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5127393097250 millionPopulation at BC/AD Turing point?0
5127393098Eurasia: 80+%Which of the three supper continents had the largest percentage of the population?1
5127393099Domestic animalsWhat did the Americas lack?2
5127393100AnimalsWhat did Africa lack but was available from Eurasia?3
5127393101MetallurgyWhat was less developed in Americas than in Eurasia and Africa?4
5127393102Most 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
5127393103Yes because writing was more limitedWe're civilization more limited in Africa and Americas? Why?6
5127393104EurasiaWhat was Africa in contact with?7
5127393105Mediterranean North AfricaWhich part of Africa was in contact with Eurasia?8
5127393106They used trade routes over land using camels, and sea trade across Indian OceanHow did Africa trade with Arabia?9
5127393107Until 1492How long did the Americas develop in isolation for?10
5127393108AfricaWhich is the most tropical of the world's 3 supercontinents?11
5127393109less fertile oil which leads to less productive agriculture. It also causes Numerous parasites and disease-carrying insectsWhat does Africa's tropical climate cause?12
5127393110Nile valley south of EgyptNubia and Kush13
5127393111EgyptWho did Nubia and Kush develop in contact with?14
5127393112Because of Egypt's declineWhy did Nubian civilization center around the city of Meroe?15
5127584054Similar to Egypt, had a sacred, all-powerful monarch (semi-divine figure)Meroen governments?16
5127584055Several women were rulers or co-rulers, women played a more prominent roleWhat was different in Meroe government that in Egypt's?17
5127584056Specialized Production Iron smelting and tool-making Herding and farming (irrigation) Extensive trade with Mediterranean world Meroitic scriptMeroe Economy:18
5127584057Egyptian hieroglyphicsWhat was the basis of the Meroitic script?19
5127584058Deforestation Shift of trade from Nile to the Red SeaWhat are the reasons for Meroe's decline?20
5127584059AxumWho conquered Meroe in 340 A.D.21
5127584060Christian Nubian statesWhat developed with the conquest of Axum?22
5127584061AxumWhat was the Christian kingdom that conquered Meroe?23
5127584062Plow based farming rather than hoe based Raised wheat, barley, millet, and teff Involved in Red Sea and Indian Ocean commerceAxum economy:24
5127584063Taxes on tradeWhat was a source of income for the state (Axum)?25
5127584064AxumCapital of Axum?26
5127584065The Nile RiverHow did Axum trade with the Romans?27
5127584066By means of trade: missionaries from the Roman Empire and Red Sea trade routesHow did Christianity come to Axum?28
5127584067King Ezana (4th century A.D.)Who was the first Christian King of Axum?29
5127584068Conquered Meroe and Kush Also expanded into Yemen (Arabian Peninsula) by using the Red SeaAxum Expansion:30
5127584069Over farming lead to soil exhaustion, erosion, and deforestationAxum's decline:31
5127584070IslamWhat religion took rise in Axum over Christianity during its decline?32
5127584071GreekWhat was one of the official languages of Axum?33
5127584072EthiopiaWhat modern day country did Axum eventually become?34
5127584073West Africa; Niger RiverWhere were the Niger Valley Civilizations located?35
5127584074Migration of people looking for water coming from the Sahara desertWhat caused people to go to the Niger Valley?36
5127584075Jenne-Jeno with 40,000 peopleWhat was the largest city-based civilization in the Niger Vally?37
5127584076Almost nonexistint, No central government and not city-statesNiger Valley government:38
5127584077No, no police/military to enforce laws and no strong rulersDid Niger Valley have any real coercive authority?39
5127584078Economically specialized settlements centered around a cityNiger Valley economy:40
5127584079Economic castesWhat developed because of the Niger Valley economy system?41
5127584080Thought of people as equal with equal standings even though different specializationsThoughts on the economic caste:42
5127584081NoCould people marry outside their economic caste?43
5127584082FarmingWhat was specialized in rural areas?44
5127584083The Niger RiverWhich River did they use for commerce45
5127584084The domestication of camels connected West Africa more closely to North Africa and MediterraneanHow did large-scale empires develop in west Africa (1)?46
5127584085Islam arrived, culture changesHow did large-scale empires develop in West Africa (2)?47
5127689614Beginnings around 2000 B.C.The Maya48
5127689615Mathematics (Concept of 0 and place notation) AstronomyThe Mayan Achievements49
5127689616Egyptian hieroglyphicsWhat is the Mayan writing similar to?50
5127689617Pictographs and phonetics, distinctiveMayan Writing:51
