Key Terms/Primary Sources
Name at least one way Dhamma changed Ashoka’s government.
Religious Tolerance, Non-Violence, Alms, Gifts from the King, etc.
We do not know
Which continent gets settled first? Europe or Australia?
Australia
Who destroyed the first Temple (Judaism)?
King Nebuchanezzer
What two rivers does the IVC exist near?
Ganges and Ghaggar-Hakka (Bonus: Why do we rarely talk about the latter?)
What are the three sisters?
Maize, beans, and squash. Usually planted all together in the same field.
Name as least one archive of nature.
Teeth, Stalagmites, dinosaur fossils, etc
What are some of the health issues that come with sedentarism?
Anemia, Spinal Issues, Tooth Decay, Shorter lifespan
Name at least two kinds of laws present in the Hammurabi Code.
Criminal, property, family, etc
What’s so significant the Diary of Merer
What are three things that a Sumerian king should “love…as a wife”.
Lightning, Generals, and weaponry (*)
What kind of dinosaurs survived the asteroid?
Avian (birds)
What is proto-writing?
Using drawings/symbols to represent a meaning. Very basic.
What collapses Empires?
Drought/Famine
Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
What is the master of animals (#420)?
Proto-Hindu(?) god represented consistently on IVC/Harappan seals.
Where did humanity emerge from?
Africa
What was the earliest writing used fo?
Receipts and customer complaints
What is significant about the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal?
Example of life in Neo-Assyria. Showed weaponry, chariots, kings, and incredibly detailed art of lions.
Name Egypt’s Three Seasons.
Season of Inundation, Season of Emergence, Season of Harvest
What is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum? Give an example.
Massive extinction event that is marked by a spike in heat followed by the earth cooling down/heating. Ex. Silurians, Vocanic Explosion
Name the tools of the hominins
Achuelian Handaxe, Clovis points, Fire (Bonus points for the last one)
What are the Kunaki?
Beakers from Iran with Linear Elamite written on them.
What is the name of the cosmogony of the Ancient Mesopotamian Religion (AMR)?
Enuma Elish
Who rediscovered the IVC
Charles Masson