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List the 6 characteristics of Paleolithic era.

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  • nomadic
  • invented simple tools (made of stone)
  • made fire
  • small clans
  • oral language
  • “cave art”
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Paleolithic Era was also known as..

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Old stone age

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List all 6 characteristics of Neolithic Era.

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  • agriculture
  • domesticated animals
  • advanced tools
  • permanent settlements
  • pottery
  • weaving skills
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New stone age was also known as..

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Neolithic era

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homo Sapiens migrated from Africa to _____________(3 more)

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Eurasia, Australia, America

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Egyptian civilization had which river valleys?

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Nile river

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Mesopotamian civilization had which river valleys?

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Tigris

Euphrates rivers

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Indian civilization had which river valleys?

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Indus river

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Chinese civilization had which river valleys?

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Huang He river

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Which civilization developed in Africa?

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Egyptian

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Which civilization developed in southeast Asia?

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Mesopotamian

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Which civilization developed in south Asia?

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Indian

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Which civilization developed in east Asia?

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Chinese

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Characteristics of ancient river valley civilizations:

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Fertile soil

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Hebrews settled in the area between the ________________

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Mediterranean sea and the Jordan river valley

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Phoenicians settled along the Mediterranean Sea and became ______________

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Great shipbuilders and traders

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Which group developed the world’s first alphabet?

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Phoenicians

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Kush was located along the upper portion of the __________

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Nile river

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Four early river valley civilizations: The monotheism was practiced by the ________ only

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Hebrews

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Writing system of Egypt

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Hieroglyphics

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Writing system of Sumer

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Cuneiform

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Writing system of Phoenicians

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First alphabet

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Key people of Judaism?

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Abraham
Moses
Jesus

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Holy book of Judaism?

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Torah

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Moral code of Judaism?
Ten Commandments
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Judaism was monotheistic/ polytheistic?
Monotheistic
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Which empire developed the religion, "Zoroastrianism"?
Persian Empire
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Which empire developed an intricate bureaucracy in their Empire?
Persian Empire
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Which two rivers in India were very important to the early Indian civilization?
Indus and Ganges Rivers
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Who are Indo-Aryans
Migrators who first started the Indian civilization
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Gupta empire was in _________
India
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Hinduism originated in ______
India
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The caste system is the foundation of ____________
Hinduism
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Which religion believed in many forms of one major god?
Hinduism
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Hinduism believed in reincarnation. | True or False
True
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Hinduism believed in karma. | True or False
True
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The two sacred writings of Hinduism ?
Vedas and Upanishads
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Buddhism originated in _________
India.
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Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddartha Gautama
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Four Noble Truths are......
Desire causes suffering
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"Eightfold path to enlightenment " | Means..
The way to escape suffering
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Buddhism was spread by who?
Asoka and other missionaries
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Which trade route connected China to Rome?
Silk Road
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Chinese products traded along the Silk Road?
Silk Porcelain Paper
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Taoism believed in Yin/Yang. True or False
True
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What is yin and yang
Opposite forces in nature
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"Humble and Modest" | Taoism or Confucianism?
Taoism
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Education is strongly emphasized in Confucianism | True or False?
True
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Ancestor veneration and yin/yang is followed by which two philosophies?
Taoism and Confucianism
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Colonization developed in Greece because ___________
Over population and poor farmland
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3 major city states of ancient Greece were__________
Athens, Sparta, Troy
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Polis means-------
City-states
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Who were allowed to be Greek citizens?
Free adult males.
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Who had no political rights? (3)
Women Foreigners Slaves
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Who developed the first democracy?
Athens
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Who are the two tyrants who worked for legal reform?
Draco and Solon
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Which greek city state had direct democracy?
Athens
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Sparta's economy?
Agriculture
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Who faught in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens (Delian League) vs. Sparta (Peloponnesian League)
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Why were Athens and sparta fighting in the Peloponnesian War?
For control and dominance of the Greek world.
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Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
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Who faught in the Persian Wars?
United Greek city-states vs. Persian empire
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Who won the persian wars?
Greece
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Why did they fight in the Persian Wars?
For control if the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas.
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2 major battles in Persian wars and who won?
Marathon and Salamis | Greeks won both
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Pericles was the leader of___________
Athens
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Greek contributions from the golden age: Architecture Name the 3 types of columns:
Doric, ionic, Corinthian
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Greek contributions from the golden age: Drama Who were the two famous playwrights?
Aeschylus and Sophocles
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Greek contributions from the golden age: history Who are the two world's first historians?
Herodotus and Thucydides
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Greek contributions from the golden age: math Two fathers of math?
Euclid and Pythagoras
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Greek contributions from the golden age: science Two father of science?
Archimedes and Hippocrates
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Who created the lever
Archimedes
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Who was the father of medicine
Hippocrates
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Who were the 3 philosophers in "golden age of Pericles"?
Socrates, Plato, aristotle
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Plato wrote ________
The republic
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When did christianity begin?
During the pax romana
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Christianity was led by ___________
Jesus of Nazareth
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Holy book of Christianity
New Testament
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How did Christianity influence the Roman empire? (3)
* church had moral authority * loyalty * church became the unifying force of western Europe
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Who was Christianity spread?
* apostles - Paul and Peter | * persecution
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Contributions of the ancient Romans: art/ architecture Name 3 architectures of Rome.
Pantheon, Colosseum, Forum
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Contributions of the ancient Romans: technology Name 2?
Roads | Aqueducts
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Contributions of the ancient Romans: science The father of science in Rome?
Ptolemy
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Literature of Roman?
Aenid by Virgil
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Law of Rome?
"innocent until proven guilty"
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Citizens of roman republic?
Males Patricians Plebeians Selected foreigners
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Who faught in the Punic Wars? And who won?
Rome vs. Carthage | Rome won
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Cause of Punic Wars?
Seeking control of the Mediterranean.
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Carthage general was the ________
Hannibal

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