Vocabulary
What is cultural diffusion? Que es la difusion cultural?
The spread of ideas, technology, religion, etc. from one culture to another
El compartir de ideas, tecnologia, religion, etc. de una cultura a otra.
What does polytheistic mean?
Que significa politiesta?
One believes in more than one god/gods
What rivers went through Mesopotmia?
Que rios pasaron por Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which Chinese Dynasty opened the Silk Road?
Que Dinastia China abrio la Carretera de Seda?
Han Dynasty
What are four things traded on the Silk Road?
Que eran cuatro cosas intercambiadas en la Carretera de Seda?
Jade, wool, gold, spices, silk, horses, bronze, ceramics, dyes, gems, glass, grapes, gunpowder, paper, rugs, tea
What is the process by which people tame an animal?
Que es el proceso donde la gente doma a los animales?
Think of farm animals, pets, etc.
Piensa en animales de granja, y mascotas)
Domestication
De que religion su texto sagrado se llama la Santa Biblia?
Christianity
Which city had indoor plumbing, planned out cities and a language that was never deciphered?
¿Qué ciudad tenía plomería interior, ciudades planificadas y un lenguaje que nunca se descifró?
Indus River Valley
What was the first thing that was traded for silk?
Que fue la primer cosa que fue intercambiado por seda?
Horses
What were some of the dangers of the Silk Road?
Que eran peligros de la Carretera de Seda?
Bandits, geography, weather, lack of resources, DEATH, diseases
What is Bias? Que es la predisposicion?
The belief that one thing is better than another. Can lead to unfair treatment.
Opinion que algo es mejor que otra cosa. Puede causar tratamiento injusto.
Which religion has 4 Noble Truths?
Que religion tiene 4 verdades nobles?
Buddhism
What were the two Major rivers in Ancient China?
Que fueron los dos rios mayores de China Antigua?
Yellow River (Huang He) and the Yangtze River
What is flying money?
Que es el dinero volador?
What does geography mean?
Que significa la Geografia?
The study of Earth's terrain
Agricultural Revolution
Revolucion Agricola
Who created Confuscianism?
Quien creo Confucianismo?
Confucius
Which civilizations invented written language (Cuneiform)?
Que civilizacion invento lenguaje escrito?
Mesopotamia
What is the term for the inns that began to develop along the silk road to keep travelers safe while traveling the Silk Road?
como se llaman las posadas donde viajadores dormian mientras viajando por la Carretera de Seda?
Caravanserai
What were the religious temples in Mesopotamia called?
Como se llaman los templos religiosos de Mesopotamia?
Ziggurats
What is historiography?
The study of history. How perspectives can shape what we learn. History is written by the victor.
What is one of the 5 pillars of Islam?
Que es uno de los cinco pilares de Islam?
Profession of faith (Shahadah)
Prayer (salat)
Alms (zakat)
Fasting during the month of Ramadan (Sawm)
Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
What was the major river that crossed through Ancient Egypt?
Que fue el rio mayor de Egipto antiguo?
Nile River
Name a key traveler of the Silk Road that we mentioned in class? AND what did he do differently from other travelers to make him famous?
¿Nombra a un viajero clave de la Ruta de la Seda que mencionamos en clase? ¿Y qué hizo diferente a otros viajeros para hacerse famoso?
Marco Polo, documented his journeys
Were Pharoah's considered Godly?
Los Faraones eran considerados parte-dioses?
yuh 😜