Euro civil Exam #3

Besides goods, what else is traded along the trade networks connecting different civilizations?

Besides goods, religious ideologies, technological innovations, diseases, and plants and animals were traded.

Explain the effects that geography played in the development of Greece

The geography played a role by having city states separated, which made Greece not connected.

What is some characteristics of Greek city states?

They were all separated and were ruled by different government officials

With all the positive attributes of direct democracy with some of its Flaws

Some flaws is that since citizens were able to vote, some of them were not intelligent within their political education, another law is that citizens who vote could be correct and be voting for the wrong reasons leading to the civilization getting hurt or falling

Explain the rise of grease on the world stage

Greece with incredibly influential within the world because of its many contributions like math science and medicine Greece also was very famous because of Barton culture their army was very strong which led to other armies learning from them. It’s all learned to how the world is today in some aspects

What benefits were there of trading along the sea routes?

Some benefits were less expensive transport costs than the Silk Road, heavier cargoes allowed compared on camels, and bulk goods for mass markets

Explain the importance of the Colombian exchange?

It is important because it connected Afro Eurasia to America’s, which allowed a huge culture diffusion

How did the trade routes help change the world?

Trade routes help change the world by allowing ideas to be spread, which allowed all to be more advanced, but it also allowed for bacteria to be spread and sickness

Democracy

A system of government where citizens vote ot participate in government

Homer

Blind storyteller

Myths

Traditional stories about their gods

Epics

Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

Polis

Greek word for “city state” or an independent city and its surrounding farmland

Direct democracy

Each male citizens votes on everything within the civilization

What was the main reason for Greece not to be divided? what was each Greek society called?

The main reason Greece was not divided was because it’s religion and language. Each Greek society was called city states.

What form of government did Athens develop and how was this different than any other civilization discussed in class?

The Athens were a democracy which prevented a small group of people deciding stuff instead of all deciding.

Name the first trade route mentioned in the video

Incense route

What’s good did China seek after that symbolized wealth?

Jade

What civilization takes over Egypt after the death of Cleopatra

Roman republic

China and the Arabs fought in what city

Talas

The 4th crusade decided to attack what city instead of the holy land

Constantinople

What country was able to travel around Africa first

Portugal

What resource discovered in the Americas led to the exploitation of native labor

Silver mines

How many slaves were transported to the Americas?

7 to 20,000,000

What resource did the UK demand at the beginning of the interest industrial revolution?

Cotton

What canals allowed for faster travel

Suez Canal and Panama Canal

What important resource was in high demand after WWI

Oil

What new trade routes initiated globalization/road trade?

Aviation boom

What is another name for oil?

Black gold

What country copied the success of the USA regarding electronics

Japan

What country is responsible for creating the new silk Road?

China

Pericles

Strengthen Athenian democracy, strengthen the empire, glorifying Athens

Philip II

King of Macedonia, neighbor of north of Greek, conquered city-states

Alexander, the Great

Philips son, conquered Asia, responsible for spreading hellenthesim

Philosopher’s

Lovers of wisdom

Socrates

Question the government by saying why

Plato

Student of Socrates that also question the government, started school “the academy”, put all his good work in the book called “the Republic”

Aristotle

Student of Plato, tutored Alex the great, invented method for arguing using logic

How does the saying “come back with your shield or on it? “help explain the Spartans.

It explains them because it shows that they either won or died trying

Reform

Making changes for improvement

Legislative

Make or pass laws

Executive

Carry out laws

Judicial

Settle disputes or arguments and interpret laws

Hellenism

The spread or blending of Greek culture like Egyptian Greek Persia and Indian culture

Draco

Athenian Noble and was first to make law for Athens

Solon

Rewrote Draco‘s law ended that enslavement and limited owned land

How does the saying ‘come back with your shield or on it‘ help explain this Spartans

It explains them because it shows that they either won or die trying

Explain Hellenism

Hellenism is a mixing of Persian Greek and Indian culture

What is another term you have learned in this year that explains Alexandria the great spreading his culture to other civilizations

Another term that explains this spreading of cultures is cultural diffusion

According to lecture what was the most significant change in Hellenistic society?

The most significant change is that the city states turned into kingdoms

What was the legacy left by Greece regarding government?

Greece had made the form of government called direct democracy

How would Archimedes screw help expand a city?

It helped expand cities by allowing water to be transported from lower elevation to higher elevation, causing more water and food than resulting to more people

Explain that how the Socratic method and scientific method worked together

They’re both used to answer and understand like, for example, in the scientific method, you make a hypothesis and Use the Socratic method to question it and then solve it

How did Greek’s learn their own history?

Greeks had to learn their history through spoken language since there was no writing

Who is known as the father of history?

Herodotus was known as the father of history

Explain how Athenian democracy was created

Athenian democracy was created because the civilization suffered a economic process so a citizen stepped in to deal with this crisis

Explain the benefits of a democratic society

Some benefit benefits is that it ruled by citizens ruled based on citizenship and Majority votes dictate a decision

Explain the reforms of Draco

Draco‘s reforms were to make punishment severe meaning that If one was found guilty, the punishment that they would have to face would be severe

Explain the reforms of Solon

The reform of Solon was to end debt enslavement, meaning that if someone was in debt, they cannot put someone else into a slave or themselves, another reform was that he canceled land mortgages, And he limited the land that you can own to prevent from someone owning and dictating people, he then also rewrote Draco‘s laws to make them less harsh

Explain the reforms of Clisthenes

They allowed a council to be called within the civilization so that people from the bottom and top of the social hierarchy can participate in the government, they also allowed immigrants and slaves to possibly be citizens, they also put in a procedure that people can choose someone to exile from the civilization, and if that person was chosen by a majority rule, they were exiled from the civilization for 10 years which is called ostracism

Explain the reforms of Pericles

They allowed that also can hold office so that they could be paid for government services

How does the Greeks form of government change the idea of government? consider looking back and comparing previous civilizations and their forms of government discussed in class

They changed the idea by instead of a group of a few people making decisions for others. The people get to put an input to make a decision for their civilization, creating a more liked civilization.

Where is turkey?

Where is the Aegean Sea

Where is Athens?

Where is Sparta?

Where is Macedonia?

Where is the Mediterranean Sea?

Where is Greece?