What goods were traded on the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
Salt and Gold
100
What architectural legacy leads historians to believe that the Harappan society was highly organized and structured?
Grid-like street system
100
What Native American Society combined astronomy,history, and agriculture into their calendar
the Mayan
100
What is the major trade route in North Africa prior to 1000 ce?
The Trans Saharan Trade Route
100
Why did the Silk Road develop in Eurasia?
There were many cities, states, and Empires, that needed goods and were connected by small section of road that later became the Silk Road
200
Why was the Zhou Dynasty so successful?
the Mandate of Heaven obligated leaders to their people and they developed advanced irrigation technology
200
Who are the Huns?
originated out of the Gobi desert, moved to modern day Hungry, pushed natives out and started to move in on the Roman Empire
200
Why are North American Native American Societies not included as part of the seven sites of primary civilization?
The economies did not develop beyond small agriculture
200
In what period did music begin?
the Mesolithic
200
What shift in gender relations occurred after the Agricultural Revolution?
Matriarchies to Patriarchies
300
Generally, what historical pattern did Ancient Egypt's government structure have?
Periods of strong centralized government between periods of chaos and political disarray
300
What did the Aryans introduce to the India in order to regulate Harappan-Aryan relationships?
The Caste System
300
What is a major similarity among all early cities?
They were built on major waterways.
300
Name the 3 types of economies
hunting and gathering/pastoral/agricultural
300
What is Poytheism?
The belief in many gods
400
Why is there an absence of writing about the Harappan Culture?
Flooding form the Indus River washed away a lot of the evidence.
400
What was the largest Native American City that was centered around a large Pyramid that was used for religious practices
Teotihuacan
400
What did all South American urban areas have in common?
1. adapt the environment to meet agricultural needs 2. religious shrines that were the center of the culture 3. small city-state structure 4. Conquered by Spanish
400
In what time period did Metallurgy begin?
Neolithic
400
Around 15,000 years ago, what land bridge was crossed to settle the Americas?
the Bering Strait
500
What traditional literature led many to believe that the Aryans destroyed Harappan Culture?
RigVeda/Bhagdivagita
500
What are the similarities between the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties?
1. Worship of a single God 2. unified empires 3. city walls 4. written records
500
Traditionally, (but not anymore) historians argued that civilizations must have what?
Written language
500
From what direction did the Aryan invaders come from to invade India?