social studies Flashcards
what is Mesopatomia also known as?
Iraq
whas was Sumer famous for?
Their civilization and their structure Ziggurat
who continued what the sumerians started?
Akkad
who ruled Babylonia and made 282 code of laws.
Hammurabi
What warriors conquered the whole Fertile Crescent including Egypt?
Assyrians
Who ruled Chaldea?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who rebuilt Babylonia?
Nebuchadnezzar
what did the Mesopatamia Civiliazation rely on for their primary livelihood?
farming and agriculture
What did the Sumerians believe in?
Gods and that each city-state was owned by a god.
what were social classes composed of?
The ruling class and the farmers
What was the first system of writing called?
cuneiform
what were Cuneiform symbols impressed to?
tablets of wet clay to represent various concepts.
What code is famous in the field of law?
Hammurabi code
What code is famous in the field of law?
Hammurabi code
Where did the Chinese Civilization begin?
Yellow River
who was the leader of Xia Dynasty?
Yu
What was Yu well known for?
preventing overflow of the Yellow river
Which people of a dynasty were well-known artisans
Shang Dynasty
During what dynasty was system of writing developed?
Shang Dynasty
During what dynasty did feudalism emerge?
Zhou Dynasty
During what dynasty did philosophy flourish?
Zhou Dynasty
What was the driving force behind Zhou Dynasty/phenomenon?
Confucius
What revolves around humanity, kindness, good conduct, and wisdom?
Confucianism
It aims to explore simple and quiet living while communing with nature.
Taoism
where was Taoist teaching collected?
book form called Tao Te Ching
what teaches that good and evil change in the passage of time and among groups of people in a community?
Taoism
It teaches that man is intrinsically evil and selfish, and only the strict enforcement of laws will enable him to live like a human being.
Legalism
What has no place in Legalism?
Morality
What is Indus River Valley Civilization also know as?
Harappan Civilization
important innovations of Indus civilization include?
standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.
Why did the Indus Civilization likely end?
climate change and migration
Where is Mesopatamia located?
Between Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What are the civilizations of Mesopatamia?
Akkad, Babylonia, Assyrians, Chaldea
What are the Chinese Philosophies?
Confucianism, Taoism
During what dynasty was massive buildings built to store grains?
Shang Dynasty
Where was the Egyptian civilization born?
norteastern Africa, by the banks of the Nile River
____ comprise a large part of Egypt.
Deserts
what are the periods in egyptian history?
Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
Kings were called as _____ upon whom the responsibility over his constituents was bestowed.
Pharaoh
What did peasants pay for their taxes?
special kind of
grain
what are the Contributions of Mesopotamia?
invented the first system of writing, introduced multiplication and
division table and calculation through geometry, Hammurabi Code, Sumerians believed in many
gods
_____ became the
biggest, most renowned city
Babylonia
_____ expanded Egypt’s borders and conquered territories as far as the Euphrates in .Mesopotamia
Thutmose
Thutmose III built ____ and _____and collected natural history specimens
palaces and temples
who collected collected natural
history specimens?
Thutmose
Why did Egypt suffer a period of decline?
the revolts by Nubians and the defeats of the Egyptians by Assyrians.
Yellow River which flows in the mountains of _______ that forms a ______ as it flows to the Yellow sea.
western china, big loop
_____ say that a leader should be able to control the state for it to become prosperous and powerful.
legalists
taxes paid by other constituents were used to maintain ____?
buildings, irrigation systems, and ports
Middle Kingdom was first ruled by?
twelfth dynasty
established an irrigation project which served the ______.
lower Nile area
who were remembered as tyrants and ruthless destroyers?
Hyskos
Which dynasty tried to expel the Hyskos in Egypt?
seventeenth dynasty
Egypt developed a system
of writing known as ______.
Hieroglyphics
Egypt developed a system
of writing known as ______.
Hieroglyphics
Egyptians preserved
bodies of the dead
also known as ______.
Mummification
Who had the first medical book in which illnesses and their
cures were recorded?
Egyptians
Egyptians built many temples, palaces, and ________ of the
pharaohs known as _________.
mausoleums, Pyramids
why was North China Plains developed?
because of the different changes in the course of the yellow river
a greek word meaning description of the earth
Geographia
2 types of geography
Human Geography, Physical Geography
Studies how people and their activities vary from place to place.
Human Geography
Human Geography also consists of?
Culture, Language, Religion, Government
A group of people with a distinct language and culture that gives them a unique identity.
ethnolinguistic group
plays a significant role in forming the tradition and culture of any society.
Religion
Beliefs may be in a form of _______ and _____.
monotheism and polytheism
the location of a place does not affects the kind of religion it has.
false
What are the types of Government?
Democratic government, Parliamentary system, Federal government, Dictatorial Communism
rulers hold power by force and they rely open the strength of the military to support their stay in power.
Dictatorial Form
government where a single authoritarian party controls the state.
Communism
system of dividing up power between the central national government and local state governments that are connected to one another by the national government.
Federal Government
real executive power vested in a cabinet composed ofmembers of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature.
Parliamentary System
belief or worship of
one God
Monotheism
belief or worship of
multiple Gods
Polytheism
known as the government by the peoples;
rule of the majority
Democratic Government
there are ____ languages.
7,105 languages
geographers used the word
_____ to refer to an area
with definite character-land
type, plant, and animal life
Region
deals with transfer of people,
movement of goods,
information, and ideas
Movement/transportation
people’s way of adapting to
their environment
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION
focuses on
the natural features of the earth like
climate, water, vegetation, and soil
vary from place to place
Physical Geography
where something is an important factor in
studying a place.
LOCATION
if they are part of or
feel they are part of the
group as a whole they are considered ______.
ETHNOLINGUISTIC GROUP
oldest religions are ___?
Judaism,
Christianity, Islam,
Zoroastrianism, Buddhism,
Hinduism, and Shintoism
formed to provide the needs of the
people, like keeping peace and
order in the society or protecting the
people from threats outside their
culture
GOVERNMENT
_____ is the cradle of civilization
because it is where the scientists
found the remains of the first human
beings
Africa
small and simple societies
where people hunt and
gather food
HUNTING AND GATHERING
horticultural grow crops with
simple tools; pastoral raise
livestock
HORTICULTURAL/PASTORAL
societies grow great numbers
of crops; utilizes plows, oxen,
and other devices
AGRICULTURAL
features factories and
machines
INDUSTRIAL
societies feature information
technology and service hobs
POST-INDUSTRIAL
