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WORLD HISTORY REVIEW MESOAMERICA - Answer- Middle America" the region extending from modern-day Mexico through Central America BERINGIA - Answer- land bridge that connected Asia and North America MAIZE - Answer- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears MAYA - Answer- this civilization stretched from southern Mexcio into northern Central America. This civilization's history ended in mystery perhaps because of warfare, food shortages, famine, or disease AZTEC - Answe...

World History 1. Western Asia and Egypt - Answer- Sumerians in Mesopotamia built civilizations and developed a writing system Due to the Nile = stability and prosperity Pyramids honored the dead Israelites emerged as a distinct people Longest lasting = Assyrian and Persian Empires a. Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) - Answer- Began between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Sumerians formed city-states and created communication systems People: Sumerians, Akkadians, Sargon, and Hammurabi Pla...

World History A The goal of periodization is to... - Answer- Help us break history into smaller periods of time that help us better understand the events of that time. Primary sources are useful because they ___________. - Answer- show us what happened and what people thought during a specific period which helps us understand that time in history. One of the faults of periodization is _______________. - Answer- it suffers from the bias of historians. What is the primary difference be...

WORLD HISTORY TEST what area of the americas is being described when using the term mesoamerica - Answer- Central America what was the greatest city of the Aztec civilization - Answer- Tenochtitlan what two continents did the beringia land bridge once connect - Answer- Asia and north america what were the mayan glyphs used for - Answer- writing which ancient mesoamerican people were warrior like, practiced human sacrifice and had the captial of tenchtitlan - Answer- aztecs what...

World History - Final Exam Questions & Answers Where did rulers hold the least power between ? - Answer- Western Europe Chinese interaction with northern nomads during the Tang Dynasty - Answer- Chinese hated them; attacked them; built the Great Wall to keep them out Caliphs of the Umayyad Dynasty vs. the Abbasid Dynasty - Answer- Umayyad - did not like non-Muslims Abbasid - liked non-Muslims Wars carried out by the Aztec Empire (What form of killing did they use?) - Answer- Huma...

World History Practice Test What is the scientific name for man? - Answer- Homo Sapiens On what continent do scientists believe that mankind began? - Answer- Africa What term means Old Stone Age? - Answer- Paleolithic What term means New Stone Age? - Answer- Neolithic Scientists believe that early man had this type of language. - Answer- Oral Paleolithic man mastered the use of this to help control his environment. - Answer- Fire The discovery of this is what shifted Paleoli...

WORLD HISTORY 1 SOL Five Themes of Geography - Answer- Movement, Location, Human-Environment Interaction, Place, Region Lines of Longitude - Answer- run North to South; measure East to West; an example is the Prime Meridian Lines of Latitude - Answer- run East to West; measure North to South; an example is the Equator Australopithecus - Answer- first to walk on two legs Homo Habilis - Answer- (man of skill) first to make stone tools Homo Erectus - Answer- (upright man) first t...

WOLRD HISTORY STUDY GUIDE What was the main lifestyle of humans during the "Paleolithic"? - Answer- Nomadic, hunting and gathering What major development happened in the "Neolithic" that caused people to settle down into the world's first villages? - Answer- Agricultural Revolution (farming) Where was the world's very first civilization? - Answer- Mesopotamia (Iraq) What was the world's very first civilization? - Answer- Sumer What was the world's very first form of writin...

World history unit 1 Prehistory - Answer- The period of time before writing was developed Archeology - Answer- Study of past societies Artifacts - Answer- Tools, pottery, paintings, weapons, buildings Anthropology - Answer- The study of human culture Paleolithic age - Answer- From the Greek for "old stone", the early period of human history during which humans used simple stone tools Nomads - Answer- People who moves from place to place Neolithic Revolution - Answer- The s...

WORLD HISTORY TERMS 1. prehistory vs. history - Answer- Prehistory - no written documents; History: written proof of history 2. features of civilization. - Answer- Social etiquette,religion, education, literature 3. stages of hominid development - Answer- Austrolopithecus, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens "Out of Africa" thesis vs. multiregional thesis. - Answer- ..Humans originated from Africa and proliferated vs. originated from Africa but multiple geographical locations ...

