Civilizations 1
People
Geography
Terms
Civilizations 2
100
Democracy is the type of government that began in ancient ___.
GREECE
100
From which continent did humans first migrate nearly 100,000 years ago?
AFRICA
100
What are 2 examples of natural barriers?
- Rivers
- Deserts
- Mountains
- Large bodies of water
100
When we share our ideas, traditions, languages and religions with others, this is called ___ diffusion.
CULTURAL
100
The Roman Colosseum was used in ancient times to host what type of event, usually?
GLADIATOR FIGHTS
200
India's ___ system helped to determine a person's occupation for the rest of their lives.
CASTE
200
Caesar Augustus was the first Roman emperor in Rome's ___ Age. (Choose 1: Empire or Republic)
EMPIRE
200
Mesopotamia simply means "___ between _ __".
LAND between 2 RIVERS
200
The first universities in medieval Europe were started in buildings created for religious men called ___.
MONASTERIES
200
In Mesopotamia, the first set of written laws was called __ Code.
HAMMURABI'S
300
When a civilization has skilled workers that can do one job very well, this is known as job ___.
SPECIALIZATOION
300
In the ancient Greece city of Sparta, what job did most young males perform?
SOLDIERS or MILITARY
300
On the subcontinent of India, we studied two major rivers. The Ganges River is in the north/northeast of the civilization, but the __ __ was on the eastern border.
INDUS RIVER
300
When we trade goods and service for other goods and services, we call this a ___ system.
BARTER
300
Siddartha Gautama, famous to us as ___, found a religion that followed the Four Noble Truths.
BUDDHA
400
Besides Pythagoras, which other Greek mathematician helped create a field of geometry?
EUCLID
400
In ancient India, it was Sanskrit. In ancient Egypt, it was hieroglyphics. In ancient ___, it was cuneiform.
MESOPOTAMIA
400
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian are three examples of Greek ___.
COLUMNS or ARCHITECTURE
400
Roman elected leaders to make rules and laws for the larger part of the population. This is called a __ democracy.
REPRESENTATIVE
400
Patricians (very rich/educated) were the only people in the ___ empire that could be elected to the high office of the Senate.
ROMAN
500
In ancient Rome, the highest elected office was ___.
A. Emperor B. Governor C. Consul D. Dictator
C. CONSUL
500
When more than one person takes control of a government, this type of government is called a(n) ___.
OLIGARCHY
500
What is the city located nearest to 38 degrees N, 24 degrees E?
ATHENS
500
When a civilization depends on others to provide goods and services that it can not provide for itself, we call this __ interdependence.
ECONOMIC
500
__ is an old system that set up a relationship between nobles (rich people) and those who worked for them.
FEUDALISM