4849726643 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Mesopotamia | Wheat | 0 | |
4849730885 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Nile River Valley | Cattle | 1 | |
4849730886 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Sub-Saharan Africa | Sesame | 2 | |
4849730887 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Indus River Valley | Millet | 3 | |
4849732685 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Yellow River Valley | Soybeans | 4 | |
4849732686 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Papua New Guinea | Rice | 5 | |
4849734805 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in Mesoamerica | Maize | 6 | |
4849734806 | Name a locally available plant or animal that was domesticated in the Andes | Guinea Pig | 7 | |
4849755853 | Agriculture | The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance | 8 | |
4849765025 | Irrigation | Supplying dry lands with water by means of ditches, sprinklers, etc | 9 | |
4849776994 | Domestication | Process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans | 10 | |
4849783624 | What effect did agriculture have on the environment? | It overused the soil and overgrazed the land | 11 | |
4849797109 | Pastoralism | Agricultural activity based on the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter | 12 | |
4849859638 | What impact did overgrazing have on Afro-Eurasian lands? | Deforestation | 13 | |
4849873981 | In what order did the following occur: Creation of permanent settlements and rise of cities, specialization of labor, more reliable and abundant food supplies, development of new classes of people including elites, increased population, agriculture and pastoralism | 1.) Agriculture and pastoralism 2.) Increased population 3.) Creation of permanent settlements and rise of cities 4.) Specialization of Labor 5.) More reliable and abundant food supplies 6.) Development of new classes of people including cities | 14 | |
4853197587 | What impact did pottery have on agricultural production, trade, and/or transportation? | Trade Allowed for larger quantities of food to be traded | 15 | |
4853197588 | What impact did plows have on agricultural production, trade, and/or transportation? | Agricultural production Allowed crops to be easily planted, allowing for more food | 16 | |
4853197589 | What impact did woven textiles have on agricultural production, trade, and/or transportation? | Trade Allowed more types of goods to be sold and people to travel in colder weather | 17 | |
4853197590 | What impact did metallurgy have on agricultural production, trade and/or transportation? | Trade Allowed more quality materials to be produced and traded | 18 | |
4853197591 | What impact did wheels/wheeled vehicles have on agricultural production, trade, and/or transportation? | Allowed more people and things to be transported through difficult environments | 19 | |
4853197592 | Patriarchy | A social organization where a male is the head of the family and the title is traced through the male's heritage | 20 | |
4853197593 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in Mesopotamia | Babylon | 21 | |
4853197594 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in the Nile River Valley | Egypt | 22 | |
4853197595 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in the Indus River Valley | India, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro | 23 | |
4853197596 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in the Yellow River Valley | Shang hi China | 24 | |
4853197597 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in Mesoamerica | Aztecs, Maya, Olmec | 25 | |
4853197598 | Identify a core and foundational civilization developed in the Andes | Inca Empire | 26 | |
4853197599 | How did China's ruler (Xia and Shang) justify their power? | Kings said they had a "Mandate of Heaven" that granted the ruler authority of legitimacy as long as they looked out for their people | 27 | |
4853197600 | How did Egyptian civilization's rulers justify their power? | Pharaohs claimed "divine authority" because they were thought of as a god responsible for the sun rising | 28 | |
4853197601 | How did Mesopotamia's rulers justify their power? | Kings were portrayed as a deity's early representative | 29 | |
4853197602 | Explain how having greater access to resources, more food, and population growth lead to states taking over surrounding territories and states | They already have many things to aid them in their effort so it makes it easy for them to defeat and take over other lands and become even more powerful | 30 | |
4853197603 | Explain the impact of weapons (compound bow, iron weapons) | Allowed people to attack or defend with better results. Also allowed people to engage others from a further distance | 31 | |
4853197604 | Explain the impact of a mode of transportation (chariot, horseback riding) | Allowed people to get around faster, carry more, easier way to move heavy things, and frees up a persons hands (to fight) | 32 | |
4853271405 | Ziggurat •What civilization created it? •Approximately when it was created •Purpose it serves | Ancient Mesopotamia 2,100 BCE Associated with religion but true purpose is unknown | 33 | |
4853271406 | Pyramid •What civilization created it? •Approximately when it was created •purpose it serves | Egyptians 2,630 BCE Tombs for Pharaohs | 34 | |
4853271407 | Terra Cotta Army •What civilization created it? •Approximately when it was created •purpose it serves | Ancient Chinese Qin dynasty 221 BCE Serve the emperor in the afterlife | 35 | |
4853271408 | Giant Head •What civilization created it? •Approximately when it was created •Purpose it serves | Ancient Olmec Before 900 BCE Possibly to represent warriors, chieftain leaders, or a ruling dynasty | 36 | |
4853271409 | Hieroglyphics •Civilization that created it •Unique characteristic | Egypt Pictographs | 37 | |
4853271410 | Cuneiform •Civilization that created it •Unique characteristics | Sumerians Wedge-shaped writing | 38 | |
4853271411 | Quipu •Civilization that created it •Unique characteristics | Inca Knots tied in ropes | 39 | |
4853271412 | Verdic religions •Theism •Relative location •Approximate founding •Religious text(s) •Key god(s) •Key figures/prophets •Moral philosophy/main idea | •Polytheistic •From Iran and traveled to India •1,500 BCE •Vedas (in Sanskrit) •Indra (warlike god), Varuna (upholder of moral and cosmic laws), etc •No one person Perform rituals to gods | 40 | |
4853271413 | Hebrew monotheism •Theism •Relative location •Approximate founding •Religious text(s) •Key god(s) •Key figures/prophets •Moral philosophy/main idea | •Monotheism •Middle East (Israel) •2,000 BCE •Torah •God •Abraham credited with starting it, Jacob, Moses •God is omnipotent, Jews are especially chosen by God, Jews must follow God's laws, no real idea of eternal afterlife | 41 | |
4853271414 | Zoroastrianism •Theism •Relative location •Approximate founding •Religious text(s) •Key god(s) •Key figures/prophets •Moral philosophy/main idea | •Monotheism •Ancient Iran •1700-500 BCE •Grathas •Ahuramazda •Zoraster, Darius •Truth-telling, reverence for nature, purity | 42 | |
4854805257 | What are some aspects about the code of Hammurabi that show it was an example of a developed legal code that reflected existing hierarchies and facilitated the rule of governments over people? | It reflects on 3 social classes: the free, the class of dependent farmers and artisans, class of slaves | 43 |
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