The Stone Age
What continent did humans originate from?
Africa
What two rivers helped form Mesopotamian Civilization?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is one geographical feature of Greece?
**Double points if you can name how it effected the development of Greece
Archipelago, mountains, rocky soil, oceans
Effect: city-states, isolated, oversea trading routes, development of hardy crops
In which modern-day country did both Hinduism and Buddhism originate from?
India
Name a monotheistic religion
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
How did early humans get food?
Hunted and gathered
What are the two best known city-states from the Indus River Valley?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What system of government did Athens have?
**Double points if you can explain what it is
Democracy
Where the people have a voice/vote in the decisions of their government
What does filial piety mean?
Respect for elders
What is the Promised Lands in Jewish beliefs?
Canaan
Humans lived in nomadic tribes. What does nomadic/nomad mean?
Moving from place to place
What is a dynasty
Rulers that come from the same bloodline
What form of government did Sparta have?
**Double points if you can explain what it is
Oligarchy
When a small group of people hold the political power
What does Samsara mean?
Reincarnation; the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth
What are the two branches of Islamic beliefs?
Sunni and Shia/Shiite
When humans first started agriculture
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
List one contribution of Greece during the Golden Age
Pericles, architecture, art, philosophers, math, history, literature
What is the Buddhist guide for living called?
The Eightfold Path
Who is the Prophet in Islam
Muhammad
What was the effect of humans farming?
Humans created civilization
What was the written language of Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
What was the Peloponnesian war AND who won?
Sparta's allies (peloponnesian league) v. Athen's allies (Delian League)
Sparta won
List one social OR political influence of Confucianism
**Double points if you can name one of each
Social: Filial piety, ancestor worship
Political: civil service exam, rulers expected to kind and just
What is the Arabic word for God?
Allah