Vocabulary
Chapters 3&4
Greece
Chapters 1 & 2
Mis.
Mis B
100

Clearing land for farming is also known as.

Slash-and-burn farming

100

This is the name of the sacred literature of the Aryan people.

What is Vedas

100

What caused the major difficulties in uniting ancient Greeks under a single government?

the geography

100

 What was the dramatic and far-reaching change in human life caused by the discovery of farming?

Neolithic Revolution

100

Name that century. The 700s

8th century

100

This is a huge peninsula also known as Asia Minor and is present day Turkey.

Anatolia

200

Seasonal winds that dominate India’s climate and affect crops.

Monsoons

200

Immediately following his death, rebellions erupted throughout the Persian Empire.

Darius

200

The Peloponnesian War was won by

Sparta.

200

Despite its severity, what reinforced the idea that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.

Hammurabi’s Code

200

What does an Archaeologist study to determine what life was like in the ancient past?

Physical Remains

200

This philosophy that was adopted by Shi Huangdi? 

Legalism

300

 What is the term for the unique way of life of a group of people?

culture

300

What happened If conquered people refused to pay tribute to the Assyrians?

They were exiled 

300

- an executive branch.

-political power limited to citizens.

-laws directly proposed and voted on by citizens.

All of the following were characteristics of Athens direct democracy

300

What was in wide use during the Neolithic Age?

domesticated animals, irrigation and fire

300

The 9th century is what time period?

800s

300
  1. Confucianism stressed a strong belief in this.

Filial piety

400

What developed during the Zhou  dynasty when members of the royal family and noble were granted to use of land that legally belonged to the king.

Feudalism

400

 What were the  Minoans were known for?

-bull-leaping for sport

-painted pottery

-female-led religious ceremonies  

400

The Trojan War was fought between who around  1200 B.C.

People of troy and Greeks
400

What allowed early man to migrate to cold climates?

fire

400

When was the first version of the spoken language (ughh) used?

50,000 years ago

400

He freed the Hebrews and was a fair leader. 

Cyrus 

500

This is the name of the dry grasslands north of the Caucasus.  

steppes

500

The language that English, Sanskrit, Persian, and Spanish are all derived from?

Indo-European.

500

It appears that, for the next 400 years after the Dorians migrated into Greece, the Greeks somehow lost their ability to use a what?

written language

500

When did the last ice age end?

10 million years ago

500

This is a place Archaeologist’s wish to explore.

Site

500

What was a major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?

People all over China could read it, even if they spoke other languages. 

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