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Chp 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the Old Stone Age also known as? | paleolithic period |
| what did nomads do | followed crops, lived in small groups, developed a language |
| how many years ago did people learn to farm? | 10,000 |
| what did they do to animals? | tamed them |
| what led to population growth | they stopped migrating |
| 5,000 years ago these advances led to ____ | civilizations |
| what are the eight common features of civilization? | 1- cities 2- well organized central governments 3- complex religions 4- job specialization 5- social classes 6- arts and architecture 7- public works 8-writing |
| bureaucracy- | a system of managing government |
| who were the lowest class? | slaves |
| pictographs- | simple drawings that represented ideas |
| rulers conquered territories beyond their boundaries which led to what | creating empires |
| empires- | a group of states, territories, and people ruled by one person |
| stone age people adapt to environment to survive | 1- men and women make tools and weapons 2- developed language 3- developed clothing from animal skins 4- made fire |
| ideograms- | picture stands for an idea |
| phonograms- | picture stands for syllable |
| letters- | picture stands for one vowel or consonant sound |
| 3 groups of society- | `1- government 2-priests 3- warriors |
| what civilization was miles long? | the Mohenjo Daro |
| there is no way to build a pyramid or ziggurat without what? | mathematics |
| polytheistic- | belief in one god |
| people began to study what | astronomy |
| kings had to keep records for what | taxes and laws |
| what are 4 items from the development of writing | pictograms ideograms phonograms alphabet |
| egyptians settled close to what | water and fertile land |
| they soon realized what | they could predict the floods |
| came together as what two kingdoms? | upper and lower |
| the kingdoms were united for the first time under whose rule? | king Menes |
| after kind menes reign the history of Egypt can be divided into 3 time periods | 1- old kingdom (2575 - 2130) 2- middle kingdom (1938 - 1630) 3- new kingdom (1539 - 1075) |
| what was the capital city | Thebes |
| egyptians were well known for what | armies |
| pyramid building developed when? | old kingdom |
| cultural diffusion- | learning new skills, languages, and technologies from others |
| who was one of the few women to rule in her own right? | Queen Hatshepsut |
| who was in power at the time Hebrews were in Egypt | Ramses II |
| who came in between Hatshepsut and Ramses | Amenhotup IV |
| Amenhotup was unusual because he was | polytheistic |
| Sumarians had what | a darker view of the world |
| Sumarians did what | built ziggurats, invented clay bricks, had running water |
| Sumarian classes- | 1- kings, nobles, priests 2- everyone else |
| who was the first king to codify laws | King Hammurabi |
| Jews and hebrews had what | an ethical religion - right conduct |
| what makes jews important? | founders of Jewish faith and founder of Christian religion |
| when did the Indus people live in the Indus Valley | 2600 bc |
| Aryans were | lighter skinned, warriors |
| what did the merging of Aryans and Indus people create? | new civilization and Hindu religion |
| no up or down movement from these 5 classes: | 1- priests 2-warriors 3-free people who owned land 4- free people who work for other people 5- did not exist -- untouchables |
| China was blocked by what | geographical conditions |
| Shang dynasty-- | 1650 bc |
| Zhou dynasty -- | overthrew shang in 1027 bc until 256 bc |
| during these dynasties | the Chinese studied the movement of the plants, recorded eclipses, and created an accurate calendar |
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