Burnette 3rd quarter final

Question 1

With which group was the world’s first peace treaty created?

Answer 1

Hittites

Question 2

Who was the first leader to have a permanent army?

Answer 2

Sargon

Question 3

What was government like in Greece under Pericles?

Answer 3

Very successful Democracy
Paid citizens to serve on juries or hold office
Encouraged pride in city
Encouraged spread of Democracy

Question 4

How was democracy in ancient Greece different from our current democratic government?

Answer 4

Athens had a direct democracy
U.S. today is a representative democracy
We have a division of power
Both men and women can vote in the U.S.
Citizens elect officials to represent and make deciions for them in the U.S.

Question 5

(9) What was the most important result of the Neolithic Revolution?

Answer 5

Shift from food gathering to food producing

Question 6

(10) Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this statement?

Answer 6

People who could read and write were important

Question 7

(11) What were the three major religions of Ancient China?

Answer 7

Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

Question 8

(12) What did the Etruscans and their Kings contribute to Roman society?

Answer 8

BUILT LARGE TEMPLES
TAUGHT ROMANS THEIR ALPHABET
BUILT ROME’S FIRST SEWER SYSTEM

Question 9

(13) Identify the two key groups of people in Roman society and key points about each.

Answer 9

PATRICIANS - the wealthy upper class, minority, powerful nobles, originally held all power and finances

PLEBEIANS - common people, majority, gained right to participate in government, peasants, craftspeople, traders, other workers

Question 10

(14) What were three rights that women had in ancient Egypt that made Egypt more progressive than most civilizations in ancient times?

Answer 10

RIGHT TO OWN LAND
RIGHT TO FILE FOR DIVORCE
RIGHT TO MANAGE BUSINESS

Question 11

(16) What is the most important aspect of Hindu worship?

Answer 11

BEING A GOOD PERSON THROUGH THEIR DHARMA (DAILY OBLIGATION) AND KARMA

Question 12

(17) What was “the Epic of Gilgamesh?”

Answer 12

THE FIRST WRITTEN PIECE OF LITERATURE (EPIC POEM) ABOUT A HERO AND A FLOOD

Question 13

(19) What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

Answer 13

ALLOWED PEOPLE TO BUILD PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS

Question 14

(20) How were artists in ancient Egypt treated?

Answer 14

LIKE MERE LABORERS - UNDERAPPRECIATED AND NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Question 15

(22) Why might cities grow along rivers? (3 reasons)

Answer 15

MOVING PEOPLE
MOVING GOODS
PROVIDES FERTILE LAND FOR FOOD

Question 16

(23) What happens when people have a steady food source?

Answer 16

PEOPLE CAN STAY IN ONE PLACE AND CREATE A CIVILIZATION (WITH DIVISION OF LABOR)

Question 17

(24) What did Greece do to increase trade in the Mediterranean?

Answer 17

ESTABLISHED COLONIES ALL AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN

Question 18

25. What would a human geographer study? (4 things)

Answer 18

CULTURE
ECONOMICS
POLITICS
LANGUAGE

Question 19

(26) Give an example of a region defined by physical characteristics.

Answer 19

ROCKY MOUNTAINS
GREAT LAKES
SAHARA DESERT
BASICALLY ANY LANDFORM OR LANDSCAPE… NOT TREES!!!

Question 20

(27) Give an example of relative location

Answer 20

WEMS IS NEXT TO WEHS
BURGER KING IS NEXT TO HARDEE’S
JAPAN IS EAST OF CHINA
MEXICO IS SOUTH OF THE U.S.

Question 21

(28) How can landforms affect people’s lives?

Answer 21

KEEPS PEOPLE ISOLATED SO THEY DON’T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE
INFLUENCES WHERE PEOPLE SETTLE
INFLUENCES WHAT JOBS ARE AVAILABLE

Question 22

29. What landforms would attract a large settlement? (3)

Answer 22

MINERAL DEPOSITS
RIVER VALLEYS
FERTILE FARMLAND

Question 23

30. What can be found on a physical map? (3)

Answer 23

LANDFORMS
MOUNTAIN RANGES
BODIES OF WATER

Question 24

(31) Give examples of Human/Environment Interaction (3)

Answer 24

MINING FOR COAL
BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS
IRRIGATING A FIELD OF CROPS

Question 25

32. What is a political map?

Answer 25

A MAP THAT SHOWS HOW HUMANS DIVIDED THE EARTH AMONG THEMSELVES INTO COUNTRIES OR STATES

Question 26

(34) China was isolated because of...

Answer 26

NATURAL BARRIERS SUCH AS MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS

Question 27

(35) What does the following statement imply? Egypt is the gift of the Nile --Herodotus, Greek Historian

Answer 27

THE NILE SUPPORTS CIVILIZATION IN EGYPT

Question 28

36. Ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia & Egypt have what key geographic factor in common?

Answer 28

BOTH ARE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS DUE TO THE NEED TO IRRIGATE CROPS

Question 29

37. Which area of the world was settled last?

Answer 29

South America

Question 30

(38) Create a sequence of events to show how Mesopotamia developed. First Secondly Lastly

Answer 30

FIRST - PEOPLE SETTLED WHERE CROPS WOULD GROW. THEN - POPULATION GREW. THEN - VILLAGES & CITIES FORMED

Question 31

39. Why did settlements in Egypt cluster around the Nile?

Answer 31

IT WAS A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER IN AN AREA THAT WAS MOSTLY DESERT.

Question 32

40. What was the main reason that the Roman trade network grew?

Answer 32

THE NEED TO BRING IN FOOD FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR THEIR GROWING POPULATION

Question 33

41. What place in ancient Rome was the center of life in Roman society?

Answer 33

the Forum

Question 34

42. How do we know Spartans valued strength?

Answer 34

AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING, BOYS RAN, JUMPED, THREW JAVELINS, AND WENT THROUGH ENDURANCE EXERCISES.

Question 35

43. What would be the main difference between Athenian & Spartan women in Greece?

Answer 35

WOMEN IN SPARTA WERE STRONG AND ATHLETIC, WOMEN IN ATHENS WERE NOT.

Question 36

(44) What happens to Greece because of the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 36

SPARTA BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL CITY-STATE RESENTMENT LEADS TO A PERIOD OF WAR BETWEEN CITY-STATES WEAKENED GREECE WOULD OPEN IT UP TO BE CONQUERED BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE IN YEARS TO COME

Question 37

(45) Why is the legend of the Gordian (Gordium) knot important to the history of Alexander the Great?

Answer 37

IT WAS AN OMEN TO PROVE TO HIS TROOPS AND HIS ENEMIES THE OUTCOME OF HIS MISSION TO CONQUER THE KNOWN WORLD WAS POSSIBLE

Question 38

47. Who attacked Rome in the Second Punic War?

Answer 38

Hannibal

Question 39

(49) Why was the Gracchus brother's deaths important to the history of the Roman Republic?

Answer 39

ROMANS SAW VIOLENCE COULD BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON