5127393097 | 250 million | Population at BC/AD Turing point? | 0 | |
5127393098 | Eurasia: 80+% | Which of the three supper continents had the largest percentage of the population? | 1 | |
5127393099 | Domestic animals | What did the Americas lack? | 2 | |
5127393100 | Animals | What did Africa lack but was available from Eurasia? | 3 | |
5127393101 | Metallurgy | What was less developed in Americas than in Eurasia and Africa? | 4 | |
5127393102 | Most of the Americas were still in the Stone Age advancements (no wheel and not many written languages) | Bc metallurgy was less developed in the Americas, what did this cause? | 5 | |
5127393103 | Yes because writing was more limited | We're civilization more limited in Africa and Americas? Why? | 6 | |
5127393104 | Eurasia | What was Africa in contact with? | 7 | |
5127393105 | Mediterranean North Africa | Which part of Africa was in contact with Eurasia? | 8 | |
5127393106 | They used trade routes over land using camels, and sea trade across Indian Ocean | How did Africa trade with Arabia? | 9 | |
5127393107 | Until 1492 | How long did the Americas develop in isolation for? | 10 | |
5127393108 | Africa | Which is the most tropical of the world's 3 supercontinents? | 11 | |
5127393109 | less fertile oil which leads to less productive agriculture. It also causes Numerous parasites and disease-carrying insects | What does Africa's tropical climate cause? | 12 | |
5127393110 | Nile valley south of Egypt | Nubia and Kush | 13 | |
5127393111 | Egypt | Who did Nubia and Kush develop in contact with? | 14 | |
5127393112 | Because of Egypt's decline | Why did Nubian civilization center around the city of Meroe? | 15 | |
5127584054 | Similar to Egypt, had a sacred, all-powerful monarch (semi-divine figure) | Meroen governments? | 16 | |
5127584055 | Several women were rulers or co-rulers, women played a more prominent role | What was different in Meroe government that in Egypt's? | 17 | |
5127584056 | Specialized Production Iron smelting and tool-making Herding and farming (irrigation) Extensive trade with Mediterranean world Meroitic script | Meroe Economy: | 18 | |
5127584057 | Egyptian hieroglyphics | What was the basis of the Meroitic script? | 19 | |
5127584058 | Deforestation Shift of trade from Nile to the Red Sea | What are the reasons for Meroe's decline? | 20 | |
5127584059 | Axum | Who conquered Meroe in 340 A.D. | 21 | |
5127584060 | Christian Nubian states | What developed with the conquest of Axum? | 22 | |
5127584061 | Axum | What was the Christian kingdom that conquered Meroe? | 23 | |
5127584062 | Plow based farming rather than hoe based Raised wheat, barley, millet, and teff Involved in Red Sea and Indian Ocean commerce | Axum economy: | 24 | |
5127584063 | Taxes on trade | What was a source of income for the state (Axum)? | 25 | |
5127584064 | Axum | Capital of Axum? | 26 | |
5127584065 | The Nile River | How did Axum trade with the Romans? | 27 | |
5127584066 | By means of trade: missionaries from the Roman Empire and Red Sea trade routes | How did Christianity come to Axum? | 28 | |
5127584067 | King Ezana (4th century A.D.) | Who was the first Christian King of Axum? | 29 | |
5127584068 | Conquered Meroe and Kush Also expanded into Yemen (Arabian Peninsula) by using the Red Sea | Axum Expansion: | 30 | |
5127584069 | Over farming lead to soil exhaustion, erosion, and deforestation | Axum's decline: | 31 | |
5127584070 | Islam | What religion took rise in Axum over Christianity during its decline? | 32 | |
5127584071 | Greek | What was one of the official languages of Axum? | 33 | |
5127584072 | Ethiopia | What modern day country did Axum eventually become? | 34 | |
5127584073 | West Africa; Niger River | Where were the Niger Valley Civilizations located? | 35 | |
5127584074 | Migration of people looking for water coming from the Sahara desert | What caused people to go to the Niger Valley? | 36 | |
5127584075 | Jenne-Jeno with 40,000 people | What was the largest city-based civilization in the Niger Vally? | 37 | |
5127584076 | Almost nonexistint, No central government and not city-states | Niger Valley government: | 38 | |
5127584077 | No, no police/military to enforce laws and no strong rulers | Did Niger Valley have any real coercive authority? | 39 | |
5127584078 | Economically specialized settlements centered around a city | Niger Valley economy: | 40 | |
5127584079 | Economic castes | What developed because of the Niger Valley economy system? | 41 | |
5127584080 | Thought of people as equal with equal standings even though different specializations | Thoughts on the economic caste: | 42 | |
5127584081 | No | Could people marry outside their economic caste? | 43 | |
5127584082 | Farming | What was specialized in rural areas? | 44 | |
5127584083 | The Niger River | Which River did they use for commerce | 45 | |
5127584084 | The domestication of camels connected West Africa more closely to North Africa and Mediterranean | How did large-scale empires develop in west Africa (1)? | 46 | |
5127584085 | Islam arrived, culture changes | How did large-scale empires develop in West Africa (2)? | 47 | |
5127689614 | Beginnings around 2000 B.C. | The Maya | 48 | |
5127689615 | Mathematics (Concept of 0 and place notation) Astronomy | The Mayan Achievements | 49 | |
5127689616 | Egyptian hieroglyphics | What is the Mayan writing similar to? | 50 | |
5127689617 | Pictographs and phonetics, distinctive | Mayan Writing: | 51 | |
