Unit 2

Question 0

Does the use of the term civilized suggest any racist or ethnic bias? Why or why not?

Answer 0

It could because some people are offended when they are not called civilized. Some places are also more civilized than others too. Whites thought they were more civilized than the African Americans

Question 1

What are some issues we encounter if we try to use civilization as a organizing principle in world history?

Answer 1

Problem is that we don’t really know how to define it so we can’t really organize things with it

Question 2

Has civilization progressed from the earliest times to today? Do we have a higher level of civilized behavior?

Answer 2

I think so because we have established more laws and we have become more orderly and advanced. I don’t necessarily think that our behavior has because we have always been the way that we are etc..

Question 3

What key event led to the worlds first civilization?

Answer 3

The discovery of farming

Question 4

Describe the daily life in a hunter gatherer society.

Answer 4

Wake up, walk somewhere, get food, keep going, find a place to sleep, eat, repeat

Question 5

What was the significant shift that took place In the Neolithic revolution? What was the significance?

Answer 5

Shift from food gathering to food producing. Now people could settle into societies. Created first civilization

Question 6

What are the five characteristics of civilization? Apply to spokane

Answer 6

Advanced cities- maple st. Bridge
Specialized workers- SPD
Complex institutions- gprep
Record keeping-  sacred heart medical records
Advanced technology- gondolas

Question 7

Explain significance of rivers in early civilizations

Answer 7

Helped people farm and build life around rivers

Question 8

What were some environmental challenges for Sumerians and what were their solutions?

Answer 8

Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded unpredictably- dug irrigation ditches
No natural barriers- built large walls
Limited natural resources- traded

Question 9

What is a city state?

Answer 9

Separate cities, acted as countries today, independent

Question 10

What is a dynasty?

Answer 10

A chain of rulers, often from family

Question 11

What is polytheism

Answer 11

The belief of many gods

Question 12

How did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shape religion in Mesopotamia

Answer 12

When rivers flooded, people thought it was punishment from gods

Question 13

What is restitution and reconciliation in own words? Which is in hammurabis code? Which is in US? Which is more effective?

Answer 13

Restitution- revenge, an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth
Reconciliation- forgiving peacefully
Restitution
Both
Restitution

Question 14

How did flooding of the Nile differ from Tigris and Euphrates?

Answer 14

The Nile flooding was predictable
The Tigris and Euphrates were not predictable
Shaped the religion

Question 15

How did belief in after life lead to mummification and pyramids?

Answer 15

Wanted their afterlife to be good, wanted kings to have their riches in the afterlife too

Question 16

Why is India referred to as a subcontinent?

Answer 16

Because it is a distinct landmass and has distinctive geographical differences

Question 17

What was so advanced about the harrapan cities?

Answer 17

They were planned perfectly and had plumbing and sewage and flooding mechanisms

Question 18

Which religion traces its roots back to harrapan culture? How do we know?

Answer 18

Hinduism because we know that they had a lot of animal symbols

Question 19

Explain significance of oracle bones

Answer 19

Helped people see their future

Question 20

Explain Mandate of Heaven

Answer 20

If ruler did something foolish or made bad decisions, people would overthrow them
Gods blessing to rule

Question 21

Explain dynastic cycle

Answer 21

1. Dynasty has M.O.H
2. Corrupt
3. Natural disaster
4. Loses M.O.H
5. Violent rebellion
6. New dynasty

Question 22

How did Zhou dynasty use the Mandate of Heaven to overthrow Shang dynasty?

Answer 22

They staged a violent rebellion and basically used it as an excuse to gain power and to kill them

Question 23

Explain structure of feudal system in China

Answer 23

King gave land to nobles in exchange for crops and military service.
peasants got housing in exchange for work