5127689618Drained swamps, terraced hillsides, elaborate water management systemMayan Engineering:52
5127689619A large and growing population along with elite class and specialized occupationsWhat did the Mayan Productive Agriculture support?53
5127689620The Greeks because it varied from place to placeWhat was the Mayan government similar to and why?54
5127689621No central authority, City-states and regional kingdoms Divine rulers or "state shamans"Mayan Government:55
5127689622Over land and tradeWhy was there frequent warfare between the Mayan city-states?56
5127689623A long term drought 840 A.D.What caused the Mayan decline and fall?57
5127689624Epidemics and warfare, population dropped by 85% in the southWhat did the Mayan long term drought cause?58
5127689625Large cities were abandonedWhat happened after the results of the Mayan drought?59
5127689626909 A.D.When did Mayan civilization end by?60
5144425866TeotihuacanWhat city begun around 150 A.D. And is contemporary with the Mayans?61
5144425867TeotihuacanWhich city in America was built according to a plan?62
5144425868Arranged in a gridHow was the city of Teotihuacan arranged?63
5144425869Boulevards, apartment building, homes of elite, slums, reservoirsWhat did the city of Teotihuacan have?64
5144425870Yes, but it was used in a limited wayDid Teothuacan have a system of writing?65
5144425871TeotihuacanWhich city had a wide area of influence in Mesoamerica?66
5144425872ConquestWhat was a possible way that Teotihuacan influenced some Mayan regions?67
5144425873TributeWhat did Teotihuacan probably demand from neighboring regions?68
5144425874ArchitectureWhat did Teotihuacan influence over a wide region?69
5144425875Around 650 A.D.When did Teotihuacan collapse?70
5144425876Around the AndesWhere was Chavin?71
51444258772-3 thousand peopleHow many people were in the town of Chavin?72
5144425878A widespread religious movement (Probably spread by means of trade)What was Chavin a center of?73
5144425879ChavinWhich town in the Andes region had sharp class distinctions?74
5144479410Stone housesWhat did the elite in Chavin live in?75
5144479411Adobe dwellingsWhat did the commoners in Chavin live in?76
5144479412Throughout the Andes regionWhere we Chavin influences found?77
5144479413The Chavin PeopleWho had an elaborate temple complex?78
5144479414Located in Peru by the Ocean, flourished from 100-800 A.D.Moche79
5144479415MocheWho had a complex irrigation system?80
5144479416Represented by animalsHow did the Chavin people represent their deities?81
5144536865Maize, beans, squash, cottonWhat did kind of crops did Moche raise?82
5144536866MocheWho extensively fished anchovies?83
5144536867Warrior-priestsMoche Government:84
5144536868Atop pyramidsWhere did the warrior-priests of Moche live?85
5144536869Hallucinogenic drugsWhat did the warrior-priests of Moche use?86
5144536870The warrior-priests of MocheWho did human sacrifices of war prisoners?87
5144536871YesDid Moche have elaborate burial rituals for elite?88
5144536872Elaborate robes, masks, jewelry and headdressesHow were the elite of Moche dressed for their burial rituals?89
5144536873Sacrificial victimsWhat was buried along with the elite of Moche?90
5144656975MocheWho had skilled craftsmen and metal workers?91
5144656976MocheWho had naturalistic portrayal of people, animals, and gods?92
5144656977Drought, earthquakes, torrential rains from El NiñoWhat was the Moche region subject to?93
5144656978It weakened Moche civilizationWhat was the cause of Moche's drought, earthquakes, and torrential rains?94
5144656979They became vulnerable to aggressive neighbor's and internal strife.When Moche civilization weakened, what happened?95
51446569808th centuryBy the end of which century did the Moche civilization collapse?96
5144656981Wari and TiwanakuWhich two empires flourished from 400-1000 A.D.97
5144656982Wari and TiwanakuWhich two empires developed colonies in isolated areas?98
5144656983Wari and TiwanakuWhich two centered around large capital cities?99
5144656984Wari and TiwanakuWhich two's government stored surplus grains to prevent famine?100
5144656985WariHillside 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 network101
5144656986TiwanakuUsed raised fields in swampy areas separated by irrigation canals, buildings using elaborately fitted stone walls, less central control over outer cities102
5144656987Wari and TiwanakuWhich two neighboring societies seemed to have had little apparent conflict between them?103
5144656988Language and ClothingWhat were difference between Wari and Tiwanaku?104
51446569891000 A.D.Around what time did both civilizations, Wari and Tiwanaku, collapse around?105

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