Unit 1: Early Civilizations
What is the belief in one god or goddess called?
What is monotheism.
Who was the King of Mycenae during The Iliad?
Who is Agamemnon.
In Roman mythology a lot of their gods/goddesses came from what other civilization?
What is Greece.
What crop was grown by the Indus River Valley intentionally (not for food)?
What is cotton.
What location was vital to the success of the West African Empires?
What is the Niger River.
What was the writing used in Mesopotamia called?
What is cuneiform.
What type of government was created in Athens?
What is direct democracy.
What type of government was created in Rome?
What is representative democracy.
What is the name for the social class of workers in Vedic India?
What is Sudras.
What are the two major trade goods from West Africa?
What are salt and gold.
How does surplus agriculture benefit people (what happens because of it)?
What is people can have jobs other than farming (differentiation of labor).
Who is considered the "Father of Medicine"?
Who is Hippocrates.
How long was the term limit for a dictator in ancient Rome?
What is 6 months.
Which Chinese dynasty introduced animism and used oracle bones?
What is the Shang Dynasty.
Why was Ibn Battuta important?
What is his perspective as an African traveling in Africa (not biased).
Which civilization wrote the most about the Sea Peoples?
What is the Egyptian New Kingdom.
What is the name of the battle won by the Persians because the Greeks were betrayed?
What is Thermopylae.
When did the position of dictator exist in Rome?
What is during the Roman Republic.
Who was the Emperor of China buried with over 8,000 terracotta soldiers?
Who is Shi Huangdi or Qin Shi Huang.
Why was the Kilwa Sultanate important in ancient Africa?
What is it connected trade from central Africa to the Middle East and Asia.
What is the connection between the myth of Osiris and the flooding of the Nile? (2 parts required for correct answer)
What is the death and rebirth of Osiris explained why the Nile River floods/leaves behind fertile soil every year.
What is the name of the alliance between Greek city-states to continue to fight against the Persians?
What is the Delian League.
What is Pax Romana and when was it (specific years)?
What is Roman Peace and was during 27 BCE - 180 CE.
What are the basic ideas of Buddhism called?
What are the Four Nobles Truths.
What are the 5 Pillars of Faith in Islam?
What is declaration of faith (shahada), prayer (salah), charity (zakat), fasting, and hajj (pilgrimage).