American studies
Identify and explain the five parts of a civilization?
1.advanced cities, 2.specialized workers 3.complex institutions 4.record keeping 5.advanced technology.
Identify the three types of social scientists and what is the job of each?
Anthropology- human societies Sociology- of development Archaeology- human history
What is the caste system in India? What group of people established this system?
Aryans from central Asia invaded South Asia and introduced the caste system as a means of controlling the local populations
Explain the Confucian philosophy on relationships and parents?
Filial piety was the duty and responsibility of children to obey and care for their parents.
What separates Greece into its different regions?
Greece is a country of the Balkans, in Southeastern Europe, bordered to the north by Albania, North Macedonia and Bulgaria
Who is the leader that developed a famous law code?
Hammurabi
What are the cities of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Harappa, Ganeriwala, and Mohenjo-daro
What is Daoism? Who is the founder? Beliefs?
Lao Tzu,humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao, or the universe
Explain the difference between monotheism and polytheism.
Monotheism is a one god polytheism is 2 gods
What is the relationship like between the Egyptians and Nubia during the New kingdom period?
Nubia prospered during this period
What other civilizations did the Indus Valley people trade with?
Persia, Mesopotamia and China
Who is the founder of Buddhism? What name is he known by?
Siddhartha Gautama
Why didn't the Greeks unite under one government?
The terrain was too mountainous, so each valley was isolated enough to develop their own local polity and culture
what is a dynasty
a line of hereditary rulers of a country
What is the Phoenicians greatest contribution to history?
an alphabetic writing system
What are the basic beliefs taught by Confucianism?
ancestor worship and human-centered virtues for living a peaceful life
What type of architecture would be found in the Sumerian civilization?
arches, domes, and vaults.
Explain what this discovery indicates about hominids?
at sometime humans early form was an ape
What is the cycle that Hindu believers pass through? What are they trying to reach?
birth, death and rebirth
both accepted the law of Karma, Dharma, and Moksha and believed in a cycle of rebirth
both accepted the law of Karma, Dharma, and Moksha and believed in a cycle of rebirth
How do Jainist Monks protect themselves from harming insects?
carry a brush to sweep away insects when they walk or sit.
What did the Indus Valley people include with all of their trade transactions?
crops
What set Darius apart from other leaders?
divided the empire into some 20 provinces
Describe the achievements of the Assyrian civilization.
first civilization and first writing system
What is the way of life of the Indo-European people?
herded cattle, sheep, and goats
Where is the Hanging Garden located?
iraq
What technologies are the Hittites famous for?
iron-working technology,
What is the advantage of the Nile river over the Tigris & Euphrates rivers?
it flooded more consistently
What philosophy did the monarch Shi Huangdi use during his reign?
legalism
Which type of government was used by the Spartans?
oligarchy
Identify and explain Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
pictures that use animals and other objects
Explain the phalanx?
tactical formation consisting of a block of heavily armed infantry standing shoulder to shoulder in files several ranks deep
What did Donald Johanson discover? What did he name it?
the 3.2 million- year-old skeleton known as Lucy.
What is the shift from food gathering to food production called?
the Agricultural Revolution
What is the mandate of Heaven? What impact does it have on the monarchy?
the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods
What people considered their ruler both a king and a god? What did they call this person?
the pharaoh
Who is Homer and what is he responsible for creating?
the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
What great discovery did Mary Leakey make?
the skull of an early hominin
What does the construction of the pyramids demonstrate about Egyptian culture?
to remember the past Egyptians
What are pictographs?
writing that uses pictures and symbols
Identify and explain the difference between silt in the Huang He river valley and other river valleys?
yellowish fertile soil called loess.
