Early Civilizations
What was the major development that allowed people to settle in one place and form civilizations?
What is the sustained agriculture (Agricultural Revolution)
This is the world’s oldest monotheistic religion.
What is Judaism
What is cultural diffusion?
What is the spread of ideas and beliefs from one group to another
What does the word “Renaissance” mean?
What is rebirth
What were valued/spread during the Enlightenment?
What is a movement emphasizing reason, evidence and individual rights
What geographic feature did early civilizations typically form near?
What are rivers
The Caste System is most closely associated with this religion.
What is Hinduism
What major trade route did the Mongols help protect and REVIVE?
What is the Silk Road
Who invented the printing press?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg
Which enlightenment figure proposed the idea of separation of powers, and in what US document is this idea found?
Who is Montesquieu; U.S. Constitution
Name two characteristics that help empires maintain power.
What are strong military and centralized government
This religion REJECTS the caste system and follows the Four Noble Truths.
What is Buddhism
What were two results of the Crusades?
What are decline in feudalism and lasting conflict between Christians and Muslims
What was the main criticism Martin Luther had against the Catholic Church?
What is the sale of indulgences and corruption?
What did Adam Smith write about in his book The Wealth of Nations?
What is capitalism and laissez-faire economics
What can cause empires to fall? (Name 3)
What are invasions, internal conflict, and weak leadership
Name the Five Pillars of Islam
What are faith (shahada), prayer (salat), charity (zakat), fasting (sawm), pilgrimage (hajj)
What is feudalism and why was it created?
What is a system of exchanging land for services that was created to provide stability and protection after the fall of Rome
Name two ways the printing press helped spread new ideas.
What is the mass production of books and wider access to education/literature (aka increased literacy rates.)
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
What is social inequality and economic crisis
What is a “golden age,” and what are three signs a civilization is in one?
What is a period of peace, economic prosperity, and cultural achievement
Compare where Christianity and Islam originated and where they are most practiced today.
What is the Middle East for both; Christianity is now global, Islam is strongest in the Middle East.
How did the Mongols contribute to the spread of the Black Plague?
What is they traded along the Silk Road.
What earlier period influenced the Italian Renaissance?
What is Ancient Greece and Rome
What ideology did Karl Marx propose and how does it relate to the “proletariat” and "bourgeoisie"?
What is communism; the proletariat (working class) should rise against the bourgeoisie (middle class).