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4785634535What does fossil, linguistic, and genetic DNA support?Homoerectus and homosapiens migrating out of Africa0
4785658785What is the first region of the world where there is evidence of permanent agricultural villages?The eastern Mediterranean1
4785675181What caused the Neolithic Revolution?Small villages surrounded by agricultural villages2
4785681797What did the transition from hunting to gathering cause?patriarchal families3
4785922051What did paleolithic hunter-gatherers use fire for?warmth, hunting, and foraging4
4787950650What are some of the main characteristics of the human species?an opposable thumb on each hand, relatively high and regular sexual drive, omnivores, facial expressions, and a distinctive human brain5
4787962446What were the most significant human achievements before the rise of agriculture?development of speech, beliefs, imporvment in their tools, and the spread of human species throughout the earth.6
4787997344What were the patterns of early human migration?starting from Africa, then migrating to the Mediterranean and Europe, east to Asia, then finally across the seas to the Americas and Oceania.7
4788066066homo sapiens sapiensthe most successful human species that emerged at the end of the Paleolithic period8
4788222120What are the main differences between an agricultural and a hunting and gathering economy?agricultural economy allowed people to settle while hunters and gatherers moved around9
4791486349How did agriculture encourage technological change?humans began using metals as tools10
4792000060Why are nomadic societies important in world history?nomadic societies spread important knowledge in travel, religion, domestication, and warfare11
4795619481What did hunting and gathering lead to?agriculture12
4812957149Egypt was a polytheistic empirethey believed in many gods13
4812964639Egypt built pyramids toStore the dead bodies of rulers14
4812972615The Old agethe building of Egyptian empire (advances in agriculture, metalworking, and transportation)15
4812972616Middle Ageexpansion and improvment of the Egyptian empire16
4812973524New agethe decline of the Egyptian empire17
4812983152The Nile River's floodsannually created massive destruction18
4815128924Code of HammurabiA list of rules written by Hammurabi to regulate his people that came with punishments for harsh crimes19
4815147785Egyptian rulingA pharaoh who is supposably "god on earth" and maintains most of the power20
4815215756Mesopotamiathe first civilization built completely from scratch21
4815223247Why is Mesopotamia important?It developed a system of writting called cuneiforn22
4815267778Why is Mesopotamian govenment important?It maintained and expanded agricultural production23
4815290921Why was Enema Elisha written?To assert a special relationship between the city of Babylon and her gods24
4815299259What supports the land bridge territory?Data that shows a close genetic relationship between the Indians and indigenous Siberians25
4815308377Where did the Bantu people spread their language?Other African regions26
4821115997Why do we know less about Harappan civilization than about Egypt?we can't translate their writting system and we don't know what caused their civilization to fall27
4821131881Where was Harappa located?Along the Indus River28
4821160149What special features did Harrapan cities have?A system of running water and drainage systems, and a community bath29
4821183417Harappan weapondbronze tipped arrows30
4821190912The fall of Harappa was calledthe Vedic and Epic ages31
4821204534What did the Aryans encourage?tight levels of village organization such as village chiefs, defense tribes, and patriarchal control32
4821234758Aryan literary epicswere about Aryan gods, mythical battles, and mystical stories33
4821872832ideographic symbolschinese writing that consisted of a combination of knotted ropes and scratches of lines34
4821890085How did the Shang impact the develpment of chinese civilization?silk manufactoring, ancestor worship, important rituals, horseback riding35
4821912404What caused the collapse of early chinese civilization?the Zhou dynasty's inability to handle disorder36
4821930290Civilization in the Americas was different compared to the previous ones becausethey had little animals to use for domestication, travel was difficult, no metals were available for tools37
4821951605Olmecs established the first civilization in the Americasfeatured irrigation agriculture, urbanism, elaborate religion, beginnings of calendrical and writing systems38
4821966881Judiasma monotheistic religion that stressed God's focus on humankind, and injunctions for ethical behavior among people in obedience to divine commandments39
4826076184River Valley civilizations flourished becausethey had access to water for agriculture and trade40
4826081578China became popular becausethey had silk that everyone wanted41
4826086463China broke into eight city-states during the Zhou dynastyThis created problems when the Mongols came because united they stand, divided they fall42
4826104451Three early dynasties of ChinaXia (rice and silk), Shang (oracle bones), Zhou (Mandate to Heaven)43
4826124082Confucius was a man of the Zhou dynasty thatcreated Confucianism (a philosophy that basically teaches you to live your life for yourself with morals and virtues instead of for the gods) that was used during the Zhou dynasty44
4837807931River ValleyMesopotamia, Egyptian, Harappan, and Ancient China45
4851290691Renaissance46
4851300357Classics47
4851300358Dark Ages48
4851302168Industrialization49
4851304236World Wars50
4851344889The Mesopotamian governmentmaintained and expanded agricultural production.51
4851349495Assyrian forced other weaker nationsto pay tribute to them.52
4851354255The emergence of social Mesopotamian hierarchiessupported the unequal distribution of surplus food.53
4851359973Assyrian military conquestscaused Jewish diasporic communities.54
4851366409Landholding aristocracies tend to bethe dominant class of most societies.55
4851375699Early civilization sharedurban centers, growing populations, and writing centers.56
4851385524Myths provide insights aboutthe cultures and traditions of their societies.57
4851393763The expansion of communication and trade in Afro-Eurasiaresulted in scientific exchange (decimal and concept of zero)58
4851414790Confucian social hierarchyprivileged government officials in China59
4851435547Confucian social order taughtloyalty to the ruler, filial obedience to one's father, and respect for the old60
4851455061Confucianism taughtthe virtue and duties of family members61
4851463396Confucianism focused on social cohesionbut Daoism centered on human connection to nature.62
4851472401The Code of Hammurabi (Babylon)was the first written law63
4851479806The Greek physician Hippocrates looked more to medical causes and cures rather thansupernatural causes and cures64
4851487238Greek dramas were influenced byreligious and moral values65
4851492629Christianity and Islam are bothmonotheistic66
4851496532Judaism and Hinduism both hadwritten scriptures and an ethical code to live by67
4851502778The Vedic regions of Hinduismpracticed the caste system68
4851508742Hinduism taught a cyclical nature ofdeath and rebirth69
4851512312Buddhism became more popular than Hinduism becausethere was no caste system70
4851529577Rome was depopulated byGermanic and Central Asian peoples71
4851540587As Rome migrated east to the Byzantine EmpireWestern peasants binded into feudal societies.72
4884121698During the Mesoamerican culture of 400 BCE-800 CE,monumental structure were built for religious rituals.73
4884126831A Buddhism statue in India is an example ofcross-cultural interaction.74
4884132873Romans and Myans both used religious practicesin order to legitimatize their authority.75
4884147048The Chinese emperor Xunxirelected the principle of Confucianism.76
4884159599The Chinese empire of Xunzi (Confucianism)differed from the Hindu society of the Gupta Empire.77
4884164225The Chinese Emperor Xunzi recruited bureaucratson the basis of education rather than noble birth.78
4884169972The Qin China and Maryann India dynastiesimplemented a centralized bureaucracy.79
4884174775The reliance on a merit-based bureaucracyresulted into eh centralization of the Han Dynasty in China.80
4884180041The Han and Roman empires exchanged goodsvia the Silk Road81

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