History History History

Question 1

What are the three major periods of prehistory(before writing was developed?

Answer 1

Lower paleolithic- Hunamns used crude tools
Upper Paleolithic– wider variety of tools, clothemssocial structures, practiced art. lived in caves
Neolithic– more complex social structireus. Sense of family religion and government. domesticate animals, produce crops, build houses

Question 2

4 early human ages

Answer 2

Lower Paleolithic(stone age)-1 million years ago and used tools like needles, hatchets, and cutting tools.
Upper Paleolithic (new stone age)-6-8000 BC (also known as the neolithic. Textiles and pottery are developed. create the while and practice ag
Bronze Age- 3,000 BC metals are discovered and civilizations emerge and become more technologically advanced.
Iron Age-1200-1000 BC Metal tools replace stone tools ass humans develop smelting

Question 3

Civilizations have these 4 charactaristics

Answer 3

Use of metal to make weapons
Written language
Defined territorial state
a calendar

Question 4

Ealiest cvs developed where

Answer 4

Nile River valley
Mesopotamia
Indus River
Huang Ho in china

Question 5

First two civs

Answer 5

started in the nile river valley and mesopotamia. They arose around 4000-3000 BC and are known as the fertile crescent(availability of large scale water made this possible.)

Question 6

Fluvial civilizations

Answer 6

Civilizations that are located around water. Water provided drinking water for people, animals and crops. gathering place for wild animals that could be hunted
rich soil because of regular flooding.

Question 7

James Breasted

Answer 7

Coined the phrase “fertile crescent”. This place is located in modern day iraq, syria, lebanon, is real…

Question 8

Egyptians

Answer 8

Hieroglyphics, pyramids, papyrus, decimal system, solar calendar, arithmetic, geometry.

Question 9

Cuneiform

Answer 9

Developed by the sumerians and was easier to use than hyroglyphics

Question 10

Babilonians

Answer 10

Code of Hammurabi(advanced law code)

Question 11

Assyrians

Answer 11

Horse drawn carriage and organized military

Question 12

Hebrews

Answer 12

Developed the monotheistic religion that is modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Question 13

Persians

Answer 13

Conquerors who allowed those they conquered to keep their own laws and customs. They had and alphabet and practiced Zoroastrianism, Mithraism and Gnosticism which have all influenced modern religious procatice.

Question 14

Minoans

Answer 14

Linear Script A(form of writing that has yet to be deciphered) Had big buildings, running water, sewage sytem that included flushing toilets

Question 15

Mycenaeans

Answer 15

Where the religion of the Greeks came from(Zeus and other Olympian gods) Linear B writing form.

Question 16

Pheonicians

Answer 16

used the stars to navigate at night. Developed a purple die that was at great demand and also worked with glass and metal. Devised their own phonetic alphabet that used sybols to represent individual sounds rather than whole words or syllables.

Question 17

Indus Valley Civ

Answer 17

Urban civ of ancient india. developed the concept of zero in mathematics and practiced early Hindu. Developed the caste system that is largely used in India today.