American studies

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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.


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