Semester 1

Question 0

What is perspective and how does it affect our study of the world?

Answer 0

Panoramic: world map
Landscape: mapping city you have visited
close-up: mapping your house
we have such a narrow vision that we dont see anything but what is right infront of us and where we are living

Question 1

List the 5 themes of Geography and provide exaples

Answer 1

1. Place- human and physical characteristics
2. Location- where a place can be found on the globe
3. Movement- interchange of people, good and ideas
4. Region- areas that are not nesecarily defined by political boundaries
5. Human-enviroernment interactions- peoples interactions with the world around them

Question 2

How do latitude and longitude lines measure location?

Answer 2

Latitude lines run W-E and measure degrees 0-90

Longitude lines run N-S and measure degrees 0-180

Question 3

What are some advantages and disadvantages to maps and globes respectively?

Answer 3

Maps: helps guide you…D- distorted
Globes: Precise…D- totally impracticable

Question 4

What happened during the neolithic revolution and why was it such a significant occurrence?

Answer 4

Farming lead to the first important civilization. As men hunted, women gathered. As the civilization began to move after loss of food, the women just threw the old seeds back onto the ground, later to relize that the seeds grew and became food. Now this created city states and little citys that started t grow there own things.

Question 5

What are the five characteristics of civilization?

Answer 5

1. Advanced cities- roads, streets, sidewalks
2. Advanced technology- dams for electrical power
3. Complex institution- hoopfest
4. Specilized workers- hospitals
5. Record keeping- bloomsday

Question 6

Why was the Fertile Crescent suitable for farming?

Answer 6

It was fertile and helped the farming grow faster

Question 7

What is polytheism?

Answer 7

Belief in many gods

Question 8

How did the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shape the religious beliefs in Mesopotamia?

Answer 8

Unpredictable flooding cause the people to belief that gods hated them and wanted to bring evil to them

Question 9

How did the Sumerians solve the flooding problems on Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Answer 9

Irrigation ditches

Question 10

Who was Hammurabi? What did he contribute to Sumerian civilization and the world?

Answer 10

Babolonian. created the code “eye for an eye”. if someone did evil they got the same thing done to them for punishment.

Question 11

How did the flooding of the Nile differ from the flooding of the t and e?

Answer 11

Nile was predictable

Question 12

Explain religious beliefs of the Egyptian people.

Answer 12

They believe in many gods and they believe that the gods are either great or very evil.

Question 13

Explain the Egyptian view of the afterlife

Answer 13

they think that once you are gone karma can bring you back if you recieve mocsha. Which you have to work for

Question 14

Explain how the Harappan civilization and their advanced system.

Answer 14

Their citys and streets were planned off mathimaticas and each block was set in perfect inches making getting around a whole lot easier

Question 15

Explain the concept of Karma as it relates to Hinduism.

Answer 15

Caste you get born into in your new life, you get born into the caste that your actions showed in your previous life

Question 16

What is the goal in the practice of yoga?

Answer 16

To get to moksha. Practicing yoga, physical or religious helps you achieve moksha which then gets you higher into the caste system.

Question 17

What is monotheism?

Answer 17

Belief in one God

Question 18

Describe in detail at least three influences Classical Greece had on America today.

Answer 18

1. Athletic- created the olympics and many sports we have today
2. Sculptures- many scupltures we have today and many famous ancient ones were created by greece
3. Democracy- strong democracy and different democracys were taken from greek times

Question 19

How did the Geography of Greece impact the develpoment of city-states?

Answer 19

Greece was surrounded by many mountains creating small individual citys that we now call today city states

Question 20

What was so ‘golden’ about the golden age?

Answer 20

Athens used the money from the Delian league to make Athenian a beautiful city, stronger army, and stronger democracy

Question 21

Describe the make-up of the roman republic. How is it simliar to the US today?

Answer 21

3 branches on each side

Question 22

How would limiting the size of Rome’s estate help the poor?

