Global Civ Midterm Study Guide
Global Civ Midterm Study Guide
CH.1
* What does an archeologist do? * They evaluate settlements and study artifacts * What is cultural diffusion? * The spread of aspects of culture from one area of the world to another * What is irrigation and where did it start? * Method of transporting water to crops; started in valleys of Nile, Tigris and Euphrates * What is the Neolithic Revolution? * The important shift from food gathering to food producing * Who are the nomads? * Wanderers who travel from place to place in search of food
CH 2 * Babylonians * What is a dynasty? * Family of rulers in which the right to rule passes on with the family * What is the Fertile Crescent? * Fertile land that lies within the crescent shaped area, Tigris-Euphrates Valley was within it * Hammurabi * Strong Babylonian ruler who created code of Hammurabi * Hebrews * Lived in eastern part of fertile crescent, influenced region and history * What is the Mesopotamia * Tigris-Euphrates valley, anicent * What is monarchy? * King and queen * Monotheism * Belief in one god * What is mummification? * Preservation process that involved treating a corpse with various chemicals * Persians * Ancient civilization who took over Babylon * What is a pharaoh? * Egyptian Ruler * Phoenicians * Made up of city states, known as traders * What is polytheism * Belief in many gods * Sumerians * Developed city states, were farmers, made many discoveries, education was important * Theocracy * Government ruled by clergy claiming god’s authority * Ziggurats * Temples created by sumerians
CH 3 * Indo-Aryans * Came from the Vedas * Brahmins * Priests who knew the proper forms and rules * Buddha * Siddhartha Gautama, traveled the world to find the answers to
CH.1
* What does an archeologist do? * They evaluate settlements and study artifacts * What is cultural diffusion? * The spread of aspects of culture from one area of the world to another * What is irrigation and where did it start? * Method of transporting water to crops; started in valleys of Nile, Tigris and Euphrates * What is the Neolithic Revolution? * The important shift from food gathering to food producing * Who are the nomads? * Wanderers who travel from place to place in search of food
CH 2 * Babylonians * What is a dynasty? * Family of rulers in which the right to rule passes on with the family * What is the Fertile Crescent? * Fertile land that lies within the crescent shaped area, Tigris-Euphrates Valley was within it * Hammurabi * Strong Babylonian ruler who created code of Hammurabi * Hebrews * Lived in eastern part of fertile crescent, influenced region and history * What is the Mesopotamia * Tigris-Euphrates valley, anicent * What is monarchy? * King and queen * Monotheism * Belief in one god * What is mummification? * Preservation process that involved treating a corpse with various chemicals * Persians * Ancient civilization who took over Babylon * What is a pharaoh? * Egyptian Ruler * Phoenicians * Made up of city states, known as traders * What is polytheism * Belief in many gods * Sumerians * Developed city states, were farmers, made many discoveries, education was important * Theocracy * Government ruled by clergy claiming god’s authority * Ziggurats * Temples created by sumerians
CH 3 * Indo-Aryans * Came from the Vedas * Brahmins * Priests who knew the proper forms and rules * Buddha * Siddhartha Gautama, traveled the world to find the answers to