HUMAN ORIGINS
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
CHINA
GREECE
ROME
100
Organized into small groups
What is the organization of hunting and gathering societies?
100
Earliest known writing in a civilization first developed here
What is the Middle East?
100
It was more centralized
What is a major difference between the Qin and Zhou dynasties?
100
Politics
What is the genius of Greece?
100
Engineering
What is the genius of Rome?
200
Period in which simple stone tools were used
What is the Paleolithic Age?
200
The characteristic political organization of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization
What is regional city-states?
200
A family that passed the imperial title from generation to generation
What is a Chinese dynasty?
200
All citizens could participate directly in law and policymaking
What is Athens?
200
Laws rather than trained officials
What is why Confucius would be critical of Rome?
300
Governments could become more formal and bureaucratic
What is a result of the development of writing?
300
This river valley civilization was most completely destroyed by natural disasters
What is the Indus River Valley civilization?
300
Harmony and balance
What is the Chinese view of nature?
300
Questioning
What is the Socratic Method?
300
Landed aristocracy
What is the group represented by the Roman Senate of the Republic?
400
They were more durable, sharper, accurate, with more diverse shapes
What is why were metal tools preferred over stone tools?
400
This religion proposed a less human-like and more abstract God
What is Jewish monotheism?
400
Careful craftsmanship and detail work
What is Chinese art?
400
Used to try and explain nature's patterns
What is the Greek and Hellenistic approach in science?
400
Compared to China, Roman architecture emphasized
What is tall towers and steeples?
500
New stone age
What is the Neolithic Age?
500
More elaborate political organizations
What is one difference between classical and river valley civilizations?
500
High levels of technological innovation
What is one of China's key economic strengths?
500
One result of Greece using slaves
What is Greece lagged behind China and India in terms of technological innovations?
500
Decline in population due to a series of plagues
What is an early symptom of Rome's decline?
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