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whats a primary source - correct answer Document or person, who was at the event, direct and more detailed info, reliable, could be bias whats a secondary source - correct answer more accurate, get another view, see things from long ago, story can be changed What does it mean that history, by its very nature, is interpretive? - correct answer Different people may think different ways about events, perspective interpreted one way what does BC mean - correct answer before christ what does BCE mean - correct answer before christ existed or before common era what does AD mean - correct answer Anno Domini (After Death, year of our lord)) what does CE mean - correct answer common era or christ existed What is prehistory? When did it end? - correct answer The time before writing it ended at c3500 B.C. What are the periods of history and the dates/dividing points? - correct answer History ends (Fall of Rome) 500 A.D. Medieval ends 1500 A.D. (Discovery-Renaissance) Modern... When did control of fire and language develop? - correct answer PreHIstory in Paleolithic times What are the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle? - correct answer Men hunt animals for their protein and Women gather fruits and plants for food and healing purposes, constantly be looking for food and water to survive, nomads (follow the herd), worked together, always on the move What are cultural universals? - correct answer Shelter, Food, Family, technology, economy, government, religion How do these cultural universals change into characteristics of civilization? - correct answer Specialization, cities, social classes, writing, organized, complex religion, monumental architecture paleolithic - correct answer no agriculture neolithic - correct answer agriculture what was the neolithic revolution - correct answer agriculture started and farmers began to settle down What are the connections between irrigation, surplus and specialization? - correct answer Irrigationsurplusspecialization What were the reasons that government developed? - correct answer Keep peace and more organization, protect and bring food and work on big projects What does the saying "geography makes history" mean? - correct answer Without geography there wouldn't be history because then they wouldn't have many resources, makes up physical feature and climate and they niche and events Where was Mesopotamia located? What is the relationship between Sumer and Mesopotamia? - correct answer In the Middle East in between Tigris and Euphrates (Modern day Iraq) Sumer was an area in Mesopotamia (city-state) What is the significance of cuneiform? - correct answer First written language (for trade records and to keep track of things) What is the significance of Hammurabi's code? - correct answer Written down law code, keep people in order, organization, prevent arguments, simple..... actionpunishment, punishment depends on action and social classes What were legacies (inventions) of the Sumerians? - correct answer Plow, wheel, writing, sundial, sailboat, arch Why was Egypt called the Gift of the Nile? - correct answer Reason Egypt survive, gave everything (essential) How did the geography of the region protect ancient Egypt? - correct answer Cataracts and deltas to keep out invaders, deserts What was mummification and why was it important to the ancient Egyptian civilization? - correct answer Preserve body because they body would go to after-life, carry everything that was in the tomb to afterlife What was the Rosetta Stone and why was it significant? - correct answer Was a stone that had several languages on it, gave key to hieroglyphics What was papyrus and why was it important? - correct answer Very first thing to write on, used or houses, baskets, rope, snadels, tough fibers King Tutankhamen - correct answer tried to make Egypt monotheistic (one god) King Ramses II - correct answer first to sign peace treaty What allowed Egypt to become so wealthy and prosperous? - correct answer The trade In ancient China, what were the natural barriers? What were the positive and negative effects of those barriers? - correct answer Himalayas, Takalakman desert, rivers change zing and Huang He, oceans, deserts, make them isolated, not introduced to trade, limited expansion Shang - correct answer oracle bones, first Zhou - correct answer period of warring states, philosophers Qin - correct answer based on legalism, harsh Han - correct answer Confucianism, beaurocrat, bearocracy: different departments of government (organized) What was the Mandate of Heaven and what was its significance for ancient China? - correct answer Gods told king to give them blessings to rule, MOH not fulfilled could be overthrow What was the Period of the Warring States? What caused it and what was the effect of this time on ancient China? - correct answer 3 philosophes: no central government, unify China What was the Silk Road and why was it important to ancient China? - correct answer Rode they took for trade, which led to growth and wealth, way to trade silk, biggest export (silk) How did Confucianism influence the culture of the ancient Chinese? - correct answer Influence people to have proper behavior, and treat your family with respect, 5 relationships, Han dynasty, Civil Service Exam What were the legacies of ancient China? - correct answer Silk, 3 philosophes, seismograph, gunpowder, civil service exam, tea, rice, acupuncture What were the natural, physical features of the Greek peninsula? What effects did these features have on the Greek culture and civilization? - correct answer Very mountainous, not a lot of fertile soil, no central government because isolated, started colonies to get resources In ancient Greek city-states, who had political rights? - correct answer Men who were citizens over 18 Delphi - correct answer oracle Corinth - correct answer control trade, isthmus Athens - correct answer valued thinkers and musicians, democracy, good navy, boys learned arts Sparta - correct answer large military, relied on conquest, women had rights, no new ideas, kids trained in military what was different about athens from sparta - correct answer valued education what was the different about sparta from athens - correct answer valued