World History Semester 1 Final 2

Question 1

What was the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 1

Hunters and gathers; also known as the Old Stone Age

Question 2

What happened during the Paleolithic Age?

Answer 2

20-30 People; First tools show up made of bone or wood; likely first signs of language appear; clothing, fires and caves to protect from cold

Question 3

What was the Neolithic Age?

Answer 3

Agricultural Revolution; 11,000 years ago

Question 4

What happened during the Neolithic Age?

Answer 4

People learned how to farm; began to Domesticate Animals

Question 5

What good came out of agriculture?

Answer 5

Surplus of food which allowed more free time; free time allowed for specialization; specialization created new things to work on; this led to science, art, math, government, literature, and everything else that isn’t feeding ourselves

Question 6

What was Jared Diamond’s reason why some civilizations fail and some don’t?

Answer 6

Geographical Luck

Question 7

What animals were good for domestication?

Answer 7

Goat; sheep; horse; ox; pigs; donkeys; cattle

Question 8

Where were the best animals to domesticate?

Answer 8

Asia; North Africa; Europe

Question 9

What is the Persia Chart?

Answer 9

Politics; Economic; Religion; Social; Intellectual; Area

Question 10

What are the 8 aspects of civilization?

Answer 10

Cities; Organized Government; Complex Religion; Job Specialization; Social Class; Art and Architecture; Public Works; Writing

Question 11

What are the bad things that came out of the agricultural revolution?

Answer 11

Slavery; sexism; disease; health benefits

Question 12

What were the capitals of Indus?

Answer 12

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

Question 13

What were Indus’s religious beliefs?

Answer 13

Polytheistic; Buffalo and bull sacred

Question 14

Why did Indus Decline?

Answer 14

Mystery; Could have been invaders; environmental issues; earthquake

Question 15

Who were the Aryans?

Answer 15

intermarried with the local population; very warlike; nomads who settled down

Question 16

What was the Aryan’s structure in society?

Answer 16

Brahmins(priests); Kshatriya(warriors); Vaisyas(Herders, farmers, artisans, merchants); Sudras(non Aryans); Dalits(workers who did what others wouldn’t do); this evolved into castes

Question 17

What were the Aryan Religious beliefs?

Answer 17

Gods were representations of nature; Chief God was Indra of War; over time Brahman becomes single force all other Gods are an aspect of

Question 18

What does Ramayana teach?

Answer 18

Behavior

Question 19

What was the Mahabharata story of the Aryan’s?

Answer 19

warfare and religion; 100,000 verses; 5 brothers lose and regain kingdom; importance of immortality of soul and performing ones duty

Question 20

What did China’s geographic condition led to?

Answer 20

few invaders; little trade; little change in China

Question 21

What is the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 21

First dynasty that we know is real; peasant life was not good; framing; repairs; front line fighting

Question 22

What was the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 22

Heaven decide who should rule; makes overthrowing rulers much easier;

Question 23

Which Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty?

Answer 23

Zhou

Question 24

Who used the Feudal System?

Answer 24

China

Question 25

What is the Feudal System?

Answer 25

Peasants would farm and give the food to the king and lords, and the lords and the kings would offer protect to the peasants

Question 26

What were some problems with the feudal system?

Answer 26

Lords can get a great deal of power and can start to rule in place of Emperor

Question 27

What were the Chinese Religious Beliefs?

Answer 27

Animism; Shang Di Chief God; only king could talk to Shang Di; prayed to ancestors’ spirits for good luck

Question 28

What were the achievements of Ancient China?

Answer 28

365 1/4 day calendar; silk; writing style of calligraphy; first books