Show:
Hunter Gatherers and Early Agriculture
Mesopotamia & Egypt
India & China
World Religion
Ancient Greece
100
How do hunter-gatherers get their food?
Hunting and gathering
100
1. What are the names of the rivers in Mesopotamia? 2. What is the name of the river in Egypt?
1. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 2. Nile River
100
1. What was the river in India? 2. What were the rivers in China?
1. Indus River 2. Yellow and Yangzi Rivers
100
1. What does monotheism mean? 2. What does polytheism mean? 3. What were the three monotheistic religions we learned about?
1. Belief in one god 2. Belief in many gods 3. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
100
Which Greek city-state was completely focused on the military?
Sparta
200
1. What did men hunter-gatherers do? 2. What did women hunter-gatherers do?
1. Hunt 2. Gather and take care of children
200
1. What were the temples called in Mesopotamia? 2. What did every house have in Mesopotamia?
1. Ziggurats 2. A courtyard
200
1. What was the name of the first civilization in India? 2. Why don't we know very much about them?
1. Harappan Civilization 2. We can't read their writing
200
In Daoism... 1. What do people think about nature? 2. What do people think about opposites?
1. You should follow nature 2. You should balance opposites
200
Which Greek city-state invented democracy?
Athens
300
Why did hunter-gatherer groups migrate?
To follow packs of animals (their food!)
300
What purpose did the pyramids serve in Egypt?
They were tombs for pharaohs.
300
CHINA: What was an oracle bone? Explain how it was used.
An oracle bone was something a priest used to tell the future. The priest would write a question on the bone or shell and heat it up until it cracked. Then he read the cracks on it to answer his question.
300
Which religion has a belief in reincarnation, karma, and darma?
Hinduism
300
1. What did Philip II improve in Macedonia? 2. What place did he conquer? 3. What was his life dream?
1. The army 2. Greek city-states 3. To conquer Persia
400
1. What is nomad? 2. When did humans stop being nomads and settle into villages?
1. Someone with no permanent home 2. When they started farming
400
MESOPOTAMIA: 1. What is Hammurabi's Code? 2. Give an example of a law from it. 3. Was it fair or unfair? 4. Why?
1. The first written set of laws 2. If you poke out my eye, then I can poke out your eye 3. Unfair 4. Because slaves and freedmen (former slaves) did not get equal treatment
400
CHINA: What was the mandate of heaven?
The belief that the gods chose the Chinese king.
400
1. What do Buddhists believe is the source of suffering? 2. How do Buddhists think you can escape suffering?
1. Wanting things you cannot have. 2. By following the eightfold path.
400
1. How old was Alexander the Great when he became king? 2. What was the first thing he had to do after becoming king? 3. Name two places he conquered. 4. Why didn't he conquer India?
1. 20 2. Put down rebellions in the Greek city-states 3. Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Persian, Bactria, Afghanistan 4. His troops did not want to keep fighting
500
Name two effects of a food surplus.
Increase in population, development of new jobs, growth of cities
500
1. Why did Egyptians mummify the dead? 2. Where did their spirit go after death? 3. How were they judged at the entrance to that place?
1. To keep the body from decaying so the dead could reach the underworld 2. To the underworld 3. A god (Anubis) weighed their hearts against the Feather of Truth.
500
CHINA: What were the four great inventions of Ancient China?
Gunpowder, paper, printing press, and compass
500
1. Who was the founder of Buddhism? 2. Who was the founder of Judaism? 3. Who was the founder of Christianity? 4. Who was the founder of Islam?
1. Siddartha Gautama (the Buddha) 2. Abraham 3. Jesus 4. Mohammed
500
Name the three ancient Greek philosophers and give me one fact about each.
1. Socrates 2. Plato 3. Aristotle Facts will vary.