Early Civilizations
This natural feature allowed early civilizations to farm and settle.
What is a river?
This common form of government began in Athens.
What is democracy?
This trade network connected Asia, Africa, and Europe
What is the Silk Road?
This revolution challenged monarchy in France.
What is the French Revolution?
Factories and machines transformed production during this period.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The Cold War was mainly a conflict between these two systems.
What are communism and capitalism?
Ancient Egyptians believed this was necessary for a successful afterlife.
What is mummification?
Greek thinkers like Socrates and Plato focused on this way of understanding the world.
What is philosophy?
The Columbian Exchange transferred crops, animals, and this deadly factor.
What are diseases?
This phrase summarized the main cause of the American Revolution.
No taxation without Representation.
Industrialization led to crowded cities, known as this process. (People moving to cities)
What is urbanization?
Wars fought indirectly between major powers are called this.
What are proxy wars?
Both the Indus and Huang He civilizations depended on this agricultural process.
What is river flooding?
Roman engineering achievements included roads, aqueducts, and this structure.
What are arches?
European powers sought colonies for wealth, resources, and power through this practice.
What is imperialism?
Many revolutions were inspired by the desire for this.
What is power/ equality / representation / freedom?
European powers divided Africa at this meeting.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This global organization was created to promote peace and human rights.
What is the United Nations?
These early civilizations show that geography shapes how societies develop.
What are river valley civilizations?
This event led to instability and change in Western Europe.
What is the fall of Rome?
This economic system focused on exporting more than importing.
What is mercantilism?
Enlightenment ideas emphasized reason and these individual protections.
What are natural rights?
This treaty officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This question ties the entire course together and was your guiding question for your final project.
What is “Why does world history matter?”
Mesopotamia developed one of the earliest systems of laws under this ruler.
Who is Hammurabi?
The Eastern Roman Empire that preserved Roman culture was known as this.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Trade routes helped spread goods as well as these non-material ideas.
What are religions, cultures, or technologies?
This meeting tried to restore balance in Europe after Napoleon’s defeat.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
World War II was fought between the Allies and these opposing powers.
What are the Axis Powers?
Daily Double: From ancient civilizations to modern conflicts, this struggle appears again and again.
What is the struggle for power?