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what advantages did Australopithecus gain by walking upright? |
it helped them travel long distances easier, spot threatening animals, and carry food and children |
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From which continent are modern humans thought to have migrated into the rest of the world |
eastern africa |
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what were some possible causes of the neolithic revolution |
change in climate, longer growing season, drier land |
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what were some advantages and disadvantages to settling in agriculture? |
more food surplus, more jobs, extra crops and the irrigation system were advantages while over population, crime and disease were disadvantages |
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how did agriculture change society |
larger more organized communities, settlements, cities enlarged, and complex life |
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what are 5 characteristics of a civilization |
advanced civilizations, specialized workers, complex institutions record keeping and advanced technology. |
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what were some reasons writing developed in early civilization |
keep things more organized such as record. They also wrote about dramatic events, wars, natural disasters, and it helped with discovering history. |
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what is a city-state |
its like a very small country with only one city. Ran itself |
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how did Sumeria's location in Mesopotamia contribute to its success. |
it was located on the Euphrates river, advanced irrigation, trade using the river, specialized workers |
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what are some reasons why the code of Hammurabi may have been created |
Protection of women and children, role of civilization and property laws, "eye for an eye" |
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what were the advantages and disadvantages of Egypt location between two deserts |
it made trade and conquest harder, more protection from others, life along the Nile river allowed fro water supply river supplied soil for crops. predictable(ish) floods |
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Did ancient Egyptians believe in an afterlife? What kind of after life did thy believe in |
ancient Egyptians believe in after life but mummification pharaohs, and theocracy |
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why do archaeologists and historians struggle to learn about some civilizations even though they had bad handwriting |
writing gave many advantages but because sometimes they are old and torn down but mainly because we don't understand or know the language |
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what was not part of the neolithic revolution |
the becoming of iron weapons |
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what is a loess |
a loosely compacted yellowish-gray sediment which can be found in eastern china and american midwest |
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what is the mandate of heaven and how did a dynasty know it had lost |
an ancient Chinese belie/theory that heaven granted emperors the right to rule based on their ability ti govern will appropriately bad fairy |
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which civilization has the greatest impact on later legal codes |
babylonians |
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explain the dynastic cycle |
the idea that a corrupt or weak dynasty will be rebelled on and over thrown |
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why were the indo europeans important |
indo -europeans were important because of their language |
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why were the Hittites successful when it comes to military |
because of chariots and iron |
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what impact did the Aryans have on Indian civilization |
Expanding kingdoms and organizing people by the cast system |
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describe how Hinduism reinforces the caste system |
hindu ideas about karma and reincarnation strengthened the caste system |
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how is Jainism different from Hinduism |
Jainism believes in no violence while Hinduism is a religion of violance |
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what is the goal of following the eight-fold path in buddhism |
to help people who were seeking for enlightenment practice the heart ad could be released from selfishness and pain |
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how was Minoan civilization organized |
knossos |
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why were the Phoenicians significant |
the mures dye, papyrus, and olive oil but most important the alaphebet |
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what is monotheism and who studies it |
the belief there is only one god and judaism |
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why did Egypt kingdoms eventually fade |
because the new western Asia group, Assyrians, conquered Egypt in a series of wars |
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why were the kushites so successful in eastern africa |
natural resources and the red sea which provided trade |
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how were the Assyrians able to capture and control so much territory at the height of their empire |
with advanced planning and they also had the Sennacherib showed no mercy, forced captives to move far away and had iron tipped battering rams |
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how did Persia control its large empire, what is a satrap |
satrap is a local ruler to subordinate ruler, they were willing to delegate authority and pay attention to people. |
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3 major ethical systems |
Confucianism= Confucius daoism=laozi legalism= lisi |
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how did cultural diffusion and the achievements of preceding cultures shape Assyrians, babylonian and persian culture |
cultural diffusion and the achievements shaped assyrians Babylonians and persian culture, diffusion is the spread of belief from droups writing religion and social classes |
