Unit 1
What is the region with the nicknames, the fertile crescent and the cradle of civilization.
Mesopotamia
In what continent are the Egyptian pyramids in?
Africa
What form of government was used by Athens?
Direct democracy
What are the two holy cities of Islam?
Mecca and Medina
What disease did the silk road spread most?
The black death / The black plaque / The bubonic plague
What was the first documented code of law?
Hammurabi's Code
What form of government did the Romans create?
The Republic
What period did Confucius come to power?
The Chinese warring states period
What is Protestantism and who started the Protestant reformation?
Protestantism are denominations of Christianity that do not associate with Catholicism. The Protestant reformation was started by Martin Luther.
What was the main infector of the bubonic plague?
Fleas on rats and rodents
The religious temple of many Mesopotamian cities.
Ziggurat
The two gods who were most worshipped and worshipped together in ancient Egypt.
Ra and Amun or Amun-Ra
To restore social stability and order
Who was Martin Luther?
An ex-catholic monk who challenged the catholic church and started the protestant reformation.
What is the silk road?
A network of routes that allowed for easier trade across Asia, the middle east, north east Africa, and Europe.
What were the two things first used by the people of Mojenjo Daro?
Planned streets and sewage systems
From what group of people did the Romans learn city building, art, religion, mythology, and language from.
The Etruscans
What inventions were made by the song dynasty?
The compass, wood-block printing, and gunpowder.
What are the five pillars of Islam?
Testament of faith, pilgrimage, fasting, almsgiving, and prayer.
What did the silk road allow the spread of?
Ideas, religion and disease.
Describe one example of how the Caste System organizes Indian society.
The Caste System is a system to give people social classes in India. It also gives a person their job or duty in life. The lowest rank in the Caste is the Dalit, or untouchable. The untouchables' jobs are the dirtiest and hardest jobs in society. Their are always avoided and are rarely ever touched by someone outside their caste.
Explain the story of Romulus and Remus. What values does the story reflect upon the roman people.
Romulus and Remus, the son of Rhea Silvia and the war god Mars, were raised in the woods by a wolf mother. They decided to create a village and had an argument over the height of the walls. Remus said that Romulus' walls were too short and jumped over them to prove his point. Out of rage, Romulus killed his brother on the spot. He then founded the city of Rome, named after himself. This story shows the people of Rome how to be self sufficient and not take no for an answer
What are the 5 key relationships of Confucianism? (Most importance to least importance) And why did Confucius believe they would end the warring state period
The most important Confucian relationship is between father and child. The next in the line of importance is between ruler and subject, this can be construed as boss and worker as well. Then there is the relationship between husband and wife. The fourth and fifth relationships are older-brother to younger-brother and friend to friend, respectively. He believed that with respect to all of these relationships, wars would end and everything would become peaceful.
What is the 95 theses? What were the effects?
The 95 theses are 95 complaints Martin Luther had about the Catholic Church. He nailed them to a door at is local church. Many of these complaints were about indulgences. Indulgences are basically a way to buy your way out of your sins. Martin was excommunicated from the Catholic church after this and started the Protestant reformation.
How did the bubonic plague come to Europe? What were the results and explanations of the plague?
The bubonic plague came to Europe from rats who came in on trade ships. With most of Europe being densely populated, the plague could spread faster. It led to around 25 million people dying in Europe, which was around a third of its population. Many people did not know the cause so they blamed it on a few things, Jewish people and God's anger.