World History - CSET Flashcards
(43 cards)
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Ancient Egypt?
The Nile River.
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Rome?
The Tiber River.
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Mesopotamia?
The Tigris River and the Euphrates River.
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Ancient China?
The Yellow River and the Yangtze River.
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of the Ancient Kush?
The Nile River.
What was the major water system that developed in the civilization of Persians?
The Persians did not have a significant river near their main cities, but developed an ingenious water management system known as kanats which carried water throughout the land for irrigation and human use.
What was the importance of waterways for ancient civilizations?
Waterways were necessary not only for agriculture, but also for trade, which were a source of political power, warfare and slavery.
What are the four classes, or castes, that were important in Hinduism in Ancient China?
Brahman priesthood
Kshatriya warriors, Kings
Vaishya farmers, cattle herders, traders
Shudra servants and workers
What were some intellectual contributions from Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform (oldest system of writing)
laws, specifically Hammurabi code which established the idea of innocent until proven guilty, and the right for both sides to present valid arguments in a dispute.
What were some intellectual contributions from Egypt?
Great temples and cities. complex trading systems. pyramids. Hieroglyphs pottery
What were some intellectual contributions from China?
Great philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism.
Paper.
gunpowder.
What were some intellectual contributions from the Greeks?
Greek artists, playwrights, philosophers set the standards for Western Art and rational argument for centuries.
The Odyssey
The Iliad
Many cultural figures form fiction such as the Greek Gods etc.
Name some of greatest Greek thinkers, philosophers and authors.
Homer Socrates Plato Aristotle Euclid Thucydides Sophocles Euripides
What were some intellectual contributions from the Romans?
The legacy of the Roman Empire and Republic touches on almost every aspect of contemporary culture, from language to law to art. English contains Latin roots. concept of civic duty master military strategists system of checks and balances architecture
What is one way that the effect of trade and travel can be seen between the Greeks and other parts of Europe?
The alphabet, which came to Italy before the rise of Rome.
What were the silk roads?
A trade route connecting China by sea and by land with Southeast Asia, India, Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Rome. Trade goods, religions, and philosophies were spread throughout the ancient world through these roads.
What event marks the transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe?
The sack of Rome in 476 by the Germanic Tribes was an important event which was the final outcome of the instability in Rome due to corruption, and competition between military commanders. It left much of Europe rudderless.
What was Europe like during the Middle Ages?
From the fifth to about the 15th century Europe was decentralized and divided into many small kingdoms. Lords controlled the land and protected their vassals - knights and nobles - who were allowed to collect services and rent form peasants in return for military service and protection.
When was Columbus’ voyage and where was he going?
Columbus’ voyage from Spain was in 1492. He was trying to find a route to the West Indies but instead landed in the Caribbean.
What was the effect of Spain in the Americas during the Age of Exploration?
After Colombus’ voyage Spain sent Conquistadores and missionaries on a mission to attain wealth for Spain and convert the natives into Catholicism. Spain managed to control much of the Caribbean, South America, Central America, modern day Mexico and much of the western United States.
What were the three most powerful pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas?
Mayans
Incans
Aztecs
Mayans
An agricultural people who prospered in modern day Central America and Southern Mexico. Hieroglyphic writing system sophisticated Mathematics and Astronomy urban centers temples palaces stepped pyramids
Aztecs
An agricultural civilization in central Mexico. Spoke Nahuatl, a language still spoken in Mexico by about 1 million people. They had a hierarchical structure based on nobles and commoners and worshipped a pantheon of deities.
Were a cultured society with a vast collection of codices, poetry, drama, and music.
Body jewelry
pyramids
temples
palaces
Incas
Was the largest of the pre-Columbian empires. originating in Peru, the Incas grew to expand through Bolivia,, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.
Quechua was their language which is still spoken today.
Gold and silver items
metallurgy
healers performed succesful skull surgery
step mountain slopes for terrace agriculture
advanced engineering
