Unit One

Question 1

Last place to be populated

Answer 1

Americas

Question 2

When did Neanderthals exist? What was their physical make up? Compare to Homo sapiens

Answer 2

100,000-25,000 B.C.E. Short and stocky. Face protruded more. Wider. Bigger and heavier bones

Question 3

Describe the settling of Asia 80,000-60,000 B.C.E

Answer 3

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia. Forced people to leave Africa

Question 4

What evidence is there that early man practiced religion?

Answer 4

Buried dead

Question 5

Where was early agriculture first practiced? Where was it not?

Answer 5

Mesopotamia and people in Palestine and south Syria. New Guinea

Question 6

What was the Gilgamesh epic? Why is it important to historians? What early civilization does it describe?

Answer 6

Story of Gligamesh, King of City Uruk in Mesopotamia. Describes Mesopotamia. It’s one of first works of literature.

Question 7

What characteristics of the Nile set it apart?

Answer 7

Flows north. Predictable flooding. Annually. Large delta into Mediterranean. Renewed silt deposits each year. Steep. Unavailable.

Question 8

What writing system did Egyptians use?

Answer 8

Hieroglyphics. Pictures. Some phonetic.

Question 9

Describe the old

Kingdom.

Answer 9

Great pyramid was built. Lots of flooding. Most impressive monuments were organized. Prosperity. No invasions. Also called pyramid age.

Question 10

What were periods of strong governments in Egypt called?

Answer 10

Kingdoms

Question 11

What writing system did Egyptians use?

Answer 11

Hieroglyphics. Pictures. Some phonetic.

Question 12

Describe the old

Kingdom.

Answer 12

Great pyramid was built. Lots of flooding. Most impressive monuments were organized. Prosperity. No invasions. Also called pyramid age.

Question 13

What types of workers built the great pyramid

Answer 13

Volunteers. No slaves. 5,000 skilled craftsmen and workers worked full time while the rest of the people rotated

Question 14

What was the purpose of mummification

Answer 14

To preserve their afterlife

Question 15

What areas did Egyptian trade networks expand into

Answer 15

Modern day Syria and Lebanon to the north. Nubia to the south

Question 16

Who was Abraham and why was he important to founding of Judaism.

Answer 16

First Jew. Lived in Babylonia. God said no sacrifices of kids.

Question 17

Describe Shang Cities

Answer 17

Had worship centers. Walled. Interlocking city

Question 18

Why is the word sorrow used to describe the Yellow River?

Answer 18

It was a dangerous river. Very flood prone.

Question 19

What is an oracle? How did Chinese use Oracle bones?

Answer 19

Writing. Used to forecast the future.

Question 20

Why was North China suited well for Agriculture?

Answer 20

Layer of fine yellow dirt called loess surrounded yellow River valley.

Question 21

Chinese characters or language first appeared on what?

Answer 21

Clavicle bones of cattle and turtle shells

Question 22

What’s millet? What was it made into?

Answer 22

A crop. Bread.

Question 23

How did Shang kinds Administer their rule?

Answer 23

Read the cracks in the Oracle Bones.

Question 24

Where is mesoamerica?

Answer 24

Mexico and Central America

Question 25

What evidence is there that mesoamericans knew of wheel? Who invented the wheel?

Answer 25

Children’s toys. Mesopotamia

Question 26

Where did agriculture begin in Mesoamerica?

Answer 26

People of Tehuacán Valley

Question 27

Who were the Olmec?

Answer 27

First large Civilization on Gulf of Mexico. Developed calendars. Huge monumental type heads. Human sacrifices.

Question 28

What did the Olmec build that’s still in existence today?

Answer 28

Massive heads. Long count.

Question 29

Describe characteristics of Teotihuacan.

Answer 29

40,000-200,000 people. Grid. Craft specialization.

Question 30

What unique religious practice did mesoamericans use.

Answer 30

Human sacrifices and believe in doomsday.

Question 31

What are defining characteristics of a complex and large urban center?

Answer 31

10s of thousands. Job specialization. Writing. Social stratification

Question 32

How and why did writing develop?

Answer 32

People drew a picture on a flat writing tablet that represented a specific animal. Purpose was to keep track of trade and trading animals.

Question 33

What does it mean when a writing system is described as phonetic?

Answer 33

Each symbol reps a certain sound.

Question 34

What’s the basic concept of Hammurabi’s law code?

Answer 34

Eye for an eye