History SOL review

Africa

The first man came from which continent?

Homosapien

A term for modern man (wise man)

Hunting & Gathering

Paleolithic man lifestyle: ___________ & ____________ societies.

Old Stone Age

The Paleolithic era is also referred to as the:

Nomadic

Migrating in search of food, shelter, and water is called:

Paleolithic

Simple tools and weapons are characteristics of which era?

Fire

The most important invention of Paleolithic man for heat/light:

Clans

Paleolithic man lived in family groups called:

Oral Language

To communicate, Paleolithic man invented:

Archeologist

A scientist who studies artifacts and human remains:

Artifact

An object made by a human and studied by scientists:

Carbon 14 Dating

Scientific test used to analyze the age of fossils:

New Stone Age

Another name for the Neolithic Era:

Agriculture

What invention led to permanent communities?

Neolithic

Domesticating animals and cultivating crops are from which era?

Stonehenge

The following Neolithic site is located in England:

Sumer, Mesopotamia

Aleppo, Syria

Jericho, Israel

Catalhoyuk, Anatolia

Name the four Neolithic cities in the Fertile Crescent:

CatalHoyuk

Neolithic site currently under excavation in Anatolia (Turkey):

Cave Art

easy drawings that show the daily lives of Paleolithic man:

Remains, Settlements, Fossils, and Artifacts

Archaeologists analyze what four things?

Stonehenge

Neolithic site in modern-day England:

Domestication

Term for taming animals for human use:

Food surpluses from agriculture

Reason Neolithic people developed specialized labor:

Silt and Irrigation Water

Why did early civilizations settle along rivers?

Egypt

Civilization along the lower Nile and Nile Delta:

Mesopotamia

Civilization along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers:

Indus River Valley

Civilization along the Indus river (below the Hindu Kush):

China

Civilization developed near the Huang He River:

Monotheistic

The term for belief in only one God:

Abraham

The founder of the Hebrew religion:

Torah

The holy book of the Hebrews:

10 Commandments

The moral and religious law code of the Hebrews:

Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

The three religions based on Abraham’s monotheism:

Moses

He delivered the Ten Commandments and freed the Israelites:

Jordan River

The Hebrews settled between the Mediterranean and what river?

Jerusalen

Holy city and capital of Israel:

Phoenicia

The first alphabet was created by:

Nubia/Kush

Civilization along the upper Nile influenced by Egypt:

Hittites

Civilization that created iron weapons:

Hammurabi’s Code

Famous written law code from Babylon:

Cuneiform

The first written language (from Sumer):

Irrigation

Technology used to bring water to crops:

Polytheistic

Term for belief in multiple gods:

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Kush, Aztec, and Mayan

Name 5 civilizations that built pyramids:

Sumer (civilization) and Babylon (empire)

Name the first civilization and first empire:

Sumer

Which civilization created the wheeled cart?

Ziggurat

The pyramid-temples located in Mesopotamia:

Hieroglyphics

The picture-language of Ancient Egypt:

Dynasty

What is a family of rules called?

Pharaoh

The title of the god-king in Egypt:

Cultural Diffusion

The spread of ideas from one culture to another:

Diaspora

Forced migration of the Jews from their homeland:

Phoenicia

Civilization in modern Lebanon is known for seafaring:

Pharaoh

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?

Hammurabi

Babylonian king who wrote the first law code:

Pyramids

Ancient Egyptians built these as tombs:

Nile

Name of the river in Egypt:

Tigris and Euphrates

Names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia:

Indus

Name of the river in India:

Huang He

Name of the river in China

Babylon

Large city-state in Mesopotamia:

Papyrus

Paper-like material used by Egyptians:

Hieroglyphics

What did the Rosetta Stone help translate?

Tax records and agricultural accounts

The two primary purposes of early writing, like cuneiform:

Farming and iron-working

What two things did the Bantu Migration spread?

Indus Valley (Harappa/Mohenjo-Daro)

Civilization known for planned cities and standard bricks:

Code of Ur-Nammu

Oldest known surviving law code (predates Hammurabi):

Nile was predictable, Tigris and Euphrates wasn’t

How did the Nile flooding differ from Mesopotamia?

Lydians

Which civilization developed the first coinage?

Persia

Tolerance, royal roads, and Zoroastrianism belong to:

Zoroaster

Who was the founder of Zoroastrianism?

Ahura Mazda

What was the name of the Persian god?

Persian Empire

Imperial Bureaucracy was a key feature of:

Himalayas

Name the barrier between India and China:

Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro

Two cities and the Indus River:

Aryans

Nomadic group that founded India:

Hinduism

The oldest religion in India was brought by the Aryans:

Caste System

Name the rigid social class system in India:

Untouchables

Which class was below the Caste System?

Hinduism

Reincarnation and Karma are apart of:

Vedas and Upanishads

The two holy books of Hinduism:

Reincarnation

The cycle of birth and rebirth:

Karma

Belief that actions influence the next life:

Siddhartha Guatama

Founder of Buddhism:

China, Japan, and Korea

Buddhism spread from India to:

4 Noble Truths and or 8 Fold Path

Buddhists end suffering by which two following?

Qin Shi Huang Di

Who built the Great Wall of China to keep out invaders?

Chinese Bureaucracy

Civil service tests were a feature of:

Confucius

A philosopher who believed in social order and education:

Taoism

Philosophy focusing on harmony with nature:

Mandate of Heaven

Rulers served under the protection of the gods:

Ancestor Worship

Offering to decreased relatives in China:

Yin and Yang

Symbol for balance in Taoism:

Mauryan

Asoka was the ruler of which Indian empire?

Buddhism

Asoka converted to which religion?

Gupta

Empire of the “Golden Age of India” :

Concept of Zero

Gupta math contribution:

Setting bones

Gupta medical contribution:

Silk Road

Trade route connecting China to Rome:

Paper

Chinese invention for writing: