Unit One Flashcards

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What was known as hunters and foragers era

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Palaeolithic

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How did the change of new agriculture start

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Began to learn about new grains, learned they didn’t have to chase their food could start herding

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Why could herding not happen everywhere

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Because not all animals were able to be domesticated

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Mesopotamia was located in:

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The Fertile Crescent (between Tigris and Euphrates river)

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What kind of infrastructure flourished during the Mesopotamian time period

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Ziggurats

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Ziggurats were used for

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Worshiping the Gods

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What were some inventions (mathematical and scientific)

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Base 60 system (60 seconds per minute ext.)

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The Babylon people of Mesopotamia used their math system to

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Study the stars

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One of the first forms of writing…

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Was developed on slabs of clay and developed into first form of writing 32,000 BCE

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Greece developed:

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Eastern Mediterranean

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The two powerful city states were:

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Sparta and Athens

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Greece spread to the

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Italian peninsula

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Geography like mountains and rivers separated…

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Multiple city states

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All city states had a gov that was

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Independent and local to their group

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Greece became competition with the Persian empire due to

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Access of sea and trade

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What does the word Polis mean

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City states(different groups)

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Greece was ruled by

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Men(patriarchy)

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Spartas main goal

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To have the most powerful military base

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Young boys were

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Taken away to train for military (starved and abused)

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Women in Sparta could

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Own land have education

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Sparta relied on slaves too

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Feed everyone in the group

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Helots definition

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captured slaves

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Sparta was run by a

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Oligarchy (rich land owners)

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Athenian democracy was known for their

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Intellectual and political achievements

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Athens were ruled by a
Monarchy
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Athenians slowly fell into being ruled by tyrants because
Rich land owners believed they had a say and gov and when there demands were not fulfilled they turned to small farmers to support tyrants
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Tyrants meaning
Leaders who seize power with the support of their people
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Athens became a
Democracy
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Who was Socrates
A man who question Athenian gov and religion was put to death for it
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Who was Plato
Kept the idea of Socrates alive studies literature
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Greeks believed in
Multiple Gods
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Greeks created the
Olympics ode to Gods
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Who were leaders of Persian empire over time
Cyrus the great | Darius (522-436 BCE)
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About the reign of Darius
He was a man who ruled a large empire he created the idea of local leaders (Sartrap)
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Sartraps duty was too
Report back to Darius about issues with local gov
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Royal road was
A road expanded across the empire brought trade and goods people rode on camels
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The Persian empire believed in
One God (monotheistic)
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Persian empire brought the concept of
Haven and hell belief This belief was followed by the richer class
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Persian empire owned slaves so
So they didn’t have to do there own farming
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Persian empire let women
Have rights
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Persian empire created
Irrigation systems
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Persia and Greece went too
War
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The Athens and Sparta came together
To defeat Persia
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The polonesian war was between
Spartans Athens against the Persian empire
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What did Alexander the Great do
He extended Greece into Asia, spread world wide culture,
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Death of Alexander the Great lead to
The fall of Greece and Rome taking over
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Ancient Rome started as a small village
Bear the Tiber river
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How was Rome divided
Regal/republican/imperial
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The regal democracy consisted of
A-bunch of kings, was the beginning of Rome
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The republican democracy was
A time were people were ruled into power ( Julius Caesar’s time or rule)
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The imperial democracy’s was
The first emperor was elected his name being Octavian (Pax Romana)
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Rome created infrastructure like
Aqueducts road systems coliseums
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Why did Rome flourish with expanding
Because they didn’t force religion on the people they conquered
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Romans were heavily influenced by
The Greek culture
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As the rise of Christianity began to arise
Rome started to slowly decline
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Jews under Rome were captured (530-79 BCE) did Roman’s use Christianity?
Romans accepted it but had no intent of practicing Christianity, when Jews rebelled it led to the destruction and persecution of Jews
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Jesus emerged to challenge
The belief of Roman’s
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Christianity was most popular amongst
Poor people slaves and women in need of answer about hardness of life and after life
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Petter and Paul what did they do
Peter and Paul spread the word of Christianity around Rome both who became catholic priest in Rome inspired preachers from then on
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Who was the Roman Empire that believed in Christianity and changed tomes religion
Constantine was the emperor who changed Rome and created it into being Constantine
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Why did Christianity fall when Jesus died
Because Rome began to kill Jews who still believed in him and went back to the belief of multiple gods
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When do we begin to see major issues with Rome
300 CE such as plague revolting attacks and threats
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When was Jesus killed
29 CE
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What was the caste system
Was a social class formed around jobs in ancient India
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What was the order highest class to lowest
Brahmins-Kshatriyas-vaishyas-Dalits
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If you weren’t in the same class
You couldn’t marry love or have certain jobs
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What was the idea of Jainism
Jainism was the belief that all living things have a soul (had very few followers
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About Buddhism
Had four noble truths, belief in reincarnation, doing good in life till you achieve enlightenment (nirvana)
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Where was Buddhism started
Northern India
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Mauryan empire was more focused on the religions rather than form of gov
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Guapta dynasty began and ended in
3-4 century to 6th century
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Guapta dynasty was called the
Golden age
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Some of quaptas dynasty achievements were
The building of hospitals and new surgeries and skills and the development of 0-9 numbers
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About Mauryan empire
Had provinces and spy’s, thete leader Ashoka also known as Buddha
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Buddhism spread through
The Silk Road
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After budha dies there was a
Division of his people (skism)