Geography
This is the geographic location did most civilizations began:
A) Near the sea
B) Mountains
C) Plains
D) River valleys
Give your reason why.
What is river valleys because they provided fresh water and fertile soil.
The Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas were all
A)Monotheistic
B) Polytheistic
What is B) Polytheistic
These were the two main items traded in Africa
This type of government in which all citizens have an opportunity to share in the running of the government.
What is a democracy?
This is someone who studies the artifacts of the past.
What is an archaeologist?
This is the term for the artificial way of getting water to land.
What is irrigation?
This is the description for the Inquisition
What was an attempt by the Catholic Church to fight heresy? Mainly by putting heretic on trial and often burning them at the stake. It was the worse in Spain.
This is the name of the trading route that develop in Asia and stretched into Europe. It was protected by the Mongols for a long period of time.
What is the silk road?
A tyrant
What is someone who takes power by force and rules with total authority?
This is the place where archeologist believe humanity was born.
Where is Africa?
This is what MR. HELP stands for.
What is Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, and Place
This is the sacred book used in the Jewish religion.
This is the sacred book used in the Christian religion.
This is the sacred book used in the Islam religion.
What is the Torah?
What is the Bible?
Why is the Qu'ran?
This is a disease that was spread by rats on trading ships and killed 1/3 of Europe's population.
What is the bubonic plague?
This is the definition for an oligarchy.
What is a government in which a few people hold the power to govern?
These are the three main reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire.
What is poor leadership, a declining economy, and invasions by Germanic tribes?
Daily Double
Hail to thee, O Nile! Who . . . comes to give life to Egypt! . . . Watering the
orchards created by Re, to cause all the cattle to live, you give the earth to drink, inexhaustible one! . . . Lord of the fish, during the inundation, no bird alights on the crops. You create the grain, you bring forth the barley, assuring perpetuity to the temples. If you cease your toil and your work, then all that exists is in anguish. If the gods suffer in heaven, then the faces of men waste away.
“Hymn to the Nile” by Ennana c.2100 BCE, translated by Paul Guieysse, 1889
Which values of ancient Egyptian civilization are reflected in “Hymn to the Nile”?
A) Ancient Egyptians valued the Nile River and believed that it brought life to the land.
B) Ancient Egyptians valued the pharaoh and believed that he controlled the Nile River which made the crops grow.
C) Ancient Egyptians valued their military and believed that the military would protect farmers.
D) Ancient Egyptians valued the desert land that they lived on and believed that it would provide them with crops.
What is A) Ancient Egyptians valued the Nile River and believed that it brought life to the land?
The three monotheistic religions we have discussed in class
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
The definitions for exports and imports
What is exports are goods traded out of the country and imports are traded into the country?
During the Tang dynasty, government officials had to take this, which was to prove they were qualified to do the work.
(From your review packet)
What is a civil service exam?
In 711 CE, the Moors invaded Spain and established Islamic rule. During this period, philosophy, mathematics, and science flourished in the nation. For instance, Ibn Zuhr, a physician and surgeon, tested medical procedures on animals before using them on humans. His work was translated into Latin and Hebrew and had a significant impact on the medical field. Spain remained closely connected to Baghdad for 200 years before becoming independent. Spain was one of the wealthiest areas of Europe during the period of Moorish rule.
Based on the above passage, how did the Moorish invasion of Spain affect
civilization in the region?
A) It forbade the advancement of philosophy and emphasized religion.
B) It led to the development of new scientific and mathematical techniques.
C) It created an isolated area of economic development and trade.
D) It transformed Spain into a society primarily concerned with military power.
What is B) It led to the development of new scientific and mathematical techniques?
[Baghdad straddled] the banks of the [River] Tigris . . . The water exits, both on the north and the south, were, like the city gates, guarded night and day by relays of soldiers stationed in the watch towers on both sides of the river. Every household was plentifully supplied with water “at all seasons” by the numerous aqueducts which intersected the town . . .
-A Short History of the Saracens, by Syed Ameer Ali, 1899
Based on the excerpt, how did the city’s location on a river influence its development?
A) The river provided a natural barrier to protect Baghdad from invasion by enemies.
B) The river provided a supply of fish that could be traded throughout the region for other goods.
C) Because of the river, traders were easily able to access Baghdad from throughout the region.
D) The river provided an easily accessible supply of water that was transported throughout the city via aqueducts.
What is D) The river provided an easily accessible supply of water that was transported throughout the city via aqueducts.
Your brethren who live in the East are in urgent need of your help . . . For, as most of you have heard, the Turks and the Arabs have attacked them . . . They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the churches and devastated the Empire . . . —Pope Urban II in 1095
The Pope is issuing a call for
A) help in fighting Martin Luther and the Protestants.
B) Crusaders to regain the Holy Land from Muslims.
C) the Emperor to restore the glory of the Frankish Empire
D) armies to fight against the Mongol invaders.
What is B) Crusaders to regain the Holy Land from Muslims?
Trading for different good thought civilizations allowed for people to also exchange ideas and information. This caused people to change their beliefs and blend them with other cultures. This blending of ideas is called
What is cultural diffusion?
Timeline of Legal Codes
1700 BCE
Hammurabi’s code in Babylon created strict laws and punishments.
550 BCE
Solon’s code in Greece created less strict laws and punishments.
1215 CE
Magna Carta in England limits a king’s power and protects citizens’ rights.
How has the role of legal codes evolved through time in human societies?
A) Laws have become stricter over time.
B) Legal codes have been based on religious beliefs.
C) Governments have never supported the rights of citizens.
D) Legal codes have gradually given more protections to citizens.
What is D) Legal codes have gradually given more protections to citizens?
A single population of modern humans migrated from southern Siberia . . . and crossed over to the Americas 16,500 years ago. . . . Sites all around the country . . . now provide more promising indications that the earliest Americans spread throughout the continent at least 14,500 years ago. Currently, the oldest claim for human settlement in the Americas lies at the Topper Site in South Carolina, dating back to about 15,000 years ago.
“Other Migration Theories”
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, National Park Service
Based on the text, how did the migration of the first people in America affect the region?
A) They came from different regions and fought over territory.
B) They populated areas throughout the modern United States.
C) They quickly developed permanent settlements in the Americas.
D) They continued to use common languages and cultural practices.
What is B) They populated areas throughout the modern United States?