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19 Cards in this Set
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What were the main achievements of the Paleolithic Age? |
Simple tools Increased brain capacity, size Homo Erectus Domesticated Animals |
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What were most of the societies in the Paleolithic era? |
Hunter-gatherers |
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How much land did two people require to be successful hunter/gatherers? |
1 Square Mile |
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What led to the moving of humans towards civilization? |
The development of agriculture |
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What is our knowledge of the Paleolithic age based on? |
Cave paintings, tool remains, burial sites |
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What were gender relations like in the Paleolithic age? |
Relatively equal, women were fierce protectors of their homestead and men were hunters |
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What are the characteristics of a civilization? |
Formal political organization Writing system Economic Surplus Sedentary agriculture |
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What was the environmental impact of the beginning of civilizations? |
Deforestation -Erosion, flooding |
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What were the achievements of the Sumerians (Mesopotamia - 3500 BCE) |
Cuneiform (writing system) Art, Astronomy (star mapping) Ziggurats (architecture)
Invented wheeled carts, silver money, and fertilizer |
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What was the law code that the Babylonians (Mesopotamia) created? |
Hammurabi Code |
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The Egyptian river civilization benefitted from what of Mesopotamia? |
Trade + Technology |
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What was the name of the Egyptian ruler? |
The Pharoah- considered godlike, laid to rest in tombs, built pyramids |
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What indicated that the Egyptian civilization had a positive view of the afterlife? |
Art |
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What were the largest settlements of the Indus River Valley? |
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro |
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Why did the Huanghe (Yellow River) civilization have little to no contact with other civilizations? |
Their location (modern day China) was so far from other civilizations that they developed in isolation |
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What were the achievements of the Yellow River civilization? |
Writing system (knotted ropes, lines, and ideographic symbols) Delicate art, musical interest
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What were the overall achievements of the River civilizations? |
Monuments Invention of the wheel Taming of the horse Square roots Monarchies/Bureaucracy Calendars/Time Major Alphabets |
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What was the impact of the RIver civilizations? |
Idea of god-like ruler led to Roman god-like king Slavery Scientific achievements
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What were the symptoms of Roman decay? |
Declining population Brutal emperors Loss of upper class morals No new artistic creativity |
