Name two civilizations that were separated by mountains.
What is Sparta and Athens. What were each known for?
100
What was one major reason why Rome "fell".
What is no centralized government which made them vulnerable to invasions. They were too big for one leader to govern, which is another reason why they eventually split.
100
Who is Confucius and why is he important?
What is a Chinese philosopher credit with establishing a social order called filial piety whose premise is to obey your elders, especially males. Confucius is also credited with the civil service exam.
100
Who was Simon Bolivar.
What is someone who worked for independence from his home country.
100
Around what favorable geographic feature did ancient civilizations form?
What are river valleys--why?
200
What is Greece, in particular Athens credited with giving the world.
What is establishing governments that had democratic components such as voting.
200
If Rome didn't have a centralized government who had the most central power then?
What is the Christian Church. Name two people that eventually criticized the church--Martin Luther (95 thesis), John Calvin (predestination), Henry VIII (set up his idea of the church--Angelican)
200
Who was Zheng He? ....and why is he important?
What is Chinese explorer who traveled the world by boat using more advanced Chinese technology like the compass, and credited with bringing Chinese ideas to other places in the world (by boat) and also bringing back ideas from the world. He established trade routes for his country (by boat)
200
Who conquered the Aztecs and why?
Who is Cortez for gold. Resulted in establishment of encomienda system. How come the Aztecs were defeated so quickly?
200
Who was Mansa Musa from Mali?
Who is a great king who was Muslim. He traveled to Mecca and on his way he would try to convert people to Islam.
300
Name four words that when you think of them you think of Greece.
What is hellenistic, direct democracy, city states, Homer, the Olympics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Athens, Sparta, etc.
300
Why was the Roman Empire so successful before it fell.
What is location--good for trade. Roads. Twelve tables (Roman law)--in which people are innocent until proven guilty.
300
Fast forward--what was the Opium War? and what was the result?
What is Great Britain's attempt to bring drugs into China and China fighting back. Result: Great Britain won and forced the Chinese to ......
300
What resources did the Africans (Songhai, Mali, etc.) trade?
What is salt and gold. When I say Africa think salt and gold. Africa, salt and gold.
400
He was known for a particular way of questioning
Who is a philosopher named Socrates.
400
What are some inventions the Chinese are credited with?
What is gun powder, fireworks, SILK, porcelain, compass, civil service exam
400
What countries benefitted the most from the Age of Exploration?
What is Spain, Portugal, England. They increased their territory, therefore increasing their resources, by leaps and bounds during this period. It made them wealthy. If, however, it wasn't for advances in navigation technology they would not have been able to make it that far.
400
Why would any country want to conquer another?
What is RESOURCES. They have what you want. Or they have what you need.
500
Explain why it is important to understand Greek culture.
What is we need to understand it because they had important long term contributions to the world such as government ideals (such as voting), art, philosophies. The Greek ideas became the foundation for many other cultures.
500
One reason why Rome fell again?
What is their government was not stable or centralized.
500
Who was Mao Zedong?
What is Chinese leader who attempted to industrialize China among other things
500
RANDOM QUESTION--Unrelated to Latin America!!!!!!
Where was the Gupta civilization? and what was one of their long term contributions to the societies of the world.
What is India and they are credited with inventing the concept of zero.
500
What is the Meiji Restoration?
What is the time period when Japan dropped their isolationist policy for a policy to modernize and therefore open up relations with the West who encouraged Japan to industrialize, and therefore grow economically.