SS MIDTERM

Question 1

Primary source

Answer 1

first hand acc

Question 2

secondary source

Answer 2

A book, article, or other source that provides information about something, but was not created or written by the people it is written about.

Question 3

what are are these Cities, architecture, public works, well organized central governments, writing, social classes, complex regions, job specialization

what are the charticts of

Answer 3

8 fetures of a civilaztion

Question 4

Archaeologists are

Answer 4

Archaeologists are people who study bones, fossils, items that people made, used and left behind.

Question 5

Name some charatics of the Peleothic Period

Answer 5

Old Stone Age
Nomads
Hunted/Gatherers
Cave Paintings
Temporary Homes, tents
Simple Tools made from sharpened rock

Question 6

Were the settlements permanet or temperory in the neothic period

Answer 6

Permanet

Question 7

names some characterists of the Neolithic Period:

Answer 7

NEW stone Age
Settled into permanent civilizations
Job Specialization
Domesticated Animals
FARMED!!!!
Advanced tools; fishing, arrows

Question 8

what increased in the neolithic period and how

Answer 8

THE POPULATION because they were being healthier because they were stay in one place intead of moving around from place to place

Question 9

Turning Point is . . .

Answer 9

: A moment when an change happens–it creates more change OR can stop change from happening. (Neolithic Revolution)

Question 10

what is another name for mesipotamia

Answer 10

Fertail cresent

Question 11

What two riivers is mesipotamia in between

Answer 11

Tirqis and Euphrates

Question 12

Why was the land mesopatimia good for farming

Answer 12

it was fertile wich was good for crops

Question 13

what does it mean to IRAGATE

Answer 13

controling the water of the rivers

Question 14

what is the form of writing in mesopatamia

Answer 14

CUNIFORM

Question 15

who went to school and why

Answer 15

boys to learn how to become scibes

Question 16

what is a ziggarat

Answer 16

a place to worship gods (more than one)

Question 17

Polytheistic:

Answer 17

Belief in MANY gods (more than one)
People in Mesopotamia were polytheistic; they believed in thousands of gods.

Question 18

Monotheistic:

Answer 18

Belief in ONE god
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic→ they believe in only ONE god

Question 19

what are the monotheistic religons

Answer 19

judaism , chritanity , islam

Question 20

the polythiestic religos

Answer 20

Hinduism and Buddhism

Question 21

What religon uses the caste sytem

Answer 21

hinduisum

Question 22

What is the rleigon that follows these 8 rules

Answer 22

8fold path (of siddharta gautama) Buddisum

Question 23

what 2 religons follow the same guide to life

Answer 23

The ten commandments (written guide to life) Judaism and Chirstianity

Question 24

what religons uses these 5 rules

Answer 24

islam uses 5 pillars to faith (to guide their life)

Question 25

What are the ******* ******* of Ancient china

Answer 25

the NATRAUL BARRIES of china are moutians 2 deserts and and an ocean

Question 26

what are pros of having natural barries

Answer 26

protection from envadoirs

Question 27

cons of having natural barries

Answer 27

isolation and provetion of growing their empier

Question 28

cons of living by a river

Answer 28

death and decontrusion

Question 29

pros of living by a river

Answer 29

water to fiish , travel to trade , iragation water, to drink

Question 30

what is the trading route called

Answer 30

Silk road which connect east to west | aka europe and asia

Question 31

what is philosophy

Answer 31

the study of the basic ideas about knowledge, right and wrong, reasoning, and the value of things.

Question 32

CONFUCISANISUM

Answer 32

Created an outline on how to treat others Children should respect and honor their parents Families are very important!_> strong family values Everyone has a role in society Rulers set example for the people→ society follows good leadership

Question 33

what are two river valley civilation

Answer 33

Aicent china and mesopataimia

Question 34

what is an issue in river valleys | enduring explain

Answer 34

An enduring issue seen in river valley civilizations is human impact on the environment.

Question 35

what was mesopatamia form of writing and why and who used it

Answer 35

Cuniform - . Boys went to school to learn how to write so that they could become scribes. Scribes write to keep written records. Civilizations invented writing so that they could keep records.

Question 36

judaism believes and how many gods what is the name in what rules do they follow

Answer 36

Judaism→ Monotheistic Believe in (one) God (Yaweh) Follow the Ten Commandments: written guide to life

Question 37

Christianity believes in how many gods what is the name and what rules do they follow

Answer 37

Christianity→ Monotheistic Believe in (one) God Follow the Ten Commandments: written guide to life

Question 38

Islam believes and how many gods what is the name of what rules do they follow

Answer 38

Islam→ Monotheistic Believe in (one) God (Allah) Follow the 5 Pillars of Faith to guide their life

Question 39

Hinduism believes in how many gods and what rules do they fall

Answer 39

Hinduism→ Polytheistic Believe in many gods Follow the rules of a “caste system” (social hierarchy→ bhramin, kshatryia, vaishya, sudra, and untouchables)

Question 40

Buddhism believes in how many gods and what rules do they follow

Answer 40

Buddhism→ Polytheistic Believe in many gods Follow the rules of the Eightfold Path of Siddharta Gautama

Question 41

What two countries were connected by this trade route

Answer 41

Connected Asia and Europe → trade route from China (Asia) to Eastern Europe

Question 42

What were the two main city-states of ancient Greece

Answer 42

Athens and Sparta

Question 43

What is a city state

Answer 43

A city-state is a place with its own laws

Question 44

How did City States form

Answer 44

City-states formed because the mountainous terrain of Greece made it difficult to travel and trade

Question 45

What is the most important architecture Greeks contributed to

Answer 45

Architecture: Greeks contributed columns that we still see in present day (ex: White House, Supreme Court)

Question 46

Democracy

Answer 46

Democracy: A form of government in which people have a say in the government Citizens vote

Question 47

what did Alexander "the great "

Answer 47

spread Hellenistic Culture

Question 48

what is a Republic

Answer 48

A government where people can vote for representatives Consists of consuls, senate, and the people’s assembly **

Question 49

what is the time of peace called

Answer 49

Pax Romana: Time period of Roman peace that lasted 200 years. Many advancements were made in architecture and engineering→ arch, colosseum, and aqueducts.

Question 50

what caused the fall of rome

Answer 50

Fall of Rome: Germanic Tribes invaded

Question 51

what is the Byzantine Empire:

Answer 51

Byzantine Empire: Known for the preservation of Greek and Roman cultures Started at the division of the Roman Empire

Question 52

What is the name of the war against religions and what religion where it and why

Answer 52

Crusades Religious wars between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity to win back the sacred land Jerusalem

Question 53

What is the name of the disease that killed a lot of the population in the Middle Ages and it always a concecuence

Answer 53

Black Plague/Black Death Spread from Asia (east) to Europe (west) Population decreased due to people dying from the plague ## Footnote Remember that I got rid of feudalism because everyone was dying

Question 54

What and how did feudalism work

Answer 54

Feudalism Benefits of being a lord→ serfs will farm their land and provide them food and labor) Feudalism helped protect people and keep them safe Exchange of land for services