Sample questions for midterm Flashcards
List the 6 characteristics of Paleolithic era.
- nomadic
- invented simple tools (made of stone)
- made fire
- small clans
- oral language
- “cave art”
Paleolithic Era was also known as..
Old stone age
List all 6 characteristics of Neolithic Era.
- agriculture
- domesticated animals
- advanced tools
- permanent settlements
- pottery
- weaving skills
New stone age was also known as..
Neolithic era
homo Sapiens migrated from Africa to _____________(3 more)
Eurasia, Australia, America
Egyptian civilization had which river valleys?
Nile river
Mesopotamian civilization had which river valleys?
Tigris
Euphrates rivers
Indian civilization had which river valleys?
Indus river
Chinese civilization had which river valleys?
Huang He river
Which civilization developed in Africa?
Egyptian
Which civilization developed in southeast Asia?
Mesopotamian
Which civilization developed in south Asia?
Indian
Which civilization developed in east Asia?
Chinese
Characteristics of ancient river valley civilizations:
Fertile soil
Hebrews settled in the area between the ________________
Mediterranean sea and the Jordan river valley
Phoenicians settled along the Mediterranean Sea and became ______________
Great shipbuilders and traders
Which group developed the world’s first alphabet?
Phoenicians
Kush was located along the upper portion of the __________
Nile river
Four early river valley civilizations: The monotheism was practiced by the ________ only
Hebrews
Writing system of Egypt
Hieroglyphics
Writing system of Sumer
Cuneiform
Writing system of Phoenicians
First alphabet
Key people of Judaism?
Abraham
Moses
Jesus
Holy book of Judaism?
Torah
Moral code of Judaism?
Ten Commandments
Judaism was monotheistic/ polytheistic?
Monotheistic
Which empire developed the religion, “Zoroastrianism”?
Persian Empire
Which empire developed an intricate bureaucracy in their Empire?
Persian Empire
Which two rivers in India were very important to the early Indian civilization?
Indus and Ganges Rivers
Who are Indo-Aryans
Migrators who first started the Indian civilization
Gupta empire was in _________
India
Hinduism originated in ______
India
The caste system is the foundation of ____________
Hinduism
Which religion believed in many forms of one major god?
Hinduism
Hinduism believed in reincarnation.
True or False
True
Hinduism believed in karma.
True or False
True
The two sacred writings of Hinduism ?
Vedas and Upanishads
Buddhism originated in _________
India.
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddartha Gautama
Four Noble Truths are……
Desire causes suffering
“Eightfold path to enlightenment “
Means..
The way to escape suffering
Buddhism was spread by who?
Asoka and other missionaries
Which trade route connected China to Rome?
Silk Road
Chinese products traded along the Silk Road?
Silk
Porcelain
Paper
Taoism believed in Yin/Yang.
True or False
True
What is yin and yang
Opposite forces in nature
“Humble and Modest”
Taoism or Confucianism?
Taoism
Education is strongly emphasized in Confucianism
True or False?
True
Ancestor veneration and yin/yang is followed by which two philosophies?
Taoism and Confucianism
Colonization developed in Greece because ___________
Over population and poor farmland
3 major city states of ancient Greece were__________
Athens, Sparta, Troy
Polis means——-
City-states
Who were allowed to be Greek citizens?
Free adult males.
Who had no political rights? (3)
Women
Foreigners
Slaves
Who developed the first democracy?
Athens
Who are the two tyrants who worked for legal reform?
Draco and Solon
Which greek city state had direct democracy?
Athens
Sparta’s economy?
Agriculture
Who faught in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens (Delian League) vs. Sparta (Peloponnesian League)
Why were Athens and sparta fighting in the Peloponnesian War?
For control and dominance of the Greek world.
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Who faught in the Persian Wars?
United Greek city-states vs. Persian empire
Who won the persian wars?
Greece
Why did they fight in the Persian Wars?
For control if the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas.
2 major battles in Persian wars and who won?
Marathon and Salamis
Greeks won both
Pericles was the leader of___________
Athens
Greek contributions from the golden age: Architecture
Name the 3 types of columns:
Doric, ionic, Corinthian
Greek contributions from the golden age: Drama
Who were the two famous playwrights?
Aeschylus and Sophocles
Greek contributions from the golden age: history
Who are the two world’s first historians?
Herodotus and Thucydides
Greek contributions from the golden age: math
Two fathers of math?
Euclid and Pythagoras
Greek contributions from the golden age: science
Two father of science?
Archimedes and Hippocrates
Who created the lever
Archimedes
Who was the father of medicine
Hippocrates
Who were the 3 philosophers in “golden age of Pericles”?
Socrates, Plato, aristotle
Plato wrote ________
The republic
When did christianity begin?
During the pax romana
Christianity was led by ___________
Jesus of Nazareth
Holy book of Christianity
New Testament
How did Christianity influence the Roman empire? (3)
- church had moral authority
- loyalty
- church became the unifying force of western Europe
Who was Christianity spread?
- apostles - Paul and Peter
* persecution
Contributions of the ancient Romans: art/ architecture
Name 3 architectures of Rome.
Pantheon, Colosseum, Forum
Contributions of the ancient Romans: technology
Name 2?
Roads
Aqueducts
Contributions of the ancient Romans: science
The father of science in Rome?
Ptolemy
Literature of Roman?
Aenid by Virgil
Law of Rome?
“innocent until proven guilty”
Citizens of roman republic?
Males
Patricians
Plebeians
Selected foreigners
Who faught in the Punic Wars? And who won?
Rome vs. Carthage
Rome won
Cause of Punic Wars?
Seeking control of the Mediterranean.
Carthage general was the ________
Hannibal
