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List the 6 characteristics of Paleolithic era.

A
  • nomadic
  • invented simple tools (made of stone)
  • made fire
  • small clans
  • oral language
  • “cave art”
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2
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Paleolithic Era was also known as..

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Old stone age

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List all 6 characteristics of Neolithic Era.

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  • agriculture
  • domesticated animals
  • advanced tools
  • permanent settlements
  • pottery
  • weaving skills
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4
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New stone age was also known as..

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Neolithic era

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5
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homo Sapiens migrated from Africa to _____________(3 more)

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Eurasia, Australia, America

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6
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Egyptian civilization had which river valleys?

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Nile river

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7
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Mesopotamian civilization had which river valleys?

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Tigris

Euphrates rivers

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8
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Indian civilization had which river valleys?

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Indus river

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9
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Chinese civilization had which river valleys?

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Huang He river

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10
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Which civilization developed in Africa?

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Egyptian

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11
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Which civilization developed in southeast Asia?

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Mesopotamian

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12
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Which civilization developed in south Asia?

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Indian

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13
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Which civilization developed in east Asia?

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Chinese

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14
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Characteristics of ancient river valley civilizations:

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Fertile soil

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15
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Hebrews settled in the area between the ________________

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Mediterranean sea and the Jordan river valley

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16
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Phoenicians settled along the Mediterranean Sea and became ______________

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Great shipbuilders and traders

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17
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Which group developed the world’s first alphabet?

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Phoenicians

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18
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Kush was located along the upper portion of the __________

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Nile river

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19
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Four early river valley civilizations: The monotheism was practiced by the ________ only

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Hebrews

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20
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Writing system of Egypt

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Hieroglyphics

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21
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Writing system of Sumer

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Cuneiform

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22
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Writing system of Phoenicians

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First alphabet

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23
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Key people of Judaism?

A

Abraham
Moses
Jesus

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24
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Holy book of Judaism?

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Torah

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25
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Moral code of Judaism?

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Ten Commandments

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26
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Judaism was monotheistic/ polytheistic?

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Monotheistic

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27
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Which empire developed the religion, “Zoroastrianism”?

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Persian Empire

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28
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Which empire developed an intricate bureaucracy in their Empire?

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Persian Empire

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29
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Which two rivers in India were very important to the early Indian civilization?

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Indus and Ganges Rivers

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30
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Who are Indo-Aryans

A

Migrators who first started the Indian civilization

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31
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Gupta empire was in _________

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India

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32
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Hinduism originated in ______

A

India

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33
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The caste system is the foundation of ____________

A

Hinduism

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34
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Which religion believed in many forms of one major god?

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Hinduism

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35
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Hinduism believed in reincarnation.

True or False

A

True

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36
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Hinduism believed in karma.

True or False

A

True

37
Q

The two sacred writings of Hinduism ?

A

Vedas and Upanishads

38
Q

Buddhism originated in _________

A

India.

39
Q

Who is the founder of Buddhism?

A

Siddartha Gautama

40
Q

Four Noble Truths are……

A

Desire causes suffering

41
Q

“Eightfold path to enlightenment “

Means..

A

The way to escape suffering

42
Q

Buddhism was spread by who?

A

Asoka and other missionaries

43
Q

Which trade route connected China to Rome?

A

Silk Road

44
Q

Chinese products traded along the Silk Road?

A

Silk
Porcelain
Paper

45
Q

Taoism believed in Yin/Yang.

True or False

A

True

46
Q

What is yin and yang

A

Opposite forces in nature

47
Q

“Humble and Modest”

Taoism or Confucianism?

A

Taoism

48
Q

Education is strongly emphasized in Confucianism

True or False?

A

True

49
Q

Ancestor veneration and yin/yang is followed by which two philosophies?

A

Taoism and Confucianism

50
Q

Colonization developed in Greece because ___________

A

Over population and poor farmland

51
Q

3 major city states of ancient Greece were__________

A

Athens, Sparta, Troy

52
Q

Polis means——-

A

City-states

53
Q

Who were allowed to be Greek citizens?

A

Free adult males.

54
Q

Who had no political rights? (3)

A

Women
Foreigners
Slaves

55
Q

Who developed the first democracy?

A

Athens

56
Q

Who are the two tyrants who worked for legal reform?

A

Draco and Solon

57
Q

Which greek city state had direct democracy?

A

Athens

58
Q

Sparta’s economy?

A

Agriculture

59
Q

Who faught in the Peloponnesian War?

A

Athens (Delian League) vs. Sparta (Peloponnesian League)

60
Q

Why were Athens and sparta fighting in the Peloponnesian War?

A

For control and dominance of the Greek world.

61
Q

Who won the Peloponnesian War?

A

Sparta

62
Q

Who faught in the Persian Wars?

A

United Greek city-states vs. Persian empire

63
Q

Who won the persian wars?

A

Greece

64
Q

Why did they fight in the Persian Wars?

A

For control if the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas.

65
Q

2 major battles in Persian wars and who won?

A

Marathon and Salamis

Greeks won both

66
Q

Pericles was the leader of___________

A

Athens

67
Q

Greek contributions from the golden age: Architecture

Name the 3 types of columns:

A

Doric, ionic, Corinthian

68
Q

Greek contributions from the golden age: Drama

Who were the two famous playwrights?

A

Aeschylus and Sophocles

69
Q

Greek contributions from the golden age: history

Who are the two world’s first historians?

A

Herodotus and Thucydides

70
Q

Greek contributions from the golden age: math

Two fathers of math?

A

Euclid and Pythagoras

71
Q

Greek contributions from the golden age: science

Two father of science?

A

Archimedes and Hippocrates

72
Q

Who created the lever

A

Archimedes

73
Q

Who was the father of medicine

A

Hippocrates

74
Q

Who were the 3 philosophers in “golden age of Pericles”?

A

Socrates, Plato, aristotle

75
Q

Plato wrote ________

A

The republic

76
Q

When did christianity begin?

A

During the pax romana

77
Q

Christianity was led by ___________

A

Jesus of Nazareth

78
Q

Holy book of Christianity

A

New Testament

79
Q

How did Christianity influence the Roman empire? (3)

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  • church had moral authority
  • loyalty
  • church became the unifying force of western Europe
80
Q

Who was Christianity spread?

A
  • apostles - Paul and Peter

* persecution

81
Q

Contributions of the ancient Romans: art/ architecture

Name 3 architectures of Rome.

A

Pantheon, Colosseum, Forum

82
Q

Contributions of the ancient Romans: technology

Name 2?

A

Roads

Aqueducts

83
Q

Contributions of the ancient Romans: science

The father of science in Rome?

A

Ptolemy

84
Q

Literature of Roman?

A

Aenid by Virgil

85
Q

Law of Rome?

A

“innocent until proven guilty”

86
Q

Citizens of roman republic?

A

Males
Patricians
Plebeians
Selected foreigners

87
Q

Who faught in the Punic Wars? And who won?

A

Rome vs. Carthage

Rome won

88
Q

Cause of Punic Wars?

A

Seeking control of the Mediterranean.

89
Q

Carthage general was the ________

A

Hannibal

PreAP World History I (4 decks)

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