon-Re? | the sun God |
| Who was Akhenaton? | A pharaoh who challenged Amon-Re. He worshipped Aton, a minor God. He tried to wipe out all other gods. |
| Who was Jean Champollion? | French scholar who decoded Egyptian hieroglyphics using the Rosetta Stone. |
| What are some achievements of ancient Egyptians? | The Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the Calendar. |
| Who invaded the Egyptians in 1700 B.C? | The Hyskos |
| What was the relationship between Egypt and Nubia? | They traded and fought with each other for centuries. |
| What is the Epic of Gilgamesh? | A Sumerian narrative poem descrcibing the afterlife. |
| Ziggurat | pyramid/temple dedicated to the cheif God or Goddess of an ancient sumerian state. |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian form of writing |
| What accomplishmetns did Sumer have? | They inventned Cuneiform and made a number system. |
| What did Sumerians use to make their buildings? | Clay bricks |
| What was the responsibility of each ruler in Sumer? | They had to maintain city walls and irrigation systems. |
| Who was Hammurabi? | King of Babylon. Created the Code of Hammurabi. |
| What did the Hittites do? | Learned how to make tools/weapons out of iron form ore. |
| Who was Darius and what did he do? | King of Persia who started the use of coins, and created a strong government |
| What were the Phoenicians known for? | They were known for trade, and creating the first alphabet. |
| What is the sacred text of the Jews? | the Torah |
| Who was Abraham? | Migrated with his family to Canaan, and is considered the founder of the Israelite nation. |
| What does Patriarchal mean? | A family lead by the father, husband, or oldest male. |
| Diaspora | the scattering of people |
| Monsoon | seasonal wind; winter = hot and dry, summer = rain |
| What evidence shows that Indus Valley civilization was organized? | Each city was laid out in a grid pattern, and all houses were built out of uniform oven fired clay bricks. |
| What was the Vedas? | A collection of Aryan prayers, hymns, and other religious teachings. |
| What were the three basic groups of people in Aryan. | Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), and Vaisyas (farmers, artisans, etc.) |
| Brahman | the single spiritual power that resides in all things. |
| Rajah | Warrior cheif |
| What was the Mahabharata? | India's greatest epic. |
| What was the Ramayana? | Recounts the fantastic deeds of the daring hero Rama and his beautiful bride Sita. This story is from India |
| Sanskrit | The Aryan written language |
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