Prehistory
What is the name of the cave full of prehistoric art that we looked at towards the beginning of the year?
Lascaux
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers fit the best under this letter of P.E.R.S.I.A.
A for Area
What is the other name for the area Mesopotamia is in?
The Fertile Crescent
What method of divination did the Shang dynasty use the most?
Oracle Bones
We defined Prehistory as being before which two things?
Written language and farming
The P in P.E.R.S.I.A. stands for Politics. In terms of Unit 1, it would include THIS term for a period of time ruled by one family.
Dynasties
What two rivers allowed Mesopotamia to advance so quickly as a Civilization?
The Tigris and Euphrates
What dynasty took over after the Zhou?
The Qin
Prehistoric people often lived this lifestyle of living off the land through animals and plants.
Hunting and Gathering (or hunter-gatherer lifestyle)
Oracle Bones being used by the Shang Dynasty to try predicting the future would best fit under what letter of P.E.R.S.I.A.?
R for Religious
Sargon I created the first empire, what was it called?
The Akkadians
What two rivers shaped ancient Chinese civilization the most?
The Yangtze and the Huang He (or yellow river)
Nomads OR Nomadic
Economic businesses normally fit under the E in P.E.R.S.I.A., but oftentimes business deals between people can also fit under which other letter?
S for Social
Hammurabi believed that he got his famous code from one of the Mesopotamian gods, which one was it?
Marduk
Which Dynasty started belief in the Mandate of Heaven?
The Zhou
This is the best assumption we can make for what year Lascaux was painted.
15,000 B.C.
How many letters of P.E.R.S.I.A. does Hammurabi's code DIRECTLY tie in to?
P for Political, S for Social, R for Religious, E for Economic, and I for Intellectual/Arts
What city-state was Hammurabi the king of?
Babylon (and then all of them)
Explain how the Mandate of Heaven worked.
full explanation, teacher's discretion.