Final Exam Jeopardy

Early and Pre-

History

River ValleyCivilizations

EarlyReligion

Ancient China

Ancient Greece

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Double Jeopardy

Roman Empire

Byzantines Russia/Turks

Early Africa Islam

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Final Jeopardy – Connecting Themes

Both the Han and the Roman Empires where known for having what?

What is long periods of stable government?

Early and Prehistory

The wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, allowing the ability to support an increasingly large population

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What is the Neolithic Revolution?

Early and Prehistory What is MOST significant about the

developments of writing including cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the Phoenician alphabet?

It helps maintain the continuity of a civilization

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Early and Prehistory

Which belief of the prophet Zoroaster was SIMILAR to later religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?

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Monotheism

Early and Prehistory 1. Centralized governments 2. Organized religions 3. Social classes 4. Specialization of labor

What are the characteristics of a civilization?

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Early and Prehistory These people are most remembered for

their creation of an alphabet that influenced ours

Who are the Phoenicians?

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River Valley Civilizations

• If a man has destroyed the eye of a free man, his own eye shall be destroyed.

• If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.

What are some examples of legal procedures enforced by Hammurabi’s law code?

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River Valley Civilizations

This belief system was the basis for the civil service exams given during many of the Chinese dynasties

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What is Confucianism?

River Valley Civilizations

How the early civilizations of the Nile River Valley, Mesopotamia, and the Yellow River Valley were SIMILAR

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They all relied and depended on fertile land

River Valley Civilizations

Predictable flooding Pyramids Theocracy

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What are characteristics/features of the Ancient Egyptian civilization?

River Valley Civilizations

A study of the Gupta Empire would include information about which advancements?

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What are astronomy, mathematics, and medical achievements?

Early Religion

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity share a belief in….

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What are monotheism and ethical conduct

Early Religion

This belief is the same for both Hindus and Buddhists

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What is that the soul can be reincarnated?

Early Religion

The following are examples of what Buddhist temples are found in Japan Most Indonesians study the Quran Catholicism is the dominant religion in

Latin America

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What are examples of cultural diffusion?

Early Religion

PolytheisticBelief in reincarnationBelieve the Vedas are sacredBased heavily on the caste system

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What are characteristics of Hinduism?

Early Religion

Belief that the soul can be reincarnation Believe in the Four Noble Truths Found is Siddhartha Guatama Advocates the unification of faith and wisdom

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What are characteristics of Buddhism?

Ancient China and India

Philosophy that provided a basis for social order, stressed the importance of relationships, provided a basis for the civil service examinations

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What are the reasons why Confucianism had such a strong impact on China?

Ancient China and India

It allowed new rulers to justify the overthrow of a declining dynasty in China

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What is the Mandate of Heaven?

Ancient China and India

Which feature most likely hindered the spread of the Gupta Empire into China?

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What are the Himalayan Mountains?

Ancient China and India

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What is social hierarchy?

Ancient China and India

What did Indian civilization experience during the Gupta Empire?

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What is advances in literature, art, science, and mathematics

Ancient Greece

Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures

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What is Hellenistic Culture?

Ancient Greece

Greek philosophers including Plato, Socrates and Aristotle focused mostly on this

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What are reason and evidence?

Ancient Greece

The spread of Greek and the creation of Hellenistic culture was this man’s most memorable achievement

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Who is Alexander the Great?

Ancient Greece

What feature prevented Greeks to unify under one Empire or ruler?

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What is Geography - Mountains

Ancient Greece

A central town or city, and the countryside surrounding it

A communal environment of individuals, some who were citizens with rights, others who were citizens without rights

It could vary in size from a few square miles to hundreds of square miles

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What are the characteristics of a Greek polis?

Ancient Greece

A philosopher who taught Alexander all that was known in the Greek world then.

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Who is Aristotle?

Roman Empire

Great peace and prosperity

Population growth No Civil War Many advancements in

technology

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What is Pax Romana?

Roman Empire

The Romans were able to build a vast empire because of these 2 main things

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What are maintaining a strong, well-disciplined army and uniting many territories

Roman Empire

The Roman Emperor who was most remembered for stabilizing the frontier, erecting splendid buildings, and creating an enduring government

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Who was Augustus Caesar?

Roman Empire

Architecture, engineering, law, and language

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What are the legacies left by the Roman Empire?

Roman Empire

The reason why Roman rulers opposed Christianity

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What is because Christians refused top pay homage (tribute) and worship the Roman gods?

Byzantine Empire

The split of the Christian church in 1054 resulted in these 2 factions.

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What are Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?

Byzantine Empire

Emperor updated the ancient Roman laws

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Who is Emperor Justinian?

Byzantine Empire

Constantinople was a wealthy trading center

Byzantines were the center of the Eastern Orthodox Christians

The Empire survived for more than 1,000 years

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What are reasons why the Byzantine empire was so successful?

Byzantine Empire

She was a powerful force in the Byzantine Empire and advisor for Justinian

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Who was Empress Theodora?

Byzantine Empire

1453, the Byzantine Empire fell and the city of Constantinople fell to this group, renaming the city Istanbul

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Who were the Ottoman Turks?

Russia /Mongols

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Ivan III used this title?

What is Czar?

Russia/Mongols

Which civilization’s architecture most influence the style of Russian architecture shown in this photograph?

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What is Byzantine?

Russia / Mongols

He succeeded as one of history’s most powerful conquerors through brilliant military strategy and organization

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Who was Ghengis Khan?

Russia/Mongols

• Asoka incorporated Buddhist ideas into the laws he had carved on rocks and pillars placed throughout the Mauryan Empire.

• Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.

• Prince Vladimir required all Russians to become Eastern Orthodox Christians.

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What are some examples of how leaders use religion to unify an Empire?

Russia/Mongols

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He was the ruler who finally conquered China, fulfilling his grandfathers ultimate goal

Who is Kublai Khan?

Early Africa

These African Kingdoms were all situated on major trading routes

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What are the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?

Early Africa

The resources traded which helped the kingdoms of Africa develop and become wealthy (3 of them)

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What are gold, salt, and ivory?

Early Africa

Mansa Musa’s journey to this city in the 1300s is evident that Islam had a major influence on the kingdom of Mali

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What is Mecca?

Early Africa

Between 500 BC and 1500 AD the Bantu migration led to the diffusion of these 2 main things

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What are languages and metal working?

Early Africa

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This was the main CAUSE of the Bantu migration in Africa?

Population increased, putting pressure on agriculture forcing the people to migrate (push factor) to other areas in Africa

Islam

He built on the religious traditions of the Arabian peninsula and influenced Islam

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Who is Muhammad?

Islam

Group who believed that the caliph should be a relative of Muhammad

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Who are the Shi’a Muslims?

Islam

During the Golden Age of Muslim culture, these 2 areas of study flourished

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What are modern science and mathematics?

Islam

Ibn Buttuta’s field of study Ibn Sina’s field of study

(2 answers)

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What are:Ibn Buttuta – GeographyIbn Sina - medicine

Islam

This event marked the beginning of Islam as a religion

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What is Gabriel’s revelation to Muhammad?