EarlyCivi/Mapping/Geo
What is Paleolithic and Neolithic Age?
Paleolithic Age was the Ice Age men living in caves and living among themselves
Neolithic Revolution start of Farming, Population increase forming communities, development of Tools and domesticated animals
Name three mathematical achievements of the Gupta Empire.
What is Reincarnation?
What is Karma?
Concepts of Zero, Infinity, Decimal system
Rebirth after death
destiny or fate, following as effect from cause
Why did Hammurabi create a single, uniform code of laws for his Kingdom?
help to unify the diverse groups within his Empire.
How did the mountains and the sea affect the development of Greek civilization
Mountains and the sea cut off Greek centers of population from one another which led to organize multiple independent city-states
What were Confucianism Beliefs?
1) Social Order, harmony, and good government should be based on family relationships 2) Respect for parents and elders is important to a well-ordered society 3) Education is important both to the welfare of the individual and society.
What are the Key Features of Civilizations?
Where was Mesopotamia located?
Political System, Economic System, Religions, Social Classes, Intellectual, Arts/Architecture
Located Modern Iraq
According to Buddhism, what causes suffering?
What is Nirvana?
Where did Buddhism spread in Asia thanks to trade routes?
Desire and ignorance
Nirvana the highest state that someone can attain, state of enlightenment, person's individual desires and suffering go away.
India, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and China
How many Code of Laws did Hammurabi's Laws create? Give an example of two
Code of Laws consists of 282
Ex: Eye for an Eye
Ex: Tooth for an Tooth
What was a "Polis" and what did it consist of?
Describe how Alexander the Great contributed to the diffusion of spread of Greek culture?
Polis was the fundamental political unit in ancient Greece; made up of a city and its surrounding countryside
He started new cities as administrative centers and outpost of Greek culture, these cities adopted many Greek patterns and customs
What are Daoism beliefs?
1) The natural order is more important than the social order 2) A universal force guides all things 3) Human beings should live simply and in harmony with nature
Name Ancient Early River Valleys Civilizations?
What Civilizations emerged from the River Valleys
Ancient Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Indus
What was Cyrus the Great most enduring legacy? name two.
1)Governing conquered people by allow them to keep their religion and custom, treating them with respect. 2) allow the Jews to return back to their home land Jerusalem.
Hammurabi would say that a harsh laws are necessary for?
to bring about the righteousness in the land to destroy the wicked and the evil doers , so that the strong should not harm the weak.
What were two assumptions that Greek philosophers based their ideas on?
the universe (land, sky, and sea) is put together in an orderly way, and subject to absolute and unchanging laws.
People can understand these laws through logic and reason
Name five key principles of Roman law.
All persons had the right to equal treatment under the law 2) A person was considered innocent until proven guilty 3) the burden of proof rested with the accuser rather than the accused 4) a person should be punish by actions not thoughts 5) any law that seemed unreasonable or grossly unfair could be set aside
What are the advantages of settling near Rivers?
What are the disadvantages of settling near Rivers?
water for crops/stable food supply, flood waters spread nutrient rich silt, Animals drink the water , regular water supply means of transportation
Too much Flood could destroy cities, Hard Work, complicated, requires teamwork
What was the Name of Persia capital (palace)
Persepolis
Which early civilization give women more power and rights?
Egypt
What type of Government did the Greek developed? and name one country that practices this type of government.
Democracy
The United States of America
What principles of Roman law endured to form the basis of legal system in ?
What is a Republic?
Roman law endured to form the basis of legal systems in many European countries including the United States of America
is a form of government in which power rests with citizens who have the right to VOTE for their leaders
Name the country these Rivers are located.
Nile
Tigris & Euphrates
Indus
Yangtze
Egypt
Mesopotamia/Persia
India
China
Who defeat the Persians and what did he established for future influence?
Alexander the Great, he established Hellenistic era, leaving the Greek culture ideas and achievements throughout his empire.
Which era from the Paleolithic or Neolithic did women lose status?
Neolithic
What did the Greek to construct the architecture?
symmetry, balance, harmony in their art work
Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire because?
How did use of concrete help Roman architects?
Pax Romana made travel and the exchange of ideas fairly safe, provided conditions of Christianity to spread, a common language Latin and Greek allowed the message to be easily understood.
it connected Rome to all parts of the empire.