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What do we call the replacement of hunting and gathering with purposeful farming and animal herding in early human history?

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The Agricultural Revolution

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How did the Agricultural Revolution lead to the growth of civilization?

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It provided consistant food sources, which allowed for new jobs and skills, like craftsmen, builders, and artists.

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What were the first two ancients civilizations that we have discovered?

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The Indus River Valley Civilization and Mesopotamia

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True or False: The Indus were peaceful, had a great trade system between themselves and Mesopotamia, had benevolent gods, and disappeared with no real evidence to show why.

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True

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Name the four separate civilizations that rose and fell within Ancient Mesopotamia (hint: Savage Apes Attack Bananas)

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Sumerians, Assyrians, Akkadians, and Babylonians

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Who was the famous Babylonian king who wrote the code of justice containing the idea of “an eye for an eye?”

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Hammurabi

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What were the three eras of Ancient Egypt?

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Old, Middle, New Kingdoms

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What was gold called by the Egyptians?

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the divine metal

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Like the Indus, the Egyptians had benevolent, kind gods in their religion. Why?

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Because their life circumstances were extremely easy. The Nile made farming consistently simple, they were wealthy, and their society was fluorishing

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Why did the Egyptians practice mummification and build tombs like the Pyramids to store their treasure with their dead?

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They believed that the afterlife was just an extension of life on earth and having all of their stuff (and their preserved bodies) would help them get started

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What kept Ancient China isolated from the other ancient empires during its early years?

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It was surrounded by mountain ranges, deserts and the ocean, which made travelling long distances extremely challenging early in its history

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What is a dynasty?

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a term from ancient China’s ruling system that describes when rulers continually pass their power on to members of their own family

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China was famous for their advanced bronze work and architecture, but they were most famous for which cloth they made from the byproducts of worms?

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Silk

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The massive trade network established by the Han dynasty became known as the _____________.

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Silk Road

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The two philosophies practiced by most ancient Chinese people were C_______________ and T_____________.

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Confuicism (based on Confucius’ teaching about the five key relationships) and Taoism (based on Lao-Tzu’s teaching about harmony with nature and selfless living)

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The ancient Persians, led by Cyrus the Great, became known as the “kings of kings”. Why?

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Because when they conquered another nation, they allowed the current rulers to remain “in charge” as long as they obeyed the Persian emperor

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Ancient Persia were great at improving city infrastructure, which includes things like…..

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roads, sewers, buildings, and communication (our US Postal Service motto is based on what a historian said about Ancient Persia’s messengers)

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True or False: The Persians abolished (got rid of) slavery in their territories.

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True

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The Ancient Greeks used to be a collection of local, independent governments known as ____________.

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City-states

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Some famous city-states included……

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Athens and Sparta

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When did all of the city-states unite into a civilization?

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After they worked with each other to defeat the Persian invasion.

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During the Golden Age of Greece, what were the Greeks famous for?

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philosophy, democracy, and the beginnings of Western science

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Phillip the 2nd came from Macedonia, conquered all of Greece, and was the father of __________________, who went on to conquer the Persian Empire.

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Alexander the Great

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How old was Alexander when he finished conquering new territory (right before he died)?

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32

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Alexander was a great general who never lost a significant battle, but he was not a good ruler. Why?

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He never worked on improving the places that he conquered. He simply took over and moved on to the next target, leaving the old one in a state of disrepair.

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In the early days, Rome wasn’t an empire. It was a ___________.

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Republic (certain citizens could vote on changes and actions)

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What made the Roman Republic successful in defeating their many enemies and expanding their territory?

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a strong sense of duty and courage, giving their conquered subjects a lot of freedom, great military strategy, and practicality (they didn’t try to be perfect, they just solved real problems).

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What were the two social classes of the Republic?

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Patricians (upper class, held all the power) and plebians (lower class)

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The Romans created a position of power that was a single elected official who took absolute power over the government in times of emergency. That power was called a _______________.

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dictator

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Which famous dictator ultimately became the starting point of the Roman Empire (though not the first emperor)?

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Julius Gaius Caesar

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Who was first true emperor of the Roman Empire?

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Caesar’s adopted son Octavian (later called Augustus)

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The powerful military force that allowed for the rapid expansion and peace of the Roman Empire were called ____________.

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legions. Each of the 28 legions was about 5,000 highly trained men who not only fought, but also built roads and improvements as they conquered new territory.

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One thing that almost all ancient civilizations have in common is that they were founded along ___________.

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Rivers

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What river was Egypt founded along?

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The Nile

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What rivers was Mesopotamia between?

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The Tigris and the Euphrates

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What two main rivers ran through China?

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The Yellow River and the Yangtze

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What was the main river of early Rome?

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The Tiber

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