WORLD HISTORY 2 what did the artist of the renaissance focus on? - Answer- humanism in which city did the renaissance begin? - Answer- Florence italy A patron was a person who? - Answer- Supported the arts and artist A person who produces work in the vernacular is one who - Answer- writes in everyday language what does the word renaissance mean? - Answer- Rebirth who made the sistine chapel? - Answer- michelangelo who wrote the prince? - Answer- niccolo machiavelli who wr...

World History 3 countries in the Middle East - Answer- Egypt, Iran, and Iraq 3 countries in southeast asia - Answer- Taiwan, Tailand, and China what do judaism, christianity, and islam have in common ? - Answer- Monotheistic, (one God) Name 3 characteristics of confucianism - Answer- 1. 5 relationships 2. Loyalty to elders 3.Filialpiety Name 3 characteristics of Islam - Answer- 1. Prayer 5 times a day 2. Fasting during Ramadan 3. Pilgrimage to Mekah What year did emperor c...

American Yawp Chapter 5 Where did the ideas of the "country party," that is the emphasis on the ideology of republicanism, have the most influence? - Answer- In the colonies Both John Locke and George Whitefield encouraged which of the following values? - Answer- Questioning authority Why did King George III issue the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and limit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? - Answer- To limit wars with Indigenous peoples What was the most important differe...

American Yawp Period 1 and 2 Columbian Exchange - Answer- Global exchange of people, plants, animals, cultures, diseases, and ideas. The Three Sisters - Answer- Squash, corn, and beans. Cahokia - Answer- Largest Mississippian settlement. Lenape - Answer- Eastern Woodland Native Americans. Potlatch - Answer- Ceremonial feasts held by Pacific Northwest Natives in which the more spent/destroyed correlated to the prestige of the host. Hundred Years' War - Answer- Long conflict bet...

American YAWP Chapter 7 Why did Gabriel's conspiracy fail? - Answer- Two enslaved men revealed the plot to their master What was the primary consequence of the War of 1812? - Answer- Boost in American nationalism All of the following are true about the Haitian revolution except? - Answer- Napoleon's support proved essential in success of the Haitian revolution What was the primary purpose of the Hartford Convention? - Answer- Gather leaders of the Federalist party to propose change...

Chapter 15 American yawp When did Reconstruction begin? - Answer- Before the war ended Black codes, including vagrancy laws had which of he following effects? - Answer- all of the above How did the Fourteenth Amendment change American governance? - Answer- Asserted the federal government's power to enforce the Bill of Rights over the authority of the states Black delegates actively participated to revising the state constitutions of southern states. In addition to election reform, w...

American Yawp - Chapter 1: The New World Three Sisters - Answer- Eastern Woodlands crops - corn, squash, and beans. Mesoamericans - Answer- Lived in modern day Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on Maize. shifting cultivation - Answer- Cut forest, burn undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes. Useful in areas with difficult soil. Eastern Woodlands - Answer- Forest dwelling Native American group. Established permanent agriculture. Used hand tools and practiced sustainab...

History Final: American YAWP 1-15 The first American arrived on the North American continent approximately - Answer- 12-20 thousand years ago Agriculture arose in North America - Answer- Nearly simultaneously as in Asia/eastern hemisphere The crops most commonly grown by Native Americans, also called the "Three Sisters," include all of the following except - Answer- Wheat What is the best term to describe Native Americans ancestry/descent? - Answer- Matrilineal What was the name...

American Yawp Study Guide Yawp Chapter 1 - Answer- The New World What is the name of the Native American group who lived in Chaco Canyon? - Answer- Pueblo What is the best term to describe Native American ancestry/descent? - Answer- Matrilineal What was the name of the largest city in the Mississippian Empire? - Answer- Cahokia Under the leadership of Prince Henry the Navigator, the Portuguese emerged as an early sea power. Which of these inventions contributed to Portuguese sea-f...

American Yawp chapters 1-4 The Spanish Empire in America - Answer- was, unlike the French and English New World empires, a mostly urban civilization. What was the primary purpose of the Proclamation of 1763? - Answer- To bring stability to the colonial frontier. In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights? - Answer- They were not uniform, as each state's constitution had different stipulations. Which commodity drove the African slave trade in Brazil and the We...