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| Continent where earliest human fossils have been found. | Africa |
| What characterizes the Neolithic Era? | permanent agricultural settlements |
| How can scientists determine that artifacts are from the same time? | they are found in the same strata |
| Where have the earliest Neolithic Era communities been found? | Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| What geographic feature separates India and China? | Himalayan Mountains |
| What civilization contributed monotheism to the world thinking? | Hebrews |
| What is the major contribution of the Israelites? | belief in one god |
| What was the form of writing used by the Sumerians? | cuneiform |
| What form of writing did the Egyptians use? | hieroglyphics |
| How did the ancient Chinese write? | with calligraphy |
| What religions were founded in India? | Hinduism and Buddhism |
| What religions were founded in China? | Confucianism and Taoism |
| What religions are practiced in China? | Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism |
| What religion teaches that evil can be stopped by getting rid of material possessions? | Buddhism |
| basic beliefs of Confucianism | promoting order through reciprocity, ancestor worship, reverence for elders |
| How did the mountains and seas of Greece affect its development | isolated the city-states and promoted rivalries |
| Which citizens could participate in the direct democracy of Athens? | adult male landowners |
| qualifications for citizenship in Athens | free men |
| war in which Sparta and Athens were united | Persian War |
| war in which Sparta and Athens were enemies | Pelopponesian War |
| leader of the Golden Age of Athens | Pericles |
| Time when Athens was the centre of Greece culturally and politically | Golden Age of Athens |
| main means of diffusion of the Hellenistic Culture | conquests of Alexander the Great |
| qeographic location of Rome | south of the Alps on the Italian peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea |
| Who borrowed gods from the Greeks, but changed their names? | the Romans |
| What happened to the Roman Republic when the generals fought for control? | It collapsed and led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. |
| Pax Romana | 200 year period of peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire |
| law made by Constantine that legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire | Edict of Milan |
| the forum | common area in Roman cities for markets and socialization |
| important legal principle established by the Romans | equality under the law |
| Who invaded Rome and ended the Empire? | Barbarians (Germanic tribes) |
| Two advantages of Byzantium over Rome | easier to dend and not corrupt |
| Most famous Byzantine structure | Hagia Sophia |
| Slavic alphabet | Cyrillic Alphabet |
| monotheistic religions | Judaism, Christianity, Islam |
| How did warfare affect Islam? | responsible for spreading Islam across Africa, Asia, and Europe |
| Where did the Christains stop the Muslim advance into Europe? | Tours, France |
| What unified Europeans after the Fall of Rome? | Roman Catholic Church |
| Manoralism | economic system for Medieval Europe |
| Who was at the top of the social hierarchy on a manor? | the lord |
| What was the purpose of the estate? | to provide protection in exchange for agricultural production |
| what was at the centre of Medieval social life? | the estate |
| barbarians that settled in England | Angles and Saxons |
| Where did Egypt develop? | on the Nile River in Africa |
| What religion believes in reincarnation and the caste system? | Hinduism |
| What was the Silk Road? | trade route form China to Mediterranean |
| Why was the Great Wall built by the Emperor? | to protect China from invasion in the north |
| When was Greek culture spread eastward? | during the Hellenistic Age |
| Whose territory included most of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa? | Roman Empire |
| Shintoism | Japanese religion that practices ancestor worship and animism |
| Who traded in salt and gold and became rich and powerful kingdoms? | West African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai |
| Civilization of the Yucatan peninsula | Mayas |
| Civilization of Central Mexico | Aztecs |
| the preferred source | primary source |
| location of the mali Empire | western Africa |
| what is a flat representation of the earth's surface? | map |
| Why are all maps distorted? | because it is impossible to project the round globe on to a flat map |
| What type of map shows countries, states, and cities? | political map |
| what colour is water usually on a map? | blue |
| where can you settle to avoid annnual floods? | on hills |
| How have people adapted to earthqukes? | by building homes in ways that lessen damage |
| water diversion has reduced what sea? | Aral Sea |
| What technology enables people to farm in new areas? | fertizilzer |
| What are the characteristics of a physical region? | climate, vegitation, landforms |
| Characteristics of a cultural region | one or more shared cultural traits |
| How do people create regional landscapes? | types of hames and bulidings and their cultural characteristics |
| what region illustrates how religion can create conflict in a region? | Israel (Jews) and Palestine (Muslims) |
| Most people in North and South America are tis religion. | Christianity |
| Characteristics of human populations | they change over time in number and location |
| How does human migration affect regions? | change natural environment, spread religion and language(culture), change architecture and urban design (culture) |
| River on which Baghdad is located? | Tigris River |
| Result of Baghdad's location on the river | centre of manufacturing, trade, and population |
