4796201983 | Social Stratification | Social class structure. | ![]() | 0 |
4796202815 | Homo Sapiens | Fancy scientific name for a species of humans. | ![]() | 1 |
4796206148 | Slash and burn agriculture | Early/first farmers used this method to farm. | ![]() | 2 |
4796207016 | Sumer | Another name for Mesopotamia | 3 | |
4796208017 | Epic of Gilgamesh | One of the earliest surviving works of literature; a poem from Mesopotamia. | ![]() | 4 |
4796208378 | Vedas | A collection of hymns, songs, prayers, and rituals in the Aryans. | 5 | |
4796228061 | Fertile Crescent | The region in the Middle East which curves, like a quarter-moon shape, from the Persian Gulf, through modern-day southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and northern Egypt. | 6 | |
4796228843 | Siddhartha Gautama | He was a prince in a small state near modern Nepal. He meditated under a bodhi tree and reached enlightenment. | ![]() | 7 |
4796229327 | Eightfold Path | Involves right understanding, purpose, concentration, speech, conduct, awareness, livelihood, and effort. In other words, if you want to stop suffering, you must stop desiring, and if you want to stop desiring you must live in a righteous manner by following the ___________. | 8 | |
4796231616 | Four Noble Truths | 1. All life is suffering. 2. Suffering is caused by desire. 3. There is a way out of suffering. 4. The way out of suffering is to follow the Eightfold Path. | ![]() | 9 |
4796232057 | Five Key Relationships | 1. Ruler to Subject 2. Father to Son 3. Older Brother to Younger Brother 4. Husband to Wife 5. Friend to Friend | 10 | |
4796232552 | Ren and Li | Appropriate feelings and correct actions | 11 | |
4796233059 | Dao | The way, the way of nature, or the way of the cosmos | 12 | |
4796233464 | Wu Wei | Act by not acting | 13 | |
4796234258 | (Legal)ism | Belief that all man is evil and they need to be governed by laws and punishments. | 14 | |
4796248904 | Buddhism and Christianity (Similarity) | Both used missionaries in spreading their message/religion. | 15 | |
4796251021 | Exodus | In 1300 BCE, Moses led the Hebrews out of Eqypt in a flight known as ___________. | 16 | |
4796253402 | Diaspora | The scattering of the Jews. | 17 | |
4796255342 | Edict of Milan | Legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine. | 18 | |
4796257885 | Satrap | Another name for rulers of each province divided by Persian Emperor Darius. | 19 | |
4796261524 | Sparta and Athens | The two most famous poleis (plural for polis) of Greece | 20 | |
4796263184 | Polis | Name for greek city-state. | 21 | |
4796345981 | Twelve Tables | A series of laws that were organized into 12 sections and written down so they could be understood by all. | 22 | |
4796347500 | Pax Romana | The two and a half centuries of Roman Peace | 23 | |
4796350374 | Patricians | Two consuls who were elected by an assembly that was dominated by the wealthy class in Rome. | 24 | |
4796350375 | Plebians | The common people of Rome | 25 | |
4796351660 | Roman Lake | Known as the _______ _____ because the Mediterranean Sea was surrounded by the Empire. | 26 | |
4796356293 | Reasons for Bantu Migration | 1. Lack of resources 2. Production of iron tools 3. Bananas or spread of agriculture | 27 | |
4796365277 | Environmental Problems | Siltation, saltation, deforestation, diseases, desertification (because of crops such as wheat and barley), floods, and contagious animals. | 28 | |
4842570130 | Tools of Paleolithic Humans | Spears, arrows, bladed tools (resourceful), harpoons, needles (sewing), fire, etc. | 29 | |
4842595969 | Hammurabi's Code | Attributes of this law: 1. Retribution 2. Social standing 3. Government had a responsibility to its citizens 4. It was partiarchal | 30 | |
4842607519 | Babylonian Hammurabi | Emperor of Mespotamia who ruled from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E. and established the Hammurabi's Code. | 31 | |
4842632227 | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro | The two largest Indus cities. | 32 | |
4842649335 | Aryans | Nomadic people of Indo-European origin, entered the Indian subcontinent through the Khyber Pass around 1700 B.C.E. | 33 | |
4842656547 | Shang Dynasty | 1766-1122 B.C.E. When Chinese language was developed. | 34 | |
4842656548 | Zhou Dynasty | 1122-256 B.C.E. When traditions and cultures were kept and valued (Mandate of Heaven, veneration of ancestors), iron metallurgy was introduced and spread. | 35 | |
4843102428 | Asoka | Mauryan emperor who promulgated the spread of Buddhism throughtout India, though Hinduism was sitll the most popular religion there. | 36 | |
4843125072 | Era of Warring States | 7th century to 221 BCE when there was no strong central government in China. | 37 | |
4843134049 | Confucianism | 551-479 B.C.E. when a Chinese philosopher taught that order would be achieved when people knew their proper roles and relationships to others. This philosophy was oriented around ren and li and filial piety. | 38 | |
4843148157 | Zoroastrianism | 600 B.C.E., A philosophy that says the Earth is a battleground between the forces of good and evil, and each person's actions battling for the forces of good would be judged at the end of time by the one god, Ahura Mazda. | 39 | |
4843194440 | Persian War | 500-470 B.C.E. | 40 | |
4843196486 | Royal Road | 1,677 mile road which catalyzed trade and communication within the Persian Empire. | 41 | |
4843207021 | Anatolia | Turkey | 42 | |
4843209117 | Delian League | When Athens was the leader of Greece | 43 | |
4843212726 | Peloponnesian War | Sparta vs. Athens (431-404 B.C.E.) | 44 | |
4843219504 | Socrates | Greek philosopher who promoted answers to life's questions and reflection, "The unexamined life is not worth living.: | 45 | |
4843223683 | Plato | Student of Socrates, wrote The Republic to reflect his ideal state ruled by a philosopher king. | 46 | |
4843227046 | Aristotle | Student of Plato, wrote on biology, physics, astronomy, politics, and ethics. The father of logic. | 47 |
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