Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
World HIstory Leap
Review for Wold History Leap test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the Past | History |
| The knowledge, beliefs and customs and values of a group of people | Culture |
| The study of the past based on what people left behind | Archaeology |
| A part or imprint of something that was left behind | Fossil |
| An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event | Primary source |
| information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness the event | secondary source |
| A area with one or more features that make it different from sorrounding areas | Region |
| Time before there was writing | prehistory |
| The old stone age | Paleolithic |
| People who hunted animals and gathered wild plants to surivive | hunter - gathers |
| A community of people who share a common culture | Society |
| Long periods of frezing weather | Ice Ages |
| A strip of land connecting two continents that emerges after water levels drop | Land Bridge |
| Land bridge through which early people came into America | Bering land Bridge |
| The domestication of animals and the cultivation of plants are reffered to as what? | Neolithic revolution |
| An large arc of territory and rich farmland that extends up from the Persian Gulf into Syria and Plaestine | The Fertile Cresent |
| All early river valley civilizations were developed along | Rivers |
| The cradle of civilization in Egypt developed along which river | Nile |
| Because Egypt is surrounded by deserts Egypt has been reffered to as What? | the gift of the nile |
| People were able to settle in one place because rivers flooded and deposited this on the land each year | Rich silt |
| When people first settled down they were able to specialize and do the things they were good at. This is known as what? | Division of labor |
| A political state consisting of the city and its surrounding area | City State |
| The worship of many Gods | Polytheism |
| The worship of one God | Monotheism |
| Areas in the countryside | Rual |
| Areas in the city | Urban |
| The wedged shape writing of the ancient Summerians | Cunieform |
| A wedding cake like temple used by the ancient Summerians | Ziggurats |
| Long poems that tell a story | epics |
| Picture symbols that represent a object | Pictographs |
| Ealiest know written laws of te ancient Babylonians "and eye for an eye" | Hammurabbi's Code |
| The Chaldean king that rebuilt Babylon and the hanging gardens | Nebuchadnezzar |
| Ancient Mediterrean trading group that developed the alphabet | Phonecians |
| Temples built in Egypt to house the body of a King | Pyramids |
| Writings of the Ancient Egyptians | Hieroglyphics |
| Means land between the rivers | Mesopotamia |
| The rivers where Mesopotamia were located | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Sttep rapids that helped to keep Egypt safe from invaders | Cateracts |
| A trinagle shapped area of land at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| A series of rulers form the same family | Dyansty |
| Egyptians leader | Pharoah |
| Egyptian ruler that united upper and lower Egypt | Menes |
| The builder of the Great Pyramid | Khufu |
| Important New Kingdom Pharoah who defended egypt from invaders and strengthened defenses | Ramses the Great |
| The key to Hieroglyphic writing | Rosetta Stone |
| Large statue with the head of a Pharoah and the body of a lion | Sphinx |
| A four sided pillar that is pointed on top | Oblisk |
| Boy king whose tomb was found intact by Howard Carter | King Tut |
| Long lasting paper made form reeds used by the Egyptians | Papyrus |
| Goods sent to other countries | Exports |
| Goods brought into other countries | imports |
| KIngdom North of Egypt | Kush/ Nubia |
| A large landmass smaller than a continent such as India | Subcontinent |
| Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons in India | Monsoons |
| The Language of Ancient India | Sanskrit |
| Site of India's Cradle of civilization | Indus river |
| Two well planned cities that wee sites of early settlement in India | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro |
| division of Indian society into groups based n a person's birth. No mobility enforced by rules, in India | Caste System |
| The most widespread religion in India today | Hinduism |
| In Hinduism, "The Creator" | Brahama |
| In Hindusim "the preserver" | Vishnu |
| In Hiduism "The Destroyer" | Siva |
| The goal of Hinduism is to be free from further rebirths into this world and become one with | Brahama- the supreme universal spirit that runs through all living things |
| The effects of good or bad actions have on ones soul | Karma |
| Focusing the mind on spiritual ideas | Meditation |
| Prince that founded Buddhism | Sidduartha Gautama |
| Means Enlightened one | Buddha |
| A state of spiritual peace in Buddhism | Nirvana |
| Strongest ruler of the Mayuran Dynasty, he converted to buddhism and began practicing non violence | Asoka |
| Contributions of Ancient India | Metallurgy, Hindu-Arabic Numerals, Inoculations and astronomy |
| Prized stone of the Ancient Chinese | Jade |
| A prediction made by reading the cracks of bones | Oracle bones |
| Ancient Chinese civilization started along which river in China? | Haung He |
| Most Influential teacher in Chinese History | Confucius |
| Moral Values | ethics |
| Confucius teaching sere based on what? | Ethics and moral behavior |
Created by:
twray
Popular World History sets