Honors World History
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- History begins when...
- man develops writing
- How long ago did man develop writing?
- 5,000 years ago
- What was the old stone age from 2,500,000 to circa 10,000 BCE
- paleolithic
- middle stone age from 10,000 to circa 8,000
- mesolithic
- new stone age from 8,000 to circa 4,000
- neolithic
- What is a human or humanlike creature that walked upright
- hominid
- what are southern apes from africa ex. lucy
- australopithicines
- what is an upright human being
- homo erectus
- what are the 2 subgroups of homo sapiens
- neanderthals and cro magnons
- who are the mythical cavemen used tools fire and cook food buried dead
- neanderthals
- what are homo sapiens sapiens anatomically modern human inveted spears
- cro magnons
- What revolution comprised of the domestication of animals and systematic agriculture?
- neolithic revolution
- 6 basic characteristics of civilization
- cities government religion social structure writing art
- The nile is ___ in the winter and ____ in the summer
- warmer, cooler
- Natural resources of the nile?
- barriers- water, mts. desert
- What provides the link to deciphering the language of the ancient egyptians?
- rosetta stone
- who discovered the rosetta stone?
- napolean\'s army
- who discovered the importance of egyptian and greek writing on the rosetta stone?
- John f champollion
- Who united egypt
- menes
- who was the first pharoah of egypt
- menes
- what means great house?
- pharoah
- the pharoah was the ____ and _____leader of egypt--full power
- relgious and political
- The 30 egyptian dynasties were dvided into 3 kingdoms called
- old middle and new
- Name 3 significant things that happened during the old kingdom
- Pyramids and Sphinx carved Mummification process power of pharoahs less power of nobles more
- Name 2 things that happened during the middle kingdom
- egypt fell to hyskos kyskos conquered egypt and ruled for 100 yrs
- Name 3 things that happened during the new kingdom
- pharoahs created an army power of pharoah increases hatshepsut first female pharoah
- What means between the rivers
- mesopotamia
- What are the 4 things that make mesopotamia much different from egypt
- Migration Conquest Geography Flooding of Rivers
- Name 2 things the sumerians did
- created 1st city states created cuneiform
- Name 2 things the akkadians did
- led by Sargon 1 conquer sumeriea, create first empire
- Name 2 things the babylonians did
- with Hammurabi gain control of messopotamia write code of hammurabi
- Name 2 things the hittites did
- first to use iron weapons law required fine
- Name 4 things the assyrians did
- first to use calvary used battering ram capital of Ninevah epic of gilgamesh
- Name 2 things the chaldeans did
- skilled astronomers nebuchadnezzer constructed hanging gardens of babylon
- Name 4 things the persians did
- collected taxes built roads had 3 great leaders cyrus darius xerxes religion of zoroastrianism
- Name 2 things the phoenecians did
- greatest sailors/traders alphabet
- Name 2 things the lydians do
- introduce coin money change economy from barter to money
- Who were european tribes who migrated from the north to india
- Indo-aryans
- What is named because of the vedas (literature) written in sanskrit
- vedic age
- What are the 5 castes in india
- brahmins kshatriyas vaisyas sudras pariahs
- Who were brahmins
- priests
- who were kshatriyas
- warriors
- who were vaisyas
- merchants
- who were sudras
- peasants artisans farmers laborers
- who were pariahs
- untouchables
- The caste system also split into hundreds of subgroups within each cast called _____
- jatis
- What is the belief that god and human beings are one
- monism
- Who is the divine essence
- brahma
- who is the individual essence
- atman
- the world to our senses is an illusion called ____
- maya
- what are the 2 elements of reincarnation
- dharma and karma
- what is the fullfillment of ones moral duties in life
- dharma
- If you fulfill your dharma you can attain salvation and reunite with ____
- brahma
- Hindus practiced yoga to?
- achieve oneness with their god
- Who is the creator? preserver? destroyer?
- brahma vishnu siva
- Who founded buddhism?
- siddhartha guatama or buddha
- who at 29 left his palace to discover the misery and suffering of humans
- buddha
- what are the 4 noble truths
- all life involves suffering and sorrow desire for pleasure and material gain causes suffering and sorrow Renouncing desires can free you from suffering and helps soul attain nirvana which releases you from reincarnation The 8 fold path leads to renunciations and attianment of nirvana
- What is the eight fold path
- right views intentions speech action living effort mindfulness concentration
- Buddhism splits into 2 branches they are
- theraveda and mahayana
- Name 4 things the shang dynasty did
- created organized government introduced bronze weapons built irrigation systems
- Name 4 things the Zhou dynasty did
- mandate of heaven longest dynasty iron weapons/tools use of coined money
- what is the right to rule over people
- mandate of heaven
- What are 4 things the Qin dynasty did
- 1st emperor Shihuangdi created 1st empire built great wall established system of weights and measures
- What 4 things did the han dynasty do
- establish civil service system and exam massive population growth prolonged peace silk road
- Who is AKA Kongzi
- confucius
- What are the collection of writings written by confucius follwers
- the analects
- what are the 2 elements of confucianism
- duty and humanity
- Who founded daoism
- laozi
- The ___ is an indescribable force that governs the universe and all of nature
- dao
- People should not strive for riches or power but be ____, _____, and _____.
- quiet humble and thoughtful
- Combination of contradictory ideas and two achieves a balance of opposites
- yin and yang
- what is non action or do by not doing act by not acting
- wuwei