| Question | Answer |
| What does Paleolithic mean? | Old stone |
| What is the proper name for the first humanlike creature? | Australopithecines |
| What is the nickname for the first humanlike creature? | Lucy |
| What does 'homo' mean? | Human |
| Modern humans are called what? It stands for wise, wise humans. | Homo sapiens sapiens |
| What two countries did the bearing straight connect? | Canada and Russia |
| What continent did homo sapiens sapiens originate from? | Africa |
| What is the motive of nomads? | Follow food |
| What continent did all of man originate from? | Africa |
| What does Neolithic mean? | New stone |
| When did the Neolithic Revolution start? | 8000 to 5000 bce |
| What is known as the most important event in history? | Neolithic revolution |
| When your ___ and ___ are taken care of, your culture will flourish. | Food and security |
| What was the first form of writing? | Cuneiform |
| What country is modern day Mesopotamia? | Iraq |
| What is irrigation? | A system of moving water |
| Where did early civilizations start near? | Near rivers |
| River makes nearby land fertile with __. | Minerals |
| What empire did Hammurabi reign in? | Babylonian |
| What was a main principle of the code of Hammurabi? | An eye for an eye |
| In the Code of Hammurabi, high class= | Less punishment |
| Which river was near the ancient Egypt civilization? | Nile |
| What system of writing did ancient Egyptians use? | Hieroglyphics |
| What was the Egyptian social structure? | Pyramid |
| What did the Rosetta Stone help translate? | Hieroglyphics |
| What is the name of the city in the Indus river valley? | Harappa |
| What country is where Harappa used to be? | Pakistan |
| Harappa- ancient ___ civilization. | Indian |
| Harappa was the beginning of the ___ system. | Caste |
| What is a caste? | Social system |
| What was the lowest in the caste system? | Untouchables |
| A caste system is a rigid social ___. | Hierarchy |
| 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rankings in caste system: | Priests, warriors, workers |
| What does "Mesoamerica" mean? | Middle America |
| Which middle American civilization was in 1200 bce in Mexico? | Olmec |
| Which middle American civilization was in 300-900 ce in Mexico? (Earliest) | Maya |
| Which middle American civilization was in 1100s ce in Mexico? (Middle) | Aztecs |
| Which middle American civilization was in 1400s bce? In Mexico? (Latest) | Inca |
| Which civilization out of South America started later? (in Peru) | Inca |
| Why did the Incas have to start later? They had bad ___ and no beasts of ___. | Geography, burden |
| Silk road- from China to ___. | Rome |
| What were the trade routes for India's empire? | Silk road |
| The silk road helped exchange ___ and ___. | Religion, culture |
| What traveled from china, to India, Africa, and Europe? | Camel caravans |
| What was the first Chinese dynasty? | Shang |
| What dynasty was the first to use oracle bones to get answers? | Shang |
| What was the second dynasty in China? | Zhou |
| Which dynasty was the one to use "the mandate of heaven"? | Zhou |
| Which Chinese idea said, "the ruler may keep ruling if fair"? | Mandate of heaven |
| What was the third Chinese dynasty? | Qin |
| Which dynasty was the dynasty to build the Great Wall of China? | Qin |
| The Great Wall of China was used to keep out ___. | Nomads |
| Who were known to live in city-states? Not in one big country? | Greeks |
| Where is the source of western culture? | Athens |
| Who created drama? | Greeks (Athens) |
| Who was "all about war"? | Sparta |
| What does oligarchy mean? | Ruled by few |
| Who were strict and kept men in the military until they were 60? | Sparta |
| Where was the birthplace of democracy? | Athens |
| What is it called when "everyone votes for everything"? | Direct democracy |
| Who unified Greece? | Athens |
| Who lost to Sparta in the Peloponnesian war? | Athens |
| Who said, "question everything"? | Socrates |
| Who conquered most of the Mediterranean by age 20? | Alexander the Great |
| Alex the great spread the __ empire the furthest. | Greek |
| What term is used for "the love of wisdom"? | Philosophy |
| Who wrote down Socrates’ work? | Plato |
| Who was Plato’s student? | Aristotle |
| Who created the Socratic method? | Socrates |
