Early Humans & Civilizations
This continent is where the earliest humans first appeared.
What is Africa?
This religion is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
This empire is associated with the Code of Hammurabi.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This term refers to the spread of ideas, goods, or beliefs from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
This early time period is known for hunting and gathering lifestyles.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
This major turning point led to the domestication of plants and animals.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This belief system believes in the 5 relationships as a societal organizer
What is Confucianism?
This dynasty made Confucianism the official philosophy of the government.
What is the Han Dynasty?
These routes helped spread Islam and Buddhism across Afro-Eurasia.
What are trade routes (Silk Roads, land and sea routes)?
This concept refers to where something happened and why it happened there.
What is geographic context?
This environmental challenge was faced by early river valley civilizations
What are catastrophic floods that destroyed crops and villages?
This similarity is shared by Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is belief in reincarnation?
This document shows that Babylonian society had different punishments based on social class.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This geographic region was heavily influenced by both Islam and Buddhism
What is the Indian subcontinent (or Coastal China)?
This type of source includes laws, maps, coins, and artifacts created during the time period.
What is a primary source?
This cause explains why civilizations developed near rivers.
What is access to water for farming, transportation, and trade?
This is one reason rulers supported Confucianism during the Han Dynasty.
What is that Confucianism promoted order, respect, and stable relationships, which helped rulers maintain control?
This law code was created to maintain order and justice in society
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This is one way trade contributed to cultural diffusion.
What is the exchange of goods, ideas, religions, and technologies through trade networks?
This map would best help a historian compare early civilizations based on geography.
What is a map of early river valley civilizations?
Explain how geography influenced the success of early river valley civilizations.
What is that fertile soil and reliable water sources allowed civilizations to farm,
Using evidence, explain how belief systems helped maintain social order in classical civilizations.
What is that belief systems provided moral guidelines and social rules that promoted order and stability in classical societies?
Explain one way the Code of Hammurabi is a reliable source for understanding Babylonian society.
What is that the Code of Hammurabi is reliable because it reveals Babylonian laws, punishments, social classes, and values?
Explain how Alexander the Great helped spread Greek culture into Asia.
What is that Alexander’s military conquests spread Greek language, culture, and ideas throughout Asia (Hellenistic culture)?
Explain one way studying social studies helps individuals become informed and responsible citizens.
What is that studying social studies helps individuals understand government, history, and civic responsibilities so they can be informed and responsible citizens?