First Civilizations
What is PREHISTORY?
Before written records.
What are Romance languages? Give an example.
Languages based on Latin.
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople.
What was a Viking?
A warrior from Scandinavia.
Cacao beans were used as...
Currency.
According to Viking mythology, there were some weekdays dedicated to the gods. For example, Thursday was named like that in honor of god Thor.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
The word DEMOCRACY means that people believed in many gods.
FALSE
Give two forms of art of the Byzantine Empire.
Icons, mosaics, and illuminated manuscripts.
What is the Black Plague?
An epidemic that wiped out 1/3 of Europe's population.
What was the location of the Inca Empire?
The Andes mountains.
Where is the Nile River located?
Egypt
What is a mercenary?
A paid soldier.
What was the Great Schism?
The division between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church.
What is Heresy?
Ideas that conflicted with church teachings.
What did the religions of Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas have in common?
They were all polytheistic.
Name the two rivers in Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates.
Who invaded and weakened the Roman Empire?
Huns and barbaric groups.
What is a Mosque?
(Mezquita)
A Muslim house of worship.
What is the age most peasants lived to be?
35 years old.
Name three indigenous groups of Colombia.
Tayronas, Muiscas, Quimbayas.
What civilization invented the wheel?
Sumerians.
What were the three branches of government in the Roman Republic?
Legislative, judicial, and executive.
Who were the iconoclasts?
People who were against the worship of objects.
Form of government where people give up land for protection.
Feudalism.
What is Quechua?
The official language of the Incas.