Answer 22

Talk about small tool shop…then walmart coming in. LATIFUNDIA’S!!!

Question 23

How were Jesus’ teachings at odds with Roman values and religious ideas? why might the Roman’s have felt threatened by Jesus?

Answer 23

Jesus said and preached there was only one god. Rome they believed in many gods. Romans believed that jesus was teaching and preaching false idols. Romans felt threatened because jesus was preaching and trying to get a new message across to the people and wanted them to follow after him. The roman didn’t like that because they knew that new people and family’s would follow after jesus and his beliefs.

Question 24

Which were more likly to led to the decline of the Roman Empire, the economy or the military?

Answer 24

Talk about on or the other!

Question 25

Why is India referred to as a subcontinent?

Answer 25

It is part of a continent but is considred either geographically or politically as an independent enitity.

Question 26

How did the Zhou use the Mandate of Heaven to justify the overthrown of the Shang?

Answer 26

God wanted them to lead so after one dynasty was going down, God chose a different leader who he thought deserved to lead because God thought they were great leaders

Question 27

Describe the political system of Feudalism.

Answer 27

Draw picture of "king Darby"

Question 28

What was the Caste System? who ws ranked at the top and who was ranked at the bottom?

Answer 28

India's system of social stratification. Priests were at the top. Untouchables were at the bottom

Question 29

Who was the founder of Buddhism and what caused him to believe what he believed?

Answer 29

Buddha

Question 30

What happened to the Tibetan Buddhists in the 1950's?

Answer 30

They got exiled and had to fleed the country

Question 31

Explain the Covenant between God and Abraham.

Answer 31

God promised Abraham land and decendents if Abraham spread his word and teachings.

Question 32

What are the Ten Commandments and how did they become the bassists for Hebrew law?

Answer 32

Biblical law created by God, followed by Christians and Jews.

Question 33

Which Chinese philosophy do you identify with and why?

Answer 33

Daoism because it states let nature take its corse and just go with the flow.

Question 34

Why was the Great Wall of China built?

Answer 34

To protect china

Question 35

Five pillars of Islam

Answer 35

1. Declaration of Faith- there is no God worthy of worship except God 2. Mandatory Prayers 5 times a day- face mecca 3. Almsgiving- charitable donations 4. Fasting during Ramadan 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca- Once a life time

Question 36

What is the Qur'an?

Answer 36

Muslims book of stories (bible)

Question 37

Who is Allah?

Answer 37

Muslim God

Question 38

What happened at the battle of tours and why was it significant?

Answer 38

Muslim was spreading fast and they meet at tours with christians and batteled. Christians won so in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue to start a new country with christians. It would of been muslim who won and got there religion brought into a new world and we wouldnt be sitting in a christian school but we would be sitting in a muslim school. SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!

Question 39

What are some other Islamic practices that are described in the Qur"an?

Answer 39

No eating pork

Question 40

Why is the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem such a sacred site?

Answer 40

Where Muhammed received his first visit from Gabriel/ Allah

Question 41

What is a caliph? A caliphate? Why were the first four caliph's "rightly guided"?

Answer 41

Caliph: person who claims to be a political and religious successor of Muhammed Caliphate: a form of government ran by A caliph Rightly guided because they were direct descendent of Muhammed

Question 42

Explain the differences between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims.

Answer 42

Shi'a: believe there leader should be a direct descendent of Muhammed Sunni: believe their leader should be selected by a Muslim/ representatives

Question 43

Why was Islam able to spread so quickly and convert so many to the new religion?

Answer 43

No priests no one to complicate the readings Everyone was welcomed and invited Appalled to the poor and weak

Question 44

What was the Hijrah?

Answer 44

Migration of Muslims to the north

Question 45

Describe the rise of Islam and how it is similar to Judeo-Christianity.

Answer 45

Islam related directly to the Judeo Christians because all Muslims believe in most Jews and christan ways. But Muslims believe Jesus was not a prophet and Muhammed was gods last prophet.