Chapter 1 The Earliest People

Question 1

identify two groups that lived in the arctic culture

Answer 1

inuit and aluet

Question 2

when did the olmec civilization end

Answer 2

400 bc

Question 3

define matrilineal

Answer 3

ancestry was followed by the mothers side

Question 4

what were the native americans three beliefs about land rights

Answer 4

• individual ownership applied to crops only
• a persons right to use land was temporary
• perserved the land for future generations

Question 5

what caused the fall of the ghana kingdom

Answer 5

they fell when they were attacked by the muslim group almoravids

Question 6

what was the book called by plato describing the ideal society

Answer 6

the republic

Question 7

when a person grew crops in the native american society who did they belong to

Answer 7

the person who grew them

Question 8

how do scientists believe people arrived in the americas

Answer 8

they arrived by the barring land bridge

Question 9

who set up schools in mali for the study of the quran

Answer 9

mansa musa

Question 10

what was the official language of the inca

Answer 10

quipu

Question 11

which civilization was the first in north america

Answer 11

olmec

Question 12

identify painters from the renaissance

Answer 12

michaleangelo and leonardo da vinci

Question 13

what was djenne

Answer 13

it was a trade city

Question 14

who were the medici family

Answer 14

the greatest banking family in florence

Question 15

what was the name of the route that traders like marco polo took

Answer 15

the silk road

Question 16

who was a greek philosopher and teacher

Answer 16

socrates

Question 17

who were the soninke

Answer 17

the founders of the ghana empire

Question 18

what were some things the olmec accomplished

Answer 18

they were the first to build pyramid and create an accurate calendar for their time

Question 19

how did the inca deal with the problems the size of their kingdom caused

Answer 19

they built roads connecting all territories

Question 20

which cultures groups success was aided by the use of dog sleds for transportation

Answer 20

north and northwest region

Question 21

what did most native american groups believe when talking about religion

Answer 21

that spiritual forces were everywhere

Question 22

how did the ghana kingdom become successful

Answer 22

they taxed people coming in and out of the kingdom

Question 23

define humanism

Answer 23

any system of thought or action in which human interests predominate

Question 24

how was slave trade beneficial to others

Answer 24

they traded for horses and weapons and became more powerful

Question 25

what role did the catholic church play during feudalism

Answer 25

they stood as a strong unifying force and were the center of life

Question 26

what role did the catholic church play during feudalism

Answer 26

they stood as a strong unifying force and were the center of life

Question 27

how is the bering land bridge important

Answer 27

it brought the first waves of migration to the americas

Question 28

what was an important trading city in the mali kingdom

Answer 28

timbuktu and djenne