Part 1

Question 0

What 5 characteristics does a civilization need to have?

Answer 0

• complex institutions
• advanced cities
• advanced technologies
• record keeping
• specialized workers

Question 1

What is Prehistory?

Answer 1

The time before anyone wrote anything down

Question 2

What is an empire (or what does it do)?

Answer 2

bring together people, nations, or independent states under one rule

Question 3

What is Civil Service?

Answer 3

paid workers that managed government affairs

Question 4

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

Answer 4

the belief that a just ruler had the divine approval of the gods

Question 5

What is a dynasty?

Answer 5

a series of rulers from a single family

Question 6

What was the Hammurabi Code?

Answer 6

series of laws that helped organize Sumer

Question 7

What is Confucianism?

Answer 7

a religion that believed in harmony and good relationships

Question 8

What is Daoism?

Answer 8

“the way”; a religion based on nature

Question 9

What was Legalism?

Answer 9

group of political thinkers who believed that strict rules and strict punishment is the way to govern and live

Question 10

What were the differences between Sumer, Assyria, Persia, and China?

Answer 10

Assyria treated conquered people like ass; Persia treated conquered people nicely; Sumer was the very first civilization; and China had different religious beliefs and had dynasties

Question 11

Name three waterways that influenced China or Sumer

Answer 11

• Chang Jiang
• Yangtze
• Mediterranean Sea
• Red Sea
• etc.

Question 12

Who was Darius and what did he do?

Answer 12

Important leader of Persia who expanded the empire, organized the government, and established a currency

Question 13

What was the significance of the Xian Dynasty?

Answer 13

it was the beginning of the Silk Road

Question 14

What was the significance of the Qin Dynasty?

Answer 14

It unified China

i.a.e. established currency and laws

Question 15

What is a polis?

Answer 15

a greek city-state

Question 16

What is an example of a polis?

Answer 16

Athens or Sparta

Question 17

What is a democracy?

Answer 17

a government controlled by its citizens either directly or through its citizens

Question 18

What is an example of a democracy?

Answer 18

Athens

Question 19

What is monarchy?

Answer 19

a government in which all power is held in a single person’s hands

Question 20

What is an example of a monarchy?

Answer 20

Corinth

Question 21

What is an aristocracy?

Answer 21

a type of government in which the power is in the hands of a small, hereditary group

Question 22

What is an oligarchy?

Answer 22

a government in which the power is in a few people’s hands

Question 23

What is an example of an oligrachy?

Answer 23

Sparta

Question 24

What is cultural diffusion?

Answer 24

the process in which new ideas products are spread from one culture to another

Question 25

What was one famous source of cultural diffusion between China and Europe (or other countries in the Middle East)?

Answer 25

The Silk Road

Question 26

How did Greece's location help the society?

Answer 26

Since Greece was surrounded by water, it led to access to new ideas, innovations, and trade

Question 27

What are two main differences between Sparta and Athens?

Answer 27

Sparta was based on military while Athens was based on creativity and intellect; Sparta was an oligarchy and Athens was a democracy

Question 28

Who were the two nations fighting in the Persian wars?

Answer 28

Persia and Greece

Question 29

What were they fighting for in the Persian Wars?

Answer 29

Persia wanted to control Greece

Question 30

Who were the major generals for Greece and Persia?

Answer 30

Persia-Darius and Xerxes(Darius' son) | Greece-Leonadis

Question 31

Who won the Persian Wars?

Answer 31

Greece

Question 32

What were three major battles in the Persian Wars?

Answer 32

Thermopylae, Marathon, and Salamis

Question 33

What was two positive outcome for Greece after the Persian Wars?

Answer 33

- all the greek city-states were united under one rule | - athens was launched into the Golden Age of Athens

Question 34

Who was Alexander the Great and What did he do?

Answer 34

He was a leader of Macedonia; he conquered Egypt, Persia, Greece, India, and Asia; started Hellenistic culture

Question 35

What is hellenistic culture?

Answer 35

The blending of Egyptian, Persian, and Indian culture

Question 36

What are two examples of Hellenistic contributions to visual arts?

Answer 36

- Nike | - Colossus of Rhodes

Question 37

What are two examples of hellenistic contributions to philosophy?

Answer 37

- Stoicism | - epicurism

Question 38

What is Stoicism?

Answer 38

religion that encouraged living in harmony with god's will and laws of nature

Question 39

What is Epicureanism?

Answer 39

religion that taught gods had no interest in human beings; focused on the 5 senses; encouraged living a life of pleasure

Question 40

What is one example of how hellenistic culture contributed to history?

Answer 40

The Alexandria library in Alexandria, Egypt

Question 41

Who are two hellenistic scientists and what did the contrbute?

Answer 41

- archimedes - pi | - Pythagoras - Pythagorean theorem