Development of Civilizations
People in the Paleolithic Era lived this type of lifestyle, constantly moving in search of food.
What is nomadic?
This religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
This disease spread through flea-infested rats and killed about one-third of Europe’s population.
What is the Black Death (Bubonic Plague)?
The Ming Dynasty came to power after driving out these foreign rulers from China.
Who are the Mongols?
This Italian astronomer used a telescope to prove the sun-centered model and was later tried for heresy.
Who is Galileo?
Unlike Paleolithic societies, Neolithic societies developed this idea involving land, livestock, and tools.
What is private property?
After Muhammad died, Islam split into these two major branches.
What are Sunni and Shia?
This group was falsely blamed for spreading the plague in many European cities.
Who are the Jews?
This is the belief that one's own culture is superior to all others, a view held strongly by the Ming elite.
What is ethnocentrism?
This French "Sun King" built the Palace of Versailles to keep a watchful eye on his nobility.
Who is Louis XIV?
In Paleolithic societies, these leaders usually guided small clans.
Who were elders?
This social system in India divided people into rigid classes based on birth.
What is the caste system?
These religious wars were launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to reclaim Jerusalem.
What are the Crusades?
Ming emperors believed Heaven gave them this "right to rule," which could be taken away if they were unjust.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
DAILY DOUBLE
This Catholic order, founded by Ignatius of Loyola, was dedicated to spreading the faith through strict discipline.
What is the Jesuits?
The surplus of food in the Neolithic Era allowed people to develop these specialized occupations.
What are artisans, craftsmen, priests, or warriors?
This Chinese philosophy taught that people should fulfill their roles in society and respect hierarchy.
What is Confucianism?
This global pattern explains why pandemics spread faster after the rise of cities and trade routes.
What is increased human interaction and trade networks?
European traders, specifically the Spanish and Portuguese, used this resource from the Americas to buy Chinese goods.
What is silver?
In his book Principia Mathematica, he formulated the universal law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
Describe one difference in gender roles between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras.
What is that Paleolithic men and women shared survival work more equally, while Neolithic societies developed more defined gender roles with men often viewed as primary protectors and hunters?
Explain one major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism.
What is that Buddhism teaches the elimination of desire to reach Nirvana while Hinduism emphasizes karma, caste, and rebirth through reincarnation, or that Buddhism has no supreme god while Hinduism includes many gods?
Explain one major long-term impact of the Black Death on European society.
What is weakening of the Church’s authority, changes in public health practices, labor shortages that increased wages, or increased questioning of religion and tradition?
Unlike the Ottomans, the Ming criticized this religion for allowing women to pursue scholarship or monastic lives.
What is Buddhism?
In his book The Prince, he famously argued that for a ruler, "the end justifies the means."
Who is Machiavelli?