The Silk Road
What was the Silk Road?
A network of trade routes.
Who was the first woman in space?
Valentina Tereshkova.
Why did it start in Great Britain specifically?
Coal and Iron.
Why did "Plague Doctors" wear masks that looked like giant bird beaks?
Miasma (bad air), aromatic herbs, dried flowers, and spices.
Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Pharaoh Khufu
Who started it?
Han Dynasty
What was the "Sputnik Crisis"?
NASA.
What was the most important invention of the era?
Steam Engine.
How did the Black Death reach Europe from Asia?
Silk Road.
What is the "Old Kingdom" commonly nicknamed?
Age of the Pyramids
What was traded besides silk?
Religions, technologies, and diseases.
Which animal was the first to orbit the Earth?
Laika.
How did it change and where and how did people lived?
Urbanization.
What were the three different types of "plague" that a person could catch?
Bubonic plague.
Who was the first pharaoh to build a Step Pyramid?
Djoser
Why did it end?
Ottoman Empire boycotted trade.
Who performed the first spacewalk?
Alexei Leonov.
How did the "Luddites" react to these changes?
Smashed power looms with sledgehammers.
Who were the "Flagellants," and how did they respond to the plague?
Punishment from God.
Where was the capital city located?
Memphis
Which inventions traveled from China?
Paper, Gunpowder, and The Magnetic Compass.
What was the "Secret" Soviet Moon Rocket?
N1 rocket.
How did the Industrial Revolution lead to the creation of the modern "Weekend"?
"Half Holiday" movement, two-day weekend, and professional sports, seaside resorts, and movie theaters.
How did the Black Death change the English language?
Before the plague, the ruling class in England spoke French, while the peasants spoke English.
What caused the collapse of the Old Kingdom?
Famine, drought, and the rising power