Development of Civilizations
This civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamian civilization?
This religion originated in the Indus River Valley and teaches karma and reincarnation.
What is Hinduism
This major split in Islam occurred after the death of Muhammad in 632 AD.
What is the Sunni–Shia split?
This city, strategically located between Europe and Asia, served as the Byzantine capital.
What is Constantinople?
To farm on marshy land, the Aztecs built these "floating gardens" by layering mud and vegetation on woven stakes.
What are chinampas?
This allowed plants to grow so well in river valleys
What is fertile soil?
These wars between Christians and Muslims were fought over control of Jerusalem.
What were the Crusades?
This disagreement in Christianity centered on whether the Pope had authority over all other bishops.
What is the Great Schism?
Developed in Athens, this system allows citizens to make decisions by voting directly.
What is democracy?
This West African city was a vital trade port and cultural center for both the Mali and Songhai Empires.
What is Timbuktu?
This civilization built cities with advanced drainage systems and streets arranged in a grid pattern.
What is the Indus River Valley Civilization?
Followers of this religion must pray five times daily facing Mecca.
What is Islam?
One major economic effect of the Black Death was this change in labor conditions.
What is higher wages due to labor shortages?
DAILY DOUBLE
In Japanese feudalism, this code of honor emphasized a samurai's total loyalty to their daimyo.
What is bushido?
The Inca used this complex system of knotted strings to track debts, census data, and crop production.
What is quipu?
Mesopotamians developed this writing system by pressing symbols into wet clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
According to Confucianism, this idea stated that rulers only kept power if they governed well and morally.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This group of Muslims believed leadership should stay within Muhammad’s family, supporting Ali.
Who are the Shia?
The Tang and Song dynasties are credited with inventing this, which led to the world's first printed books.
What is printing
Incan medicine men, who often performed cranial surgery to relieve pressure, were known by this title.
What are shamans?
Explain one way geography helped river valley civilizations develop.
What is fertile soil from river flooding supported agriculture, rivers provided irrigation and transportation, or natural barriers protected civilizations from invasion?
Explain one way religion acted as a unifying force in society.
What is that religion created shared beliefs, rituals, moral codes, pilgrimages, holy wars, or a common identity that united people together?
Explain one way the Crusades were viewed differently by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
What is that Christians saw them as holy wars, Muslims saw them as political/military invasions and trade interactions, and Jews experienced them as violent attacks and persecution?
This 20th-century system uses modern technology to exercise extreme control over all public and private life.
What is totalitarianism?
Before the arrival of sugar from Europe, the Aztecs and Mayans drank a "hot" version of this spicy beverage.
What is hot chocolate?