Why 39 questions and 3 days

Question 1

It is believed that the first humans first appeared where?

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

What does paleolithic translate to?

Answer 2

Old Stone Age

Question 3

What does neolithic translate to?

Answer 3

New stone Age

Question 4

What are nomads?

Answer 4

People who move from place to place to meet the needs to survive.

Question 5

Describe a hunter/gatherer society and the gender roles.

Answer 5

They were societies where they hunted (done by men) or gathered (done by women) food. Cooking would be done together.

Question 6

Describe the benefit of fire for early humans. Provide at least (3) benefits.

Answer 6

It provided warmth, frightened animals away, and provided light.

Question 7

People made their way from Europe and Asia during a mass migration and walked to North America across what land bridge?

Answer 7

Bering Land Bridge

Question 8

What is cultural diffusion?

Answer 8

The mixing and intermingling of two cultures into one new one.

Question 9

The Agricultural Revolution goes by a different name many times. What is the other name for the agricultural revolution?

Answer 9

The Neolithic Revolution

Question 10

Describe what happens to people during the Agricultural Revolution… What was the Agricultural Revolution?

Answer 10

Nomadic people become sedentary. It was when people began to be able to grow crops to make food and began to domesticate animals.

Question 11

What impact did humans have on the environment after the agricultural revolution?

Answer 11

Deforestation in places where copper, bronze, and salt were produced and to make room for agriculture.
Erosion and flooding where agriculture disturbed soil and natural vegetation.
Selective extinction of large land animals and weed plants due to hunting & agriculture.

Question 12

Explain the change in the roles of women after the agricultural revolution…

Answer 12

They started to work in food production. Their rights and roles were overall decreased.

Question 13

What characteristics make up a civilization? What is it that makes a small village turn into a civilization?

Answer 13

Specialization
Centralized Economy
Complex institutions
Record Keeping
Expanding Technology
Religion
Language
A small village must have a surplus of food to turn into a civilization (especially an expanding ones)

Question 14

Mesopotamia was located along what two rivers?

Answer 14

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 15

What is a city-state?

Answer 15

A sovereign city with borders including its surrounding territory forms an independent state/government.

Question 16

Who was allowed to enter the Ziggurats?

Answer 16

Priests

Question 17

What was Cuneiform? What are two ways Cuneiform enhanced life?

Answer 17

A written language were symbols were used for sound and made it so records, ideas, treaties and legends could be written down which enhanced life.

Question 18

How did Hammurabi’s Code unite the city-states of Mesopotamia?

Answer 18

It unified them under 1 code of law

Question 19

What are the dates of the Egyptian Kingdoms?

Answer 19

Old: 2700 - 2200 BCE
Middle: 2050 - 1800 BCE
New: 1550 - 1100 BCE

Question 20

How did your social status affect the afterlife according to Egyptian Mythology?

Answer 20

Determined your method of transportation in the afterlife

Question 21

Explain the importance of the Rosetta Stone…

Answer 21

It allowed us to translate Demotic and common hieroglyphics into English because it had the Greek language on it.

Question 22

List (3) technological innovations of ancient Egypt and what was their purpose?

Answer 22

Paper: To have something easy to move to write things down on.
Medicine: To help people get better after an injury or sickness
Toothpaste: To clean their teeth.

Question 23

What was unique about Greece’s geography compared to other civilizations?

Answer 23

The Greek civilization did not develop in a river valley, it was surrounded by salt water, and it was developed on mountains.

Question 24

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Answer 24

Homer

Question 25

According to Greek Mythology, the Gods and Goddesses live on what mountain?

Answer 25

Mount Olympus

Question 26

How do the governments of Athens and Sparta differ?

Answer 26

Athens was a democracy ruled by an assembly of 500 elected representatives; however, slaves, women, and men who were born outside of Athens were not considered citizens and could not vote. Sparta was a dual monarchist militarist state.

Question 27

How do the rights of women differ between Athens and Sparta?

Answer 27

Spartan women were to take care of the city in Sparta while the men were off at war. They also had voice in government unlike Athenain woman could not vote or take place in government, do not have property rights, and less rights then Spartan women.

Question 28

Alexander the Great conquered the known world and spread what along the way?

Answer 28

Hellenism

Question 29

What is a republic?

Answer 29

A state in which the power is held by the people represented by their representatives which also has an elected or nominated president.

Question 30

What are the two classes in Ancient Rome?

Answer 30

Plebeians and Patricians

Question 31

What is the benefit of having two consuls?

Answer 31

It made power not fall into one person’s hands.

Question 32

Who fought in the Punic Wars? And who won?

Answer 32

Roman Republic and Carthage and Rome won all of them

Question 33

What river did the first Ancient Chinese Civilization start on?

Answer 33

Huang He (yellow river)

Question 34

In what ways was China geographically isolated? What were the geographical barriers?

Answer 34

They were economically and culturally isolated. They had Himalayan, Greater Khingan and Tian Shan mountain range, the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts, the pacific ocean, and the Tibetian plateau.

Question 35

What was legalism?

Answer 35

The belief of people were selfish and could only live under strict laws with harsh punishments

Question 36

What was the basis of Confucious’ teachings?

Answer 36

People should live according to good conduct and moral judgment. The government had a duty to set an example of right conduct.

Question 37

What was the purpose of the 5 relationship and how were they to relate to each other?

Answer 37

They have one which is subjected to the other and the purpose is to show that they all must have respect for each other.

Question 38

What was the basis of Daoism?

Answer 38

Harmony with nature and an equal balance in it.

Question 39

Can someone believe in Confucianism and Daoism? If not, how do they conflict? If yes, explain how they do not contradict each other…

Answer 39

Yes, as Confucianism provides a pattern for government and one’s palace in the social order while Taoism relates to the harmony between human and nature. Meaning they affect different parts meaning they do not overlap.

Question 40

What was (1) Ancient Chinese invention that made life easier and how?

Answer 40

Paper since it allowed people to write things down.

Question 41

What was Rome’s dictator clause?

Answer 41

It is a clause giving one consul unlimited power for 6 months in an emergency situation.