Prehistory
Mesopotamia
India
China
Miscellaneous
100
Prehistory means:
What is the age before writing
100
Mesopotamia was located between these two geographical features
What is Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
100
People who came through the Khyber Pass and invaded early Indian civilizations
What is the Aryans
100
Name the 3 Chinese philosophies and what each's main belief is.
What is Daoism- nature, the way, peace. Confucianism- respect elders, education, family, filial piety. Legalism- strict laws, harsh punishments, strong government
100
Name 2 epic poems we have studied this year.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh, Odyssey, Mahabharata
200
Fill in the following: New Stone Age: ____________ Revolution
What is Agricultural
200
The Hittites were known for these two things
What is Iron Weapons and Chariots
200
This person from the Mauryan empire helped spread one of the major world religions from India to China and Southeast Asia
Who is Asoka
200
The Zhou dynasty is famous for these 2 things. (and explain them)
What is Mandate of Heaven and Dynasty Cycle. Mandate of Heaven is when the ruler claims authority to rule straight from above. Dynasty cycle is the transition of rulers.
200
When a ruler gets power because he or she is the heir to the throne, this is called a __________.
What is Dynasty
300
Describe the difference between neolithic and paleolithic
What is Paleolithic is before the age of agriculture when people are still nomads, Neolithic means after agriculture
300
This group of people practiced cultural diffusion by trading on the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Phoenicians
300
List 4 characteristics of the cities of Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro
What is organized into a grid, toilets, sewage system, granaries, roads, etc.
300
These predict the future. From _______ dynasty.
What is Oracle bones, Shang
300
Name the king who created the Hanging Gardens for his wife.
What is Nebuchadnezzar
400
Name 4 characteristics of humans before the creation of civilizations
What is nomadic, hunter-gatherers, created fire, had oral language, used simple tools, etc.
400
Name the meaning of bureaucracy and the people who practiced it.
What is ruling society from the top down, with people performing different jobs-- The Persians practiced it
400
Give me the founder, holy books, and 3 main beliefs for both Hinduism and Buddhism
What is Hinduism-- no founder, Vedas and Upanishads, caste system, cows are sacred, reincarnation, karma, dharma, etc. Buddhism-- Siddhartha Guatama, no holy book, nirvana, 8 fold path, 4 noble truths, meditation, etc.
400
Give 4 items that the Han dynasty was known for innovating.
What is silk, compass, block printing, porcelain, etc.
400
The Silk Road is similar to this road in Persia.
What is the Royal Road
500
Name three important changes that the development of agriculture caused
What is led to creation of civilizations, settled by rivers, creation of government, creation of communities, etc.
500
He is credited with creating the first empire and this is where he is from.
What is Sargon the Great, Sumer
500
Name 4 advancements made during the reign of the Gupta Empire
What is Mahabharata (literature), fixed broken bones (medicine), Used the number zero (math), Earth rotates on axis around sun (science), Sanskrit (language)
500
This was the religion found in Japan that believed in respecting nature and animism.
What is Shinto
500
Describe the difference between archaeologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists.
What is Archeologists- excavate remains, paleontologists- study fossils, anthropologists- study culture
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