Early Man
Mesopotamia
Egypt/Israelites
China/India
Greece/Rome
100

What is another name for the old Stone age?

Paleolithic Age

100

What does polytheistic mean?

The belief in many gods.

100

What continent is Egypt located on?

Africa

100

Describe the geography of how it affected people living

they had rivers, mountains, and desserts, so they were protected on all sides

100

Know how Pericles helped people get involved with the government.

helped make Athens more democratic, Gave jobs to people based on skill not place in society.

200

What is surplus?

More of a resource than is needed to survive.

200

what continent is Mesopotamia located on?

Asia

200

what protected Egypt

hot sandy deserts, marshy land of the Nile delta, the rough dangerous cataracts.

200

what kept India separated from the others

rugged mountains along the Northern bourdars and sea's along the southern

200

Describe how greece's physical geography influenced its early civilizations.

Had many mountains and rocky soil, not much farmable land surround by sea's so they became good fisherman.

300

What is a nomad?

People who move from place to place in a group in search of food.

300

Name some Sumerian inventions.

Cuneiform, wheel, Sailboat, wooden plow, bronze

300

describe the ancient Egyptian social class pyramid

top is the people with most power the pyramid decreases and the lowest is slaves, unskilled workers, etc

300

Explain the silk route and its importance to china

it opened up china to trade with the west (Europe). Goods, religion,culture, and ideas were spread.

300

 Describe the lives of spartan woman. What rights did they have?

could take part in athletic trainning

raised strong children

could own land

400

what is specialization?

The act of training for a particular job; pottery maker, jewelry maker, etc

400

How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers help the people of Mesopotamia?

The flooding provided silt creating fertile soil for farming

400

Describe the carefully planned city of mohenjo-Daro

Grid like streets or separated blocks of houses , sewer systems brought waste, outside indoor plumbing.

400

Did Alexander achieve his goal?

He achieved his goal and wanted to conquer as much land as possible .

500

What is systematic agriculture?

The organized growing of food on a regular basis; This changed the lives of the neolithic people since they were able to stay in one place growing food, creating a surplus,and having free time to specialize in many trades.

500

How were the Israelites different from the Mesopotamia and other people from ancient civilizations?

The Israelites were monotheistic (believed in one god) while other civilizations were all polytheistic.

500

Discuss the achievements of shi huangdi

set up money, broke china into provinces to make it easier to control.

500

Explain the beliefs of early Greek philosophers.

Socrates emphasized ethics and self knowledge, Plato added forms and political philosophy, Aristotle focused on empiricism and logic, Impacting many fields.

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