What is Ancient Rome 753 BCE. Muhammad's death was in 632 CE
100
This era featured humans who
a. understood environment
b. made and used stone tools
c. followed the food source, so they were nomadic
d. used fire
There is a contemporary diet fad that includes the same root word found in the name of this era.
What is PALEOLITHIC ERA
100
The river system where Ancient Egypt was based.
What is Nile River
100
At the peak of Feudalism, this type of leader was at the peak of the social order, right alongside the Catholic pope.
What is Monarchy/king/queen
100
order from lowest rank to highest:
Knight, Serf, Pope, Noble
What is
serf-knight-noble-pope
200
Building of Egyptian pyramids or the origins of Buddhism?
What is pyramids in Egypt.
pyramids= 2600 BCE and after, and Buddhism started with Siddhartha Gautama's teachings in the 500s BCE.
200
These 2 eras are known for
a. New metals that gave way for building wealth and armies.
b. Settlements or a concentration of people, originally along river valleys of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China.
NAME ONE OF THESE ERAS.
What is Bronze or Iron.
200
This is the lucky city founded by Constantine, since he had the vision to invest in such a grand and successful location, far away from Rome.
What is Constantinople
200
when government is ruled by religious leaders and/or doctrine.
What is a theocracy
200
Name the four different river systems that featured the early human civilizations in Egypt, China, India and the Middle East.
What are Nile, Indus, Tigris/Euphrates, and Yangtze (Chang Jiang)/Yellow (Huang He)
300
Qin dynasty or Zhou Dynasty?
What is Zhou.
Qin was 221-206 BCE
Zhou started in 1046 BCE.
300
Alexander the Great arrived in Greece from Macedonia and overtook the Greek lands. He created an empire all to his own as far east as India, but remarkably he chose to retain much of the traditions of the Greek culture. What is the name of this era in European/Asian history where Alexander treasured Greek culture but blended it with ideas from other lands?
What is Hellenistic Era.
300
Scandinavia is the name of the cold, northern and rustic region whose inhabitants much of Western Europe feared with their lives. Name the feared people who came from Scandinavia.
What is Vikings
300
When law is said to be "this," the people tend to find peace and comfort in that the laws are written down and ordered for all to see and be accountable to.
What is codified
400
The reign of Augustus, Rome's first great Emperor, or the start of the Han dynasty in China?
What is Augustus, starting in 27 BC. Han began in 206 BCE.
400
This emperor is credited with perhaps the shortest reign of leadership in early Asian history. At least of the Asia leaders that we learned about.
What is Qin Shihuangdi. (15 years)
400
India has two major river systems, one in the east, called the Ganges River, and this one in the west, home to Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
What is Indus River
400
In 1512, King John of England obliged to sign off on this list of duties and expectations set forth by nobles. This contract impacted future monarchs in that their powers were thereby limited and no longer absolute.
What is the Magna Carta
400
Match the group with their contribution:
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Bacchae
Vedas
10 Commandments
5 Pillars
Judaism
Ancient India
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Greece
Islam
What is
Judaism 10 Cmdmnts
Ancient India Vedas
Ancient Mesopotamia Gilgamesh
Ancient Greece Bacchae
Islam 5 Pillars
500
Charlemagne or Muhammad
What is Muhammad. (death in 632 CE, and Charlemagne's rule was in the 800s CE.)
500
This era in European history began when Ancient Rome crumbled, and ended with a rebirth of knowledge, reason and invention.
What are the Middle Ages
500
Which is closer to the Prime Meridian: Rome or Constantinople?
What is Rome
500
One method that Qin ShiHuangdi used to achieve unity was abolishing Buddhism and replacing it with this governmental style that boasts numerous laws and overly harsh punishments for breaking them.
What is Legalism
500
Karma and Dharma are not rhyming names of siblings but ideas central to this cultural and religious thought: