World History - CSET

Question 1

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Ancient Egypt?

Answer 1

The Nile River.

Question 2

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Rome?

Answer 2

The Tiber River.

Question 3

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Mesopotamia?

Answer 3

The Tigris River and the Euphrates River.

Question 4

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Ancient China?

Answer 4

The Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Question 5

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of the Ancient Kush?

Answer 5

The Nile River.

Question 6

What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Persians?

Answer 6

The Persians did not have a significant river near their main cities, but developed an ingenious water management system known as kanats which carried water throughout the land for irrigation and human use.

Question 7

What was the importance of waterways for ancient civilizations?

Answer 7

Waterways were necessary not only for agriculture, but also for trade, which were a source of political power, warfare and slavery.

Question 8

What are the four classes, or castes, that were important in Hinduism in Ancient China?

Answer 8

Brahman priesthood
Kshatriya warriors, Kings
Vaishya farmers, cattle herders, traders
Shudra servants and workers

Question 9

What were some intellectual contributions from Mesopotamia?

Answer 9

Cuneiform (oldest system of writing)
laws, specifically Hammurabi code which established the idea of innocent until proven guilty, and the right for both sides to present valid arguments in a dispute.

Question 10

What were some intellectual contributions from Egypt?

Answer 10

Great temples and cities.
complex trading systems.
pyramids.
Hieroglyphs
pottery

Question 11

What were some intellectual contributions from China?

Answer 11

Great philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism.
Paper.
gunpowder.

Question 12

What were some intellectual contributions from the Greeks?

Answer 12

Greek artists, playwrights, philosophers set the standards for Western Art and rational argument for centuries.
The Odyssey
The Iliad
Many cultural figures form fiction such as the Greek Gods etc.

Question 13

Name some of greatest Greek thinkers, philosophers and authors.

Answer 13

Homer
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Euclid
Thucydides
Sophocles
Euripides

Question 14

What were some intellectual contributions from the Romans?

Answer 14

The legacy of the Roman Empire and Republic touches on almost every aspect of contemporary culture, from language to law to art.
English contains Latin roots.
concept of civic duty
master military strategists
system of checks and balances
architecture

Question 15

What is one way that the effect of trade and travel can be seen between the Greeks and other parts of Europe?

Answer 15

The alphabet, which came to Italy before the rise of Rome.

Question 16

What were the silk roads?

Answer 16

A trade route connecting China by sea and by land with Southeast Asia, India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Rome. Trade goods, religions, and philosophies were spread throughout the ancient world through these roads.

Question 17

What event marks the transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe?

Answer 17

The sack of Rome in 476 by the Germanic Tribes was an important event which was the final outcome of the instability in Rome due to corruption, and competition between military commanders. It left much of Europe rudderless.

Question 18

What was Europe like during the Middle Ages?

Answer 18

From the fifth to about the 15th century Europe was decentralized and divided into many small kingdoms. Lords controlled the land and protected their vassals - knights and nobles - who were allowed to collect services and rent form peasants in return for military service and protection.

Question 19

When was Columbus’ voyage and where was he going?

Answer 19

Columbus’ voyage from Spain was in 1492. He was trying to find a route to the West Indies but instead landed in the Caribbean.

Question 20

What was the effect of Spain in the Americas during the Age of Exploration?

Answer 20

After Colombus’ voyage Spain sent Conquistadores and missionaries on a mission to attain wealth for Spain and convert the natives into Catholicism. Spain managed to control much of the Caribbean, South America, Central America, modern day Mexico and much of the western United States.

Question 21

What were the three most powerful pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas?

Answer 21

Mayans
Incans
Aztecs

Question 22

Mayans

Answer 22

An agricultural people who prospered in modern day Central America and Southern Mexico.
Hieroglyphic writing system
sophisticated Mathematics and Astronomy
urban centers
temples
palaces
stepped pyramids

Question 23

Aztecs

Answer 23

An agricultural civilization in central Mexico. Spoke Nahuatl, a language still spoken in Mexico by about 1 million people. They had a hierarchical structure based on nobles and commoners and worshipped a pantheon of deities.
Were a cultured society with a vast collection of codices, poetry, drama, and music.
Body jewelry
pyramids
temples
palaces

Question 24

Incas

Answer 24

Was the largest of the pre-Columbian empires. originating in Peru, the Incas grew to expand through Bolivia,, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
Quechua was their language which is still spoken today.
Gold and silver items
metallurgy
healers performed succesful skull surgery
step mountain slopes for terrace agriculture
advanced engineering

Question 25

How did Christianity grow in Europe?

Answer 25

Emperor Constantine legitimized Christianity in the 4th century, and after the fall of Rome it grew and spread all over Europe and become the dominant religion of the continent. The political alliances and consistent persecution of heretics allowed the Catholic Church to grow so vastly in importance and influence.

Question 26

When were the Crusades held by the Catholic Church?

Answer 26

During the Middle Ages, 1095 - 1291 AD.

Question 27

What were the Crusades?

Answer 27

The Crusades were a series of organized military campaigns against Muslims in the Middle East.

Question 28

What were the failures of the Crusades in the perspective of the Catholic Church?

Answer 28

The attempt to conquer Muslim land failed.

Question 29

What importance did the Crusades have for Europe?

Answer 29

The Crusades had an important political, economic, and social, impact on western Europe. They opened trade routes between Europe and the East that had been closed for centuries and brought knowledge of Mathematics, optics, architecture, and medicine to western Europe.

Question 30

Where did Islam develop?

Answer 30

Islam developed in Arabia through a prophet named Mohammed.

Question 31

How did the Islam empire develop its wealth?

Answer 31

The cities of the Islamic Empire developed their wealth by developing their merchant class and by building extensive trade networks throughout Africa and Asia.

Question 32

Describe the Islamic Empire at its height.

Answer 32

At it’s height, the Islamic Empire extended much through western Asia, the Middle East region, Northern Africa, and Spain. They maintained control over the Mediterranean.
They managed to preserve all of Europe’s knowledge which was lost after the fall of Rome. Not only did they translate European knowledge into their languages, but they added new ideas and advanced much of their developments. Remnants of Islamic architecture can still be seen throughout Spain.

Question 33

What was the Renaissance?

Answer 33

The renaissance was the “rebirth” of art, knowledge in culture in Europe which began in the city-state of Florence in modern day Italy. it was an attempt to revive much of the culture from classical antiquity that was lost in the middle ages.

Question 34

Who were some of the great artists that were prominent during the renaissance?

Answer 34

Leonardo Da Vinci

Michelangelo

Question 35

Name a few of the great political thinkers during the Renaissance.

Answer 35

Niccolo Machiavelli

Thomas More

Question 36

Who were some of the great writers of the Renaissance?

Answer 36

Dante Alighieri
Giovanni Bocaccio
Francesco Petrarch

Question 37

Name the scientific invention that helped spread knowledge throughout Europe and helped increase literacy in Europe.

Answer 37

The printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440

Question 38

Scientific Revolution

Answer 38

The Scientific Revolution grew out of the Renaissance and brought changes to research and experimentation in the sciences. This included advances in Physics, mathematics, astronomy, biology, chemistry and medicine.

Question 39

What were major finds of the Scientific Revolution?

Answer 39

The Earth revolves around the Sun.
Matter is composed of atoms, not elements
bodies move according to the laws of physics

Question 40

Describe the Enlightenment.

Answer 40

The Enlightenment is the Age of Reason in which the intellectual movement took force and brought changes to much of the political systems of the time.
it overthrew monarchies and introduced the market system.
central concepts were democracy, freedom and rationality.
Rights are based on a social contract and not on divine right

Question 41

Describe Early Modern Capitalism.

Answer 41

Merchant capitalism replaced feudalism. Many merchants made wealth through trade and eventually became the leading economic system in Europe.

Question 42

Describe Colonialism.

Answer 42

The Industrial revolution created a demand in Europe for raw materials that did not grow in European soil. Colonialism focused on bringing these raw materials to Europe. These materials were manufactured in Europe and sold back to colonials at high prices. It devastated local products and caused third world poverty in colonial territories.

Question 43

Describe Democracy.

Answer 43

It means rule of the people or people power. it is the leading form of governing in the western world. The Magna Carta first exposed undemocratic rule in England in 1215. The Magna Carta and the thinking of the Enlightenment became models for the US Constitution.