Mesopotamia
A basic theme in geography is the movement of ______, ideas, and goods.
What is People
A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a
What is a Dynasty
True or False
Everyone in Rome Roman Republic was treated fairly?
What is false.
True or False
Greek civilization began in an area filled with fertile valleys and rich soil
False
What 3 geographic barriers both protected and isolated early China?
What are mountains, deserts and oceans?
Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?
What is drinking water and the ability to grow crops
Describe the importance of temples to ancient Egyptians
They were used for special religious occasions. They were considered the homes of the deities. They were also important to Egypt’s economy because priests hired people to work in temple workshops and granaries. Furthermore, they served as banks and a place for Egyptians to store their valuable items.
Who could hold political office in early Rome?
In a _____ democracy, all citizens meet to debate and vote on government matters
What is a Representative democracy
What characteristic do the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common?
The Euphrates and Tigris rivers run in what relationship to each other?
What is Parallel
Explain the following statement: “Farming was the basis of ancient Egypt’s culture and economy.”
Originally most people in ancient Egypt were farmers. As they developed special techniques and tools they were able to grow surpluses of food. This meant that many farmers could leave farming and work in other occupations such as artisans and merchants. As goods were developed, trade became important, and the ancient Egyptians were able to exchange with other people for goods they didn’t have, such as wood, gold and ivory. Through their travel they learned about others ways of life and governments of other societies.
What were the Twelve Tables?
What are Rome’s first written laws
The geography of Greece was dominated by which two features?
What is mountains and seas
The Crusades were a series of “holy wars” launched who?
Who are Western European Christians.
Which was an ancient writing system that involved cutting wedge-shaped marks into clay
What is Cuneiform
The farmers used geometry to calculate where their boundary makers should be.
Who made up the majority of the working class citizens in ancient Rome and had no political power to start?
Who are the Plebeians
Many communities in ancient Greece were separated by mountains and valleys which resulted in
What is the development of independent states.
Serfs were feudal peasants who?
Could not leave the manor, own property, or marry without approval.
What does it mean that Hammurabi’s Code demanded “an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”
The punishment for the crime should match the seriousness of the crime. Answers might also include that the code was meant to limit punishment.
According to the passage, what two lands next to Egypt does the Nile flood?
"The Nile, when it floods, spreads over not only the Delta but parts of what are called Libya and Arabia for two days' journey in either direction, more or less."
What is Libya and Arabia
How do you think the term “bread and circuses” got its name?
The bread refers to the cheap food the Roman rulers gave to the poor, and circuses refers to the free entertainment provided for them. Both were means of trying to please the poor in order to stay in powe
Many city-states developed into this type of government, where a few wealthy people held power over the larger group of citizens
What is a Oligarchies
Based on this passage what happened to many villages after the Black Death?
"After...the pestilence (disease) many buildings of all sizes in every city fell into total ruin for want (lack) of inhabitants. Likewise, many villages and hamlets were deserted, with no house remaining in them, because everyone who had lived there was dead, and indeed many of these villages were never inhabited again. In the following winter there was such a lack of workers in all areas of activity that it was thought that there had hardly ever been such a shortage before..."
They were deserted and never resettled because everyone who lived there had died.