Thematic Approach
What is kinship?
Africa’s climate got worse about ________ years ago.
160,000
As city-states grew, some farmers migrated into more...?
rural areas
There were many large _____ in the ancient world
empires
The Tang and Song dynasties in China returned to the...???
Han style of government.
Historians use ______ to find patterns in history
themes
Apes used their arms to swing swiftly through the trees. Monkeys, however, mainly used their _______ for travel.
four legs
Ideas about governments, religion, science, and literature were spread over larger distances some of those were...
early writings from Hinduism and Judaism set the stage for some later religions.
What empires thrived in the ancient world?
Mesopotamia, the Assyrian and Babylonian empires thrived
What period was it when they had to battle disease, starvation, and war?
Enlightment
This theme covers a wide range of topics. Some examples are?
• the development of trade networks
• the improvement of the written language
• advances in art and architecture
• the joining together of smaller states • patriarchal societies
Some of these ______ went on to become modern humans.
hominins
Civilizations rose and came into contact with each other. As a result, technical and intellectual innovations occurred. Many of these advances happened in dense agricultural areas. These included....???
places such as the Nile River valley of Africa and the Indus River valley civilizations of India.
At one point, the Romans controlled the entire ______________ area and much of ______.
Mediterranean Sea and Europe.
What are the six themes in world history?
human-environment interaction, rise of civilizations, growth and changes in societies, development of political institutions and ideas, belief systems, and interconnectedness of societies
Where did many of our early ancestors migrate?
The southern coast.
The inventions and ideas created between 4000 and 1000 B.C.E. were very important for future development. These included...
the wheel, writing, and complex metalworking. They also included codes of law, mathematics, and astronomy.
What religions were spread on the Silk Road?
Hinduism, Judaism, and Buddhism
Early humans learned that it is helpful to...???
helpful to cooperate with one another.
About 25 million years ago, a primate group called the _____________ split into apes and monkeys.
Great Ape family
Civilizations rose and came into contact with each other. As a result _____________________________
technical and intellectual innovations occurred.