Units 1+2
This word dictates the period of time after the Paleolithic Period where human beings begin using agriculture and irrigation techniques, domesticate animals, and grow populations in large settlements near rivers.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
These words differentiate between a religion that believes in one god and a religion that believes in several.
What are monotheistic and polytheistic?
When a good or idea travels from one region to another.
What is trans-regional trade?
Things are looking dark! This period of time refers to the years in which Europe and Asia were "plagued" with a deadly disease caused by the bacteria yersina pestis
What is the Black Plague/Black Death/Dark Age?
What is an archaeologist?
This river's valley worshiped it like a god, gave it its own god, and took advantage of its PREDICTABLE flooding to harness for agriculture.
What is the Nile River?
This civilization is best known for creating a gold age of democracy by allowing non-wealthy citizens to vote, contains the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, and expanded under the rule of the conqueror king Alexander.
What is Classical Greece?
These two major trade networks battled the harsh conditions of the desert using camels for overland trade in places without water.
What are the Silk Road and Trans-Saharan trade routes?
Born again! This term, French for "rebirth", describes a period of time in which Europe began focusing less on religion and more on self-discovery, exploded with arts and architecture, and focused on secular (non-religious) life.
What is the Renaissance?
This term means to cross from one region to another
What is trans-regional?
This river was not popular, gaining it the dour nickname of "China's Sorrow" due to its UNPREDICTABLE flooding devastating those that settled around it.
What is the Yellow/Yanghze River?
This civilization is known for a golden age that lasted over three of its dynasties, had the philosophies of Confucius and Lao Tzu, and saw great expansions to its its famous defensive walls.
What is Classical China?
This Post-Classical Civilization managed to hang onto the glory of the Roman Empire after its Western half fell, featuring a co-rule between husband and wife, and a famous walled city.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This West African empire's wealth was responsible for LITERALLY putting its ruler on the map, dominating the gold and salt trade, as well as using the Trans-Saharan trade routes to spread Islam throughout Africa.
What is Mali?
This term refers to people in the government who are each given certain tasks related to the running of the empire (Think about non-teachers in our building...)
What is administration?
This dynamic duo give the Middle Eastern region of Mesopotamia its name as "the land between two rivers".
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What is the Gupta Empire?
This Post-Classical Civilization united its tribes of Muslim nomads together into one empire, ruled over by a sultan, and eventually gained the capital city of Istanbul.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
These Empires (two) exist in modern day CENTRAL America and have been around since the Neolithic period, before ONE was abandoned and the OTHER was colonized.
What are the Aztec and Mayan empires?
Do you hear that music? This term serves to categorize to the period of time before the fall of the Roman Empire and after civilizations begin to rise after the Neolithic Revolution
What is the Classical Period?
Major civilizations propped up in the fertile valleys of these FIVE RIVERS. (Must name all five by name, not by civilization)
What are the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates, Ganges, and Yellow/Yangzhe Rivers?
This civilization is famous for being one of the largest land empires in the world, stretching into North Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, featuring the philosophies of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, and is famous as both a Republic and later as an Empire.
What is Classical Rome?
What is the Mongol Empire?
This empire, located in modern day SOUTH America existed without a written language, money, or metal tools, before its fall to the Spanish conquistadors in the Battle of Cajamarca
What is the Inca Empire?
This term refers to the Confucian belief to be good, kind, and representative of one's family in one's interactions and respect for elders
What is filial peity?