social studies

Question 1

innovation vs invention

Answer 1

An invention is something created that didnt exist before And an innovation is taking an invention and making it better

Question 2

paleolithic era

Answer 2

inventions of fire, lauguage, and stone tools. nomadic lifestyle

Question 3

neolithic era

Answer 3

agriculture, domestication, and slash and burn farming

Question 4

hominids in order

Answer 4

Australopithecines, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, cro magnon

Question 5

catal hyuk

Answer 5

Founded approximately 8,000 years ago and was possibly the first known village in the world. was most likely a farming village

Question 6

phonetician boats

Answer 6

used for trading, storage units underneath, large boats

Question 7

roman aqueducts

Answer 7

brought water into areas from far away which provided clean drinking water

Question 8

stirup

Answer 8

saddle, kept your feet up to improve fighting abilities in war

Question 9

smallpox vaccine

Answer 9

vaccination used for smallpox which was a deadly disease

Question 10

steam engine

Answer 10

Developed in 1700s by James Watt
First used to remove water from mines to get coal
Excellent source of power
Later used to power trains, looms, ships, machines

Question 11

power of the catholic church

Answer 11

no one went against the church or the beliefs of the church, they held the most power

Question 12

geocentric theory

Answer 12

all planets revolved around the earth

Question 13

heliocentric theory

Answer 13

planets orbited around the sun

Question 14

exocommunication

Answer 14

kicked out of the church

Question 15

individualism

Answer 15

focus on the individuals rsther then the community as a whole

Question 16

humanism

Answer 16

People can learn from other people not just God and focus on the present life rather than the afterlife

Question 17

secularism

Answer 17

non religous. the belief the church did not have to be involved in everything

Question 18

4 things that contributed to the scientific revolution

Answer 18

the renaissance
the printing press
the protestant reformation
voyages of discovery

Question 19

the renaissance

Answer 19

the revival of art and literature
he culture and style of art and architecture developed during the Renaissance.

Question 20

the printing press

Answer 20

mass produce books, make books more affordable, people became more aware of things happening in the world

Question 21

the protestant reformation

Answer 21

Martin Luther lead the reformation. the reformation was when the people started questioning the rules of the catholic church and groups branched out into their own forms of Christianity

Question 22

voyages of discorvery

Answer 22

done for economic advancement

Question 23

aristotle

Answer 23

first to discover geocentric theory

Question 24

ptolemy

Answer 24

adapted geocentric theory

Question 25

john cabot

Answer 25

discovered NL

Question 26

Christopher colombus

Answer 26

discorvered the americas

Question 27

Nicolaus copernicus

Answer 27

discovered heliocentric theory

Question 28

galileo galilei

Answer 28

first to use a teloscope to observe the movement of moons

Question 29

francis bacon

Answer 29

stressed the importance of experimentation and factual evidence

Question 30

rene descartes

Answer 30

emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding "I think therefore I am"

Question 31

issac newton

Answer 31

beleived gravity was the force to move planets

Question 32

andreas vesalius

Answer 32

published the first acurate study of human anatomy

Question 33

robert boyle

Answer 33

explained the effect of temperature and pressure on the volume of gases

Question 34

johannes kepler

Answer 34

discovered planets dont move in perfect circles

Question 35

magnitude

Answer 35

how big of an impact somthing had

Question 36

duration

Answer 36

how long the effects lasted

Question 37

scope

Answer 37

how many people are effected

Question 38

demestocation

Answer 38

taming animals for the use of steady source food/water/materials

Question 39

slash and burn farming

Answer 39

burning vegitation, the ashes would improve the fertility of soil, making it easier to grow crops

Question 40

civilization

Answer 40

(5 characteristics) advanced technology, specialized workers, record keeping, complex institutions, advanced cities

Question 41

artisans

Answer 41

specialized workers who work with their hands

Question 42

cuneiform

Answer 42

wedge shaped system of writing

Question 43

monarchy

Answer 43

king or queen rules (absotule monarchy has complete control, constitutional monarchy - head of state). Rule of one

Question 44

Autocracy

Answer 44

one person has absolute power

Question 45

Aristocracy

Answer 45

power is held by a small group specifically noble/privileged people.

Question 46

Oligarchy

Answer 46

a small group of people have control

Question 47

Theocracy

Answer 47

a religious group/individual holds power

Question 48

Dictatorship

Answer 48

one person holds the power

Question 49

Democracy

Answer 49

rule of many

Question 50

Direct Democracy

Answer 50

-everyone votes on laws/issues -the ecclesia -council of 500 -Athens Greece(first democracy)

Question 51

representative democracy

Answer 51

-votes for people to make decisions on our behalf -2 consuls senate assembly -big divide in social classes

Question 52

the ecclasia

Answer 52

meeting where people came together to vote on issues

Question 53

the council of 500

Answer 53

500 randomly selected people. -set the agenda for the ecclasia

Question 54

patricians

Answer 54

wealthy

Question 55

plebians

Answer 55

-poor -artisans -farmers