5127689618 | Drained swamps, terraced hillsides, elaborate water management system | Mayan Engineering: | 52 | |
5127689619 | A large and growing population along with elite class and specialized occupations | What did the Mayan Productive Agriculture support? | 53 | |
5127689620 | The Greeks because it varied from place to place | What was the Mayan government similar to and why? | 54 | |
5127689621 | No central authority, City-states and regional kingdoms Divine rulers or "state shamans" | Mayan Government: | 55 | |
5127689622 | Over land and trade | Why was there frequent warfare between the Mayan city-states? | 56 | |
5127689623 | A long term drought 840 A.D. | What caused the Mayan decline and fall? | 57 | |
5127689624 | Epidemics and warfare, population dropped by 85% in the south | What did the Mayan long term drought cause? | 58 | |
5127689625 | Large cities were abandoned | What happened after the results of the Mayan drought? | 59 | |
5127689626 | 909 A.D. | When did Mayan civilization end by? | 60 | |
5144425866 | Teotihuacan | What city begun around 150 A.D. And is contemporary with the Mayans? | 61 | |
5144425867 | Teotihuacan | Which city in America was built according to a plan? | 62 | |
5144425868 | Arranged in a grid | How was the city of Teotihuacan arranged? | 63 | |
5144425869 | Boulevards, apartment building, homes of elite, slums, reservoirs | What did the city of Teotihuacan have? | 64 | |
5144425870 | Yes, but it was used in a limited way | Did Teothuacan have a system of writing? | 65 | |
5144425871 | Teotihuacan | Which city had a wide area of influence in Mesoamerica? | 66 | |
5144425872 | Conquest | What was a possible way that Teotihuacan influenced some Mayan regions? | 67 | |
5144425873 | Tribute | What did Teotihuacan probably demand from neighboring regions? | 68 | |
5144425874 | Architecture | What did Teotihuacan influence over a wide region? | 69 | |
5144425875 | Around 650 A.D. | When did Teotihuacan collapse? | 70 | |
5144425876 | Around the Andes | Where was Chavin? | 71 | |
5144425877 | 2-3 thousand people | How many people were in the town of Chavin? | 72 | |
5144425878 | A widespread religious movement (Probably spread by means of trade) | What was Chavin a center of? | 73 | |
5144425879 | Chavin | Which town in the Andes region had sharp class distinctions? | 74 | |
5144479410 | Stone houses | What did the elite in Chavin live in? | 75 | |
5144479411 | Adobe dwellings | What did the commoners in Chavin live in? | 76 | |
5144479412 | Throughout the Andes region | Where we Chavin influences found? | 77 | |
5144479413 | The Chavin People | Who had an elaborate temple complex? | 78 | |
5144479414 | Located in Peru by the Ocean, flourished from 100-800 A.D. | Moche | 79 | |
5144479415 | Moche | Who had a complex irrigation system? | 80 | |
5144479416 | Represented by animals | How did the Chavin people represent their deities? | 81 | |
5144536865 | Maize, beans, squash, cotton | What did kind of crops did Moche raise? | 82 | |
5144536866 | Moche | Who extensively fished anchovies? | 83 | |
5144536867 | Warrior-priests | Moche Government: | 84 | |
5144536868 | Atop pyramids | Where did the warrior-priests of Moche live? | 85 | |
5144536869 | Hallucinogenic drugs | What did the warrior-priests of Moche use? | 86 | |
5144536870 | The warrior-priests of Moche | Who did human sacrifices of war prisoners? | 87 | |
5144536871 | Yes | Did Moche have elaborate burial rituals for elite? | 88 | |
5144536872 | Elaborate robes, masks, jewelry and headdresses | How were the elite of Moche dressed for their burial rituals? | 89 | |
5144536873 | Sacrificial victims | What was buried along with the elite of Moche? | 90 | |
5144656975 | Moche | Who had skilled craftsmen and metal workers? | 91 | |
5144656976 | Moche | Who had naturalistic portrayal of people, animals, and gods? | 92 | |
5144656977 | Drought, earthquakes, torrential rains from El Niño | What was the Moche region subject to? | 93 | |
5144656978 | It weakened Moche civilization | What was the cause of Moche's drought, earthquakes, and torrential rains? | 94 | |
5144656979 | They became vulnerable to aggressive neighbor's and internal strife. | When Moche civilization weakened, what happened? | 95 | |
5144656980 | 8th century | By the end of which century did the Moche civilization collapse? | 96 | |
5144656981 | Wari and Tiwanaku | Which two empires flourished from 400-1000 A.D. | 97 | |
5144656982 | Wari and Tiwanaku | Which two empires developed colonies in isolated areas? | 98 | |
5144656983 | Wari and Tiwanaku | Which two centered around large capital cities? | 99 | |
5144656984 | Wari and Tiwanaku | Which two's government stored surplus grains to prevent famine? | 100 | |
5144656985 | Wari | Hillside terraced farming and employed irrigation, buildings of field stone set in mud and plaster, cities built according to a common plan and linked to a capital city by road network | 101 | |
5144656986 | Tiwanaku | Used raised fields in swampy areas separated by irrigation canals, buildings using elaborately fitted stone walls, less central control over outer cities | 102 | |
5144656987 | Wari and Tiwanaku | Which two neighboring societies seemed to have had little apparent conflict between them? | 103 | |
5144656988 | Language and Clothing | What were difference between Wari and Tiwanaku? | 104 | |
5144656989 | 1000 A.D. | Around what time did both civilizations, Wari and Tiwanaku, collapse around? | 105 |
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