Module C Flashcards
Most isolated of all ancient civilization
China
This country is divided into the dry northern flatlands and the better-watered southern valleys.
China
They planted millet barley, soy, and hemp in yellow, windblown soul called loess
China
The ____ is named for the color it assumes because of loess being windblown and deposited on it. The river causes floods that were damaging and had to be controlled.
Yellow River
River runs far to the South through a warmer and wetter landscape.
Yangtze River
What are the 4 Key Characteristics of Chinese Civilization?
1). Reverence for ancestors.
2). Big significance of family.
3). Prestige of being educated.
4). Importance of the written word.
Hunter-gatherers of Southeast Asia
Natufians
Forced to congregate in small, semi-permanent villages along rivers and streams
Natufians
1st farming settlements appeared in the ____ .
Levantine Corridor
warmer climates, melting of glaciers in the North, raised sea levels, exposed land and inland lakes
15,000 BCE (Before Current Era)
bursting of glacial melt from Canada to Atlantic Gulf Stream; resulted in the conditions of the Late Ice Age.
11,000 BCE - Younger Dyras Event
“land between the rivers”
Mesopotamia
Origin of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Turkey
Join into the Persian Gulf
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Beginning of agriculture and irrigation in lower Mesapotamia
5000 BCE (Sumerian)
Great builders
Babylonian
“Hanging garden”
Babylonian
The Valley of the Nile
Egyptian
6400km - longest in the world, flows in a northward direction
Valley of the Nile
rapids; prevents easy passage into Egypt
Cataracts
____ as God King.
Pharaohs
2000 BCE - 1100 BCE
Minoan-Mycenean Age
Homer to mid 300 BCE “Classical Period”
Hellenic Period
300 BCE - 1st Century CE
Hellenistic Period
Little land for large scale farming
Greek civilization
ships and shipping
Expert sailors
Successor to the Hellenistic Greece
Roman Civilization
_____ flow through its fertile plains
Tiber River
Found halfway down the western coast of the Italian peninsula
Roman civilization
Who are the 3 Major Groups of People that Settled in Rome?
1). Etruscans
2). Greeks
3). Phoenicians
highly civilized, but little written account
Etruscans
Migrated due to crowding in Corinth, Thebes, and other cities
Greeks
constant fighting with Etruscans and Phoenicians
Greeks
Came through Cartage
Phoenicians
Builders of powerful ships
Phoenicians
The _____ are known for applying scientific knowledge to everyday problems in society.
Romans
Rome waged war with Cartage for more than 20 years to control Sicily
The Corvus
3 waves of migration:
1). Amerindians
2). Central Asia
3). Northeastern Asia
First to arrive from Northeast Asia are believed to be the ancestor of numerous Native Americans
Amerindians
Descendants who are now located in Western Canada
Central Asia
Modern descendants are the Inuit Eskimo of Northern Canada and Alaska
Northeastern Asia
land bridge that made them reach the New World that once connected Northeast Asia and Asia; believed to once stretch through what is now known as Bering Strait
Beringias
Hunting for Survival during Colder Climate and it is mainly used for medium size animals
Folsom Point
Hunting for Survival during warmer climate and is mainly used for big sized animals, particularly Megafauna.
Clovis Point
Earliest form of writing
Cuneiform
What device was developed by Johannes Guttenberg?
Printing Press
Which refers to the eastern part of Fertile Crescent where the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations were established?
Mesopotamia
What is the system of government whereby the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives?
Democratic
Where is Donya Simang Archeological Site located (province)?
Pampanga
Papyrus
Egyptian
Water Mill
Greek
Plow
Sumerian
Corvus
Roman
What kind of weapons used for open-battles?
Cross/long bows
What kind of weapons were used in closed-combat battles?
Iron-body armors
Made for the purpose of the prevalence of combat in the middle ages.
War Weapons
A large, typically publicly displayed device for time telling/keeping.
Mechanical Clock
Supplementary aid for seeing things better; clearer, and closer.
Medieval Glasses
Used for automated printing of publications such as in literature, news, etc. and for publishing books to reach people at faster rate.
Printing Press
Hunting of smaller animals
Archaic Period
Less specialized, more for gathering plants
Archaic Period
Corn, beans, squash, chile
Agricultural Revolution
Massive invasions and migrations (wars)
Medieval Period
Most innovative minds
Medieval Period
for examination of infinitesimal figures, objects, or organisms that are invisible to the naked eye.
Microscope
for observation of far and wide sites
Telescope
Rizal’s annotated edition of Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas by
Antonio de Morga
The Boxer of Codex
Charles R. Boxer
Terracing and gun powder
Chinese
In Egyptian era, this water clock is also known as ____
Clepsydra
What rivers are responsible for shaping Chinese history?
Yangtze and Yellow
In Sumerian Civilization, these stepped pyramids served as a place for prayers and offerings
Ziggurats
What Chinese product is mainly used in textile industry?
Silk
He is the son of Rajah Lacandula of Tondo and known as the famous ruler in Candaba
Dionisio Kapolong
This type of soil is responsible for the color of Yellow river
Loess
area yielded various artifacts especially earthenware, trade ceramics, metals, and other ecofacts that can be dated and analyzed
Donya Simang Site
