Vocabulary
Religion
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
100
What is shift from food gathering to food producing
What is Neolithic revolution
100
Believing in many gods
What is polytheism
100
What is cuneiform and where was it developed?
What is first system of writing from the Sumerians
100
What are 3 reasons why civilizations "popped up" WHERE they did?
What is climate, river, soil
100
What was so important about Justinian's code?
What is it lasted 900 years
200
Tiered pyramid shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple
What is ziggurat
200
Which religion uses the caste system?
What is Hinduism
200
What are 3 beliefs of Hinduism?
What is caste system, moksha, reincarnation, dharma, karma
200
What are the 4 main river valley civilizations and their rivers?
What is Indus River Valley-Indus river, China- yellow/Yangtze, Egypt-Nile, Mesopotamia-Tigris/Euphrates
200
What did the great schism split? What did each side believe?
What is split the Catholic Church. Western Europe became Roman Catholic and the pope was the head of everything. Eastern Europe became Eastern Orthodox and the emperor/king was the head of everything
300
Written laws hung in the town that gave equality to all citizens
What is 12 tables
300
Who was chosen by god to be the father(and founder) of the Hebrew people?
What is Abraham
300
What are the 5 characteristics of civilization?
What is specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology, advanced cities.
300
Which roman emperor made Christianity legal in Rome with the edict of Milan?
What is Constantine
300
What did china export to Europe?
What is silk spices and porcelain
400
Took power away from king and gave it to the people
What is magna carta
400
How did Islam spread?
What is cultural diffusion
400
What separated the cities of the Indus Valley from the other early civilizations?
What is gridded cities, indoor plumbing, advanced technologies
400
How did the infrastructure of the Han and Roman empires benefit their economies?
What is they had well developed roads to trade
400
Why was Charlemagne so awesome?
What is he expanded empire, spread Christianity, and unified Europe
500
A mix between ancestor worship and Buddhism
What is Zen Buddhism
500
What caused the split between Sunni Muslim and Shi'a muslim?
What is Muhammad's death (sunni thought the 4 caliphs should take his place and shi'a thought someone of Muhammad's bloodline should take his place)
500
How were the Nazcas and Chavin able to develop productive farmland?
What is terraced farming
500
What 3 goals did Pericles have for Athens?
What is 1. To strengthen Athenian democracy 2. To hold and strengthen the empire 3. To glorify Athens
500
What are 3 characteristics of gothic architecture?
What is stained glass, spires, flying buttresses, tall
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