Songs/Videos
Name the location and their religion.
Israel - Judaism
Nomad/nomadic
Person/community who migrates from place to place. This would be a group of hunter/gatherers.
What led to the development of larger, more complex civilizations beyond hunter/gatherers?
A. Humans stopped hunting and did not need to develop weapons
B. Territorial fighting stopped since people no longer competed for land or food
C. The use of religious rituals stopped since people had a better understanding of nature
D. Food surpluses
D. Food surpluses
Having extra food allowed people to stop hunting and gathering as often. Now with extra time on their hands, people started building homes, settling down, and creating jobs.
Tigris and Euphrates
Hinduism and Buddhism
Buddhism - no gods
What achievements of Mesopotamia led to advancements in agriculture?
wheel, plow, irrigation, sail
The first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire.
Sargon the Great
Rome - Polytheism and Christianity
Barter Economy
the act of trading goods or services WITHOUT the use of money. Ex: trading a chicken for 2 corn crops.
The mountainous terrain of Ancient Greece led to the development of which type of civilizations?
A. unified nations
B. independent city-states
C. river valley settlements
D. nomadic hunting tribes
B. independent city-states
What are all the things rivers provided for settlements?
Trade, Travel, Fresh Water, Fertile Soil, Fish, etc.
Explain Greek mythology. What do their gods look like?
gods and goddesses that looked human-like and expressed human-like emotions. Stories about gods and goddesses.
Why were hieroglyphics considered an advancement? Who invented hieroglyphics?
Using pictures/symbols to communicate made it easier to read than Cuneiform from Mesopotamia. Egypt invented hieroglyphics.
Trade partner to Egyptian Pharaohs. This region had times of peace and war with Egypt.
Nubia
Explain the process of dying/afterlife talked about in this song.
Location?
Egypt - mummification
preserving the body for the afterlife.
Soul (heart) had to be tested on a scale to see if you were a good person.
Agriculture
farming - cultivating soil to grow crops
raising animals
What is the significance of the Qin Dynasty?
A. It was the first dynasty to expand into Europe
B. It was the first dynasty to promote Judaism
C. It was the first dynasty to unite China
D. It was the first dynasty to be democratic in China
C. It was the first dynasty to unite China
Qin Shi Huangdi created the first Chinese Empire (united all the dynasties, legalistic, emperor)
What are the benefits of living near mountains?
protection from invasion, fresh water from melted snow
Judaism, Christianity
Describe the silk road and what location this is associated with.
Trade route from China to the Western Worlds. A popular route to trade: spices, silk, ideas, religion
Saul - united Israel
David - established Jerusalem as capital city
Solomon - built Holy Temple
What achievement is being shown in this clip? Who created this and why?
Rome - Colosseum for entertainment
Gladiator fights
Moksha AND Nirvana
Moksha - Hinduism (eternal peace with gods)
Nirvana - Buddhism (eternal peace)
Freedom from reincarnation
What 3 statements explain how geography influenced the development of the Greek City-States?
A. Thick forests limited the amount of farmland
B. Mountains protected from land invasions
C. access to coastal regions allowed for maritime trade
D. Location on a peninsula created natural barriers
B, C, D
Greek City States (Polis) were separated from each other due to lots of mountains. This made for very little farmland in Greece. They had to trade and conquer land in order to farm.
What made China isolated from the rest of the world? (3 things)
Gobi Desert, Himalayan Mountains, Plateau of Tibet
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece, Rome
What are the most important achievements that came from India?
Zero, Numbers 0 - 9, surgery (medical advancements), sewer systems, toilets
Who is Siddhartha Gautama? What did he do?
Explain what war is being shown?
Who is involved? Where are they located?
Persian Wars - Greece vs. Persia
Athens fought the Persians until Sparta joined in when their religious festival was done.
Sparta sacrificed themselves in order to win the war, allowing Athens to escape by water.
Athens then won the war due to their navy.
List all THREE names of the bottom tier of the caste system. (lowest level - has 3 names)
Dalits, Untouchables, Outcasts
Which TWO events led to the diaspora of the Jewish people in 70 AD?
A. destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem by Rome
B. loss of territory after a war with the Egyptians
C. Expulsion of citizen to Mesopotamia
D. failure of revolts against the Romans
A and D - The Romans started attacking/hunting down Christians and Jews after the death of Jesus. They burned down the Holy Temple. This led to Jewish people revolting against Rome, but they were not successful.
Diaspora - run from death, scatter
Why did so many kingdoms live around the Mediterranean Sea? AND WHO lived around it?
Trade, travel, conquest, next to water (salt water)
Who: Egypt, Israel, Greece, Rome
Mesopotamia - kind of
What are the religions of Rome? Where did these religions come from (originate)? Be detailed.
Ex: Chinese Buddhism came from India. Catholicism originated from Christianity and Italy.
Polytheistic - Roman mythology. borrowed the Greek gods and renamed them
Christianity - originated from Judaism. Jesus is considered the Messiah that is God on earth - forgave humanity for its sins by dying on a cross
What TWO locations does a lot of American architecture use?
Bonus 100 for any Kingdom: Name the pieces of architectural design that America borrowed from each location.
Rome and Greece
Rome - arches and domes
Greece - pillars and white buildings
Who are Julius and Augustus Caesar?
Julius - dictator for life - assassinated by the Patricians and his friend Brutus
Augustus - adopted son of Julius. Took Rome into their Golden Age - Pax Romana
During the Peloponnesian Wars, who fought each other? Why did they fight? Who won? Who REALLY won?
Athens vs. Sparta of Greece
Athens used all the tax money to rebuild their city, leaving nothing for Sparta who sacrificed themselves in the last war to help Athens and Greece.
Each place forms their own alliances (Delian League and Peloponnesian League)
They fight. Sparta won. Their neighbor Macedonia really won.
Feudalism - What is this?
Bonus 100: Who created feudalism?
China - traded land for loyalty and other benefits
other benefits: paying taxes, serving in military, growing crops
Humans began creating pottery. Humans used copper and bronze to make weapons and tools. Humans domesticated plants and animals.
What era of human history is this?
A. Jurassic
B. Neolithic
C. Paleolithic
D. Polytheistic
B. Neolithic
This is right after hunter/gatherer nomadic lifestyles. This was the next level up.
In the following picture, tell me where EACH Ancient Kingdom is located.
Bonus 500: Tell me WHY each location is located where they are. Ex: what makes that place a good place to settle humans?
Correct
Who was threatened by Jesus and why was he sentenced to death on a cross?
Also, what religion and location is he connected to?
The Jewish people and Roman authorities were threatened by Jesus for different reasons.
The Jewish people felt like he was speaking false things that went against their religion when he claimed to be the Messiah and able to forgive sins.
The Romans did not like the attention he got and that crowds of people followed him when he traveled and preached.
Both groups of people were apart of his death - the cross was a legalistic way of torturing someone in Rome and killing them.
Jesus - Christianity and Rome
What ideas from Roman AND Greek government became important ideas to the United States government? Explain.
Feudalism? Legalism? Confucianism? Democracy? Oligarchy? Republic? Monarchy? Dictatorship? etc.
Rome - Republic (system of checks and balances to ensure power was balanced and nobody had too much power)
Greece - democracy (people voting and having a voice in their government)
USA = democratic republic (republican democracy)
Confucius - Who is he? Where is he from?
What philosophy did he create? Why did he create it (what was the purpose)?
He was a teacher from China who created the philosophy - confucianism. During his lifetime, China had a corrupt government and was in chaos during the warring states period. Confucianism was made to create peace in the chaos and restore order.