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100

This social scientist digs up artifacts to report on the history of humans

Archaeologist

100

This is term for a drastic change in the way something is done

Revolution

100

the belief in one god

monotheism

100

This trade route stretches from China to the Middle East/Europe

Silk Road

200

This social scientist studies the intricacies of trade around the world.

Economist

200
Western Europe developed new technology and challenged the way of the world from art to church to the power of kings

Renaissance

200

In Hinduism, they teach that the soul never dies, it is reborn, this is what major belief

Reincarnation or Samsara

200

The rise and fall of ruling families in China

Dynastic Cycle

300

This geographic feature is surrounded by water on three sides and can be a strageic location for trade

Peninsula
300

This revolution saw the advent of civilization as people learned to grow their own food instead of hunting and gathering.

Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution

300

All three monotheistic religions developed in this region of the world

Middle East OR Southwest Asia

300

These two items were often traded pound for pound in the West African Trans-Saharan trade routes

Gold and Salt

400

This social scientist would be most interested in studying modern day hunters and gatherers to know how people developed during the Paleolithic Era

Anthropologist

400

The change from an earth centered solar system (geocentric) to a sun centered solar system happened during this period

Scientific Revolution

400

The fifth Pillar of Islam requires those able to return to Mecca and worship at the Kaaba

Hajj

400

"An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" was the saying, unless you were different social classes, stems from which ancient written laws

Hammurabi Code

500

This geographic feature is a chain of small islands

Archipelago

500

This turning point changed the entire world as Old and New World goods were traded and used throughout the world

Columbian Exchange

500

The 10 Commandments are found in these two sacred texts

Torah and Bible
500
In China, the emperor was given the right to rule by god, also known as

Mandate of Heaven