Early Man
What is another name for the old Stone age?
Paleolithic Age
What does polytheistic mean?
The belief in many gods.
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
Describe the geography of how it affected people living
they had rivers, mountains, and desserts, so they were protected on all sides
Know how Pericles helped people get involved with the government.
helped make Athens more democratic, Gave jobs to people based on skill not place in society.
What is surplus?
More of a resource than is needed to survive.
what continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
what protected Egypt
hot sandy deserts, marshy land of the Nile delta, the rough dangerous cataracts.
what kept India separated from the others
rugged mountains along the Northern bourdars and sea's along the southern
Describe how greece's physical geography influenced its early civilizations.
Had many mountains and rocky soil, not much farmable land surround by sea's so they became good fisherman.
What is a nomad?
People who move from place to place in a group in search of food.
Name some Sumerian inventions.
Cuneiform, wheel, Sailboat, wooden plow, bronze
describe the ancient Egyptian social class pyramid
top is the people with most power the pyramid decreases and the lowest is slaves, unskilled workers, etc
Explain the silk route and its importance to china
it opened up china to trade with the west (Europe). Goods, religion,culture, and ideas were spread.
Describe the lives of spartan woman. What rights did they have?
could take part in athletic trainning
raised strong children
could own land
what is specialization?
The act of training for a particular job; pottery maker, jewelry maker, etc
How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers help the people of Mesopotamia?
The flooding provided silt creating fertile soil for farming
Describe the carefully planned city of mohenjo-Daro
Grid like streets or separated blocks of houses , sewer systems brought waste, outside indoor plumbing.
Did Alexander achieve his goal?
He achieved his goal and wanted to conquer as much land as possible .
What is systematic agriculture?
The organized growing of food on a regular basis; This changed the lives of the neolithic people since they were able to stay in one place growing food, creating a surplus,and having free time to specialize in many trades.
How were the Israelites different from the Mesopotamia and other people from ancient civilizations?
The Israelites were monotheistic (believed in one god) while other civilizations were all polytheistic.
Discuss the achievements of shi huangdi
set up money, broke china into provinces to make it easier to control.
Explain the beliefs of early Greek philosophers.
Socrates emphasized ethics and self knowledge, Plato added forms and political philosophy, Aristotle focused on empiricism and logic, Impacting many fields.