Module 2

Question 1

Tigris & Euphrates River

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Question 2

Huang He, Yangtze

Answer 2

Chinese

Question 3

Nile river

Answer 3

Egyptian

Question 4

The Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

Mesopotamia

Question 5

Curved shape of land including lands facing Mediterranean Sea & plain between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

Answer 5

The Fertile Crescent

Question 6

-Flooded yearly (unpredictable) leaving behind a thick mud called silt
-Farmers planted crops in rich soil
-Resulted in plentiful harvests allowed villages to grow

Answer 6

The Fertile Crescent

Question 7

Environmental Challenges for Sumerians:

UNPREDICTABLE FLOODING with a period of little to no rain. Land sometimes became almost a desert.

Answer 7

Solution:

•Dug IRRIGATION DITCHES that carried river water to their fields

•Led to production of surplus crops

Question 8

Challenge:

NO NATURAL BARRIERS

Answer 8

SOLUTION:

Built CITY WALL with mud bricks

Question 9

Ancient Egypt

Answer 9

Nileriver

Question 10

Benefits of Nile River:

Answer 10

-Predictable yearly flooding
——- which allowed faring settlements to grow

• They worshiped the over as a god

Question 11

They were able to invent ways to control with their canvas, dams and irrigation systems

Answer 11

Egyptians and Mesopotamians

Question 12

In Egyptian culture, they were considered as gods on earth who ruled over government and their Military

Answer 12

Pharaohs ( God-Kings)

Question 13

a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.

Answer 13

Theocracy

Question 14

Mesopotamian kings they were

Answer 14

Representatives of gods, but don’t considered them as one

Question 15

Writing system in ancient Egypt

Answer 15

Hieroglyphics

Question 16

Consisted of pictographs

Scribes recorded history beliefs and ideas of ancient Egypt

Answer 16

Egyptians hieroglyphics

Question 17

-Used wedge-shaped tool to press symbols into clay, then baked clay in the sun to preserve the writing

-Used for record-keeping, writing about wars, natural disasters, etc.

-Marked beginning of written history

Answer 17

Sumerian Cuneiform

Question 18

Iron was developed by

Answer 18

Egyptians and Mesopotamian

Question 19

Needed a way of recording transactions clearly and quickly

Answer 19

Phoenician alphabet

Question 20

Is similarities can be seen between Phoenician, Greek and modern alphabet

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Rational explanations to the universe without referencing their faith, religion, and traditional beliefs.

Answer 21

Greeks

Question 22

Their takeover of Europe did not contribute much to the advancement of Science.

Answer 22

Romans

Question 23

Focused on practicality

Answer 23

Romans

Question 24

Philosophers launched metaphysical explanations of the universe grounded on logic and not on what is observable.

Answer 24

Greeks

Question 25

Order of universe can be seen inn the

Answer 25

Lunar and solar calendar Cosmology

Question 26

Two civilization emerged during the ancient times

Answer 26

Egypt and Mesopotamia

Question 27

Discovery of materials like ______ and ______ for tools and other requirements for the community paved way to the development of civilization

Answer 27

Copper and Bronze

Question 28

Modern Times

Answer 28

Scientific Revolution

Question 29

Focused on the observable reality

Answer 29

Modern Times

Question 30

In modern times, the education was the prerogative of the

Answer 30

Church

Question 31

Gregorian Caledar

Answer 31

Pope Gregory

Question 32

Heliocentric model

Answer 32

Nicole Oresme

Question 33

Movable printing press

Answer 33

Johannesburg Gutenberg

Question 34

Trades between east and west led to

Answer 34

Innovation

Question 35

Compass from china

Answer 35

Mariner’s compass

Question 36

Identified hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric acids, generated aqua regia Described processes such as sublimation, reduction and distillation

Answer 36

Jabir Ibn Hayyan

Question 37

determined length of solar year

Answer 37

Al-Battani

Question 38

developed more accurate astrolabe

Answer 38

Al-Zarqali

Question 39

popularized botany

Answer 39

Al-Dinawari

Question 40

drew a map of the world, geographic study of the peoples, climates, resources and industries

Answer 40

Al-Idrisi

Question 41

Algebra

Answer 41

Al- Kwarizmi

Question 42

law of cosines in trigonometry

Answer 42

Jamshid al- Kashi

Question 43

identified smallpox and measles

Answer 43

Al –Razi

Question 44

wrote The Canon of Medicine

Answer 44

Avicenna

Question 45

Galileo’s presentation of evidences that supports this model was supported by ——— and ______ with the use of ____

Answer 45

Francis bacon and Rene Descartes Scientific method

Question 46

Medieval experimental method to

Answer 46

Scientific method

Question 47

In _____, there are collaboration between scientists, philosophers and members of mathematical and astronomical communities

Answer 47

Medieval to modern science

Question 48

Publication of scientist’ work through institutions helped validate science as a

Answer 48

Field

Question 49

Nullius in verba

Answer 49

take nobody’s word on it

Question 50

Modern times resulted in the end of feudalism and start of

Answer 50

Capitalism

Question 51

In the modern times, scientific knowledge led to invention and technological innovation

Answer 51

True

Question 52

Scientific knowledge led to

Answer 52

Invention and technological innovation

Question 53

Coupling of science and technology to meet the demands of growing population led the

Answer 53

Industrial revolution

Question 54

The end of feudalism is the start of the

Answer 54

Capitalism