Building/Architecture
Name 5 ancient inventions that we commonly use today.
What is... Aqueducts, the address, hamburgers, concrete, and taximeter (not the only answers for this question).
Source: Terry Jones video "Ancient Inventions".
In cathedral schools, the focus shifted away from religion and more on the liberal arts. Students studied writing, computation, and law. Professors were qualified men who had a degree themselves and excelled in academia.(Kishlansky, A Brief History of Western Civilization, 4th ed. pg. 184)
masters
During 3500 B.C.E Philosopher's hadn't really developed a name. This made it possible to communicate ideas in a new way.
What is the development of literature and writing?
Spielvogel, Jackson J. Western Civilization. Ninth edition ed., Cengage Learning, 2015.
In the Ancient Rome Era, what was one efficient way for people to get food?
Snack Bars: They would have snack bars around every corner in the city. To have already food on the go.
Where did farming originate?
What is Mesopotamia, A.K.A. the "Cradle of Civilization".
Source: Fordham-Halsall, "Emergence of Civilization in the Ancient Near East".
Being a student in a "Roman Family" were you able to own anything? Such as properties and land?
What is... not unless the father dies.
Why was building roads so important to the Romans?
What is providing their soldiers with a road to walk on.
Source:
Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Bedford/St. Martin's, A Macmillan Education Imprint, 2016, p. 148
European society during the middle ages was greatly built around . (Western Civilization, Spielvogel, pp 268) "Christians teaching and practices touched the economic, social, intellectual, cultural, and daily lives of all Europeans". (Western Civilization, Spielvogel, pp 268) In the early middle ages, most women who were educated became in their adult lives. (Western Civilization, Spielvogel, pp 269)
Christianity/Religion
Nuns
Philosophers (and people alike) use this to learn about the natural world and universe around them.
What is rational and critical thought processes?
Grgić, F. (2012). Method and Metaphysics: Essays in Ancient Philosophy I. History & Philosophy of Logic, 33(4), 381–383- https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2012.711605
Which annual flood can produce enough crops for my shop and for trading?
The Nile River: is a natural resource with its flooding. After the flood, the agriculture can produce crops and be sold to the community.
What civilization can be known as the inventors of the hamburger?
What is Rome
Source: Terry Jones video "Ancient Inventions".
In "The City" video, what would students learn from? How did they read books and where did books come from?
What is learning hieroglyphs and how to make a living. They made books out of sheepskins and carved the words into it.
During the middle ages, Cistercian Monasteries were built to accommodate who?
What is Monks and Lay Brothers.
Source:
Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Bedford/St. Martin's, A Macmillan Education Imprint, 2016, p. 376
Name the 3 subjects available to earn a PhD in at a University in the middle ages
(Notes from class lecture)
Medicine
Theology
Law
Why drastic innovations in education and philosophy created created social tensions.
What is the questioning of ordinary people's love for success and wealth.
Hunt, Lynn. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, a Concise History. Bedford/St. Martins, 2007
What was one primary source importance to both the native's population and Greek cities of the Hellenistic work?
The agriculture was one of many primary sources because the Hellenistic would need the crops to produce food and to keep their livestock feed.
What civilization was the first to use wind-power, and invented Ice Cream?
What is Persia
Web article source: parssea.org/?p=2802
Did "Charles the Great" allow both females and males learn in the same school?
What is... yes, but the females only learned the girl roles, and the males only learned the boy roles.
In a span of 500 years (312 BC-226 AD), 11 aqueducts were built to supply the city of Rome with water. What were the 3 major ways water was used and how did the Romans divide the access of these ways within the social class?
What is...
DRINKING WATER: Only the rich had private service. Most Romans got drinking water from public fountains.
BATHS: Public baths were provided for everyone to use.
SEWER: The rich had toilets with drains that went underground. The rest of people used the alley way and public lavatories that sat 10-20 people and were provided sponges as toilet paper.
Name atleast 4 of the "liberal arts" that were taught in medieval universities
(Notes from class lecture, and “Medieval Education in Europe: Schools & Universities.” Lost Kingdom Fantasy Writing, Roleplaying and Worldbuilding Resources, 21 Mar. 2015, www.lostkingdom.net/medieval-education-in-europe/.)
arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music theory, grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
This shift in traditional education made it possible for further growth in philosophy. These people were now able to attend schools.
What is the disappearance of old and traditional ways? Women being allowed to attend boys schools?
Hunt, Lynn. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures, a Concise History. Bedford/St. Martins, 2007
In the seventh century the Arabian Peninsula was populated by the secondary and nomadic people, also the Arabian was one of the largest groups that made living by ________ to help produce.
Which civilization invented the sickle (Which is a hand-tool for cutting grass)?
What is the Sumerians
source: https://www.weegy.com/Home.aspx?ConversationId=BGNUHU8Y
In 661-732 what were the 3 main subjects the Islam and Arabs learned?
What is learning science, math, and how to write hieroglyphs .
The builder built Monasteries, the Colosseum, Mosques, the Ziggurat, and many other structures similar to these. What was the main purpose of constructing all of these structures?
What is bringing people together.
Source: This question is more of an overall question relating to the answer of "What is Western Civilization?". Hunt mentions people coming together quite a bit, so that is what I will cite.
Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures. Bedford/St. Martin's, A Macmillan Education Imprint, 2016
In both Greek and Roman cultures it was expected of the mother to be the primary care giver and raise the children in a respectable way. In ancient Rome in was typical for the mother to be the primary educator for her children until what age?
(McKay, J. P., Hill, B. D., Buckler, J., Crowston, C. H., Wiesner, M. E., & Perry, J. (2017). A History of Western Society. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins.)
Seven
additional information: Seven was the typical age for boys to enter into a traditional educational institution but this was only the norm for girls in wealthy families
Why philosophical studies boomed during the Hellenistic period.
What is an outlet for the unsettling living conditions created by Hellenistic Kings?
Spielvogel, Jackson J. Western Civilization. Ninth edition ed., Cengage Learning, 2015.
In the film "Terry Jones: Hidden History of Rome" who was one of the scholars that helped Terry understand the Roman Cookery?
Suzanne Evans: she reconstructed a Roman's workman's lunch and prepared a meal "Poulsen."
What civilization invented the wheel, and how old is the oldest known wheel?
What is the Mesopotamians, and it dates to approximately 3,500 B.C (or 5,500 years old).
source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-technology/revolutionary-invention-wheel-001713
In the "Age of Confidence," how did children learn?
What is using logical explanations as to why things happen.