Vocab and geography
What is Space?
Features and relationships in a certain location
What are Neolithic people?
They used stone tools and practice agriculture and domestication of animals as a source of food and labor
What are the varnas?
four social groups
What is Zoroastrianism?
A religion founded by Prophet Zoroaster about 3500 years ago. it is monotheistic.
How did isolation affect the Greek City States?
they were isolated around water and depended on sea trade.
What are social classes?
when people get grouped by what they did
Where did the earliest human originate?
Africa
What is cultural diffusion?
Spread of other cultures
How did Darius regularize the tax system?
each province paying a fixed amount
Who is Socrates?
Philosopher that was accused of corrupting his students by encouraging them to question.
What is a political map?
It's a representation of political boundaries and locations
How do we know Sumeria had conflicts?
Because they built higher walls
Explain Daoism?
The religion empathized as "the way", it's about Seeking balance and living harmony with nature
What was the first major battle of the Greco-Persian wars
The battle of marathon
Who is Plato?
Philosopher who believed an ideal reality exists beyond the physical world
What is polytheism?
The belief in many gods
How did Egyptians adapt to their environment?
by growing plants
What is Dharma
Way of righteous conduct
What lands formed the first part of the Persian Empire?
Median lands and Persia
What is hellenization?
The spread of Greek culture throughout the world
Can maps be biased? If yes, how?
Yes, they can be biased through choices in what you see, symbolism, and reflecting the map makers perspective
Why did Egyptians make mummies?
They believed preserving the body this way allowed the life force to continue
How did Ashoka become a chakravartin?
Adopted Buddhism as the state religion
What were the major legacies of the Persian Empire?
The royal road and tolerance
Who is Euclid?
He made the first explanation of geography