| What is a person called if they die for a cause? | Martyr |
| What is it called when this type of government elects people to make laws for them? | Republic |
| What was the upper class called in Rome? | Patricians |
| What was the upper class called in Rome? | Plebeians |
| Who was the senate made of? | Patricians |
| What is the first set of Roman laws known as? | 12 tables |
| Where was it stated that you are innocent until proven guilty, and that you have the right to defend your self in court? | 12 tables |
| Where was Jesus from? | Israel |
| Who did the Jews in Israel resist? | Romans |
| When was Jesus born? (Approximately)` | 1 ce |
| When did Jesus die? This is also around the time that Christianity was "born". | 33 ce |
| Where is Mail located? | West Africa |
| What were two main exports out of Mali? | Gold, salt |
| What is the same of Mail’s Capital? | Timbuktu |
| Where did Mansa Musa go, as a Muslim? | Mecca |
| What did Mansa Musa bring tons of? (Literally) | Gold |
| What is the largest land empire ever? | Mongols |
| The Mongol’s military was ___. | Unstoppable |
| The Mongol’s military was best with ___ and ___. | Guns, horses |
| Who conquered Russia? (They were Mongolian) | Golden Horde |
| Why didn't the Mongolian army take over Europe? | Ogedei died |
| Why did the Mongolian army stop japan? | Kamikazes |
| Which important Mongol started and spread the empire? (Grandpa) | Genghis Kahn |
| Which Mongolian Khan died in Poland? (Son) | Ogedi Kahn |
| Which Mongolian took china and called it the Yuan dynasty? (Grandson) | Kublai Kahn |
| Who were in small tribes, and not in one big central government? | Japanese |
| Who united ancient Japan into one country? | Yamamoto |
| What is a military servant in Japan, that is much like a knight? | Samurai |
| What is known as the samurai code, or way of the warrior? | Bushido |
| What is an aristocrat? | Rich people |
| What were Japans agriculture based on? | Rice |
| What land system did Japan use? | Feudal land system |
| What was Japan’s main religion? | Shinto |
| What is the word for "belief that a spirit is in everything"? | Animistic |
| What is kami? | Spirit of ancestors |
| Why did Pope Urban II send knights on holy crusade to the middle east? | To reclaim holy lands |
| What did knights get for their kill count or dying in the crusades? | Penance |
| What is penance? | Rewards in heaven |
| What was the place known as the "holy land"? | Jerusalem |
| What is a crusade? | Holy war |
| Crusaders brought back ___ texts that the Muslims had preserved. | Philosophical (By Plato/Aristotle) |
| In the Crusades, between the Catholics and the Muslims, who win? | Muslims |
| What did the Muslims preserve? | Greek and roman texts |
| What does schism mean? | Split |
| Which two churches split in The Great Schism? | Holy Roman Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Where did the Bubonic Plague come from? | Middle East |
| Who was the bubonic plague transmitted from? | Traders |
| What fraction of the population of Europe did the bubonic plague kill? | 1/2 to 1/3 |
| The bubonic plague was brought by the Mongols and traders on the ___. | Silk road |
| The bubonic plague also leads to loss of ___ in the church to protect people. | Faith |
| What does orthodox mean? | The right way |
| What started the first Christian church? | Peter |
| What denomination was the first Christian church? | Catholic |
| Where is the Pope located? | Rome |
| Who copied everything from the Greeks? | Romans |
| What does hominid mean? | Human like |
| What does "Out of Africa" mean? | All humans started in Africa and then spread from there. |
| What kinds of items were traded on the Silk Roads? | Luxury Items |
| List the Chinese dynasties in order. | Shang
Zhou (Joe)
Qin (Chin)
Han
Sui
Tang
Song
Yuan
Ming
Qing (Ching)
Republic
Mao Zedong
De! |
| Name the four big Greek philosophers in order. (SPAA) | Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great |
| What did the Greek philosophers want to explain? | How things happen in nature without saying "The gods did it." |
| What is reason/rationality? | Thinking things through, getting proof |
| What does "Khan" mean? | Ruler of the Universe |
| How did the Mongols commit biological warfare? | Catapulting infected dead bodies over city walls. |
