The Beginning
Geography
Culture
Achievments
Teacher's Choice
100
A social class system, specialized jobs, a traditional economy, complex government system and orgainzed religion are all chracteristics of what.
What is a civilization?
100
This geographic feature divided Northern Africa from the rest of Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
100
China's geographic isolation led to feeling of thi
What is Ethnocentrism?
100
Thier writing system became the foundation for the modern day alphabet.
Who are the Phonecians?
100
The Kushites adopting Egyptian art and dress is an exampe of what
What is Cultural Difusion?
200
This is characterized with the domestication of animals and the cultivation of crops. This revolution led to the establishment of cities and towns (advanced civilizations).
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
200
This geographic feature's flooding leaves behind silt that creates fertile land.
What are rivers?
200
We study these artifacts to investigate the values of a society?
What are works of art?
200
This was the first written set of laws. The punishments were based on a person's social class?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
200
This has influenced the social structure and teh religous beliefs in India
What is the Caste System?
300
All four Ancient River Civilizations have this feature in common?
What are rivers?
300
These winds can cause a lot of damage. They can bring wet weather and cause floods or dry weather and cause droughts.
What are monsoons
300
The sharing of ideas and products with a different culture
What is Cultural Difusion?
300
This philosphy had a large impact on social order and political organization in Ancient China.
What is Confucianism?
300
This philosphy tells us it is important to know what to do and to do what is expected of us (obey)
What is Confucianism?
400
This term can de defined as only producing enough food for your family to survive on.
What is subsitance farming?
400
These are the two key impacts that a river has on a civilzation.
What are improves transportation and provides fertile land?
400
This religion tells us the way to happiness to give up all desires.
What is Buddhism?
400
Confucios said that only the best educated people should run the government. He created this to make sure of it.
What are civil service exams?
400
This philosphy emphasizes harsh laws and even harsher punishments
What is Legalism?
500
This ancient civilization is divided into three time periods called the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms
What is Ancient Egypt?
500
Pick an ancient civilization and describe two ways geography impacted its society
What is China- Mountains, Deserts islolation rivers fertile land Mesoptamia- rivers fertile land, floods cause destruction India- rivers fertile land floods cause destruction, monsoons droughts, floods Eygpt- rivers fertile land deserts irrigation sytems
500
A woman's role is to be at home as a wife and mother. This is which ancient civilization's view of women.
What is Ancient China
500
This is the reason the Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in human history
What is led to the domestication of animals and the farming of food
500
A term used to define respecting your elders.
What is Filial Piety?
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