Chapter 19 Read Pages 483-506 ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE: _______ Historical Terms and Concepts: Please include the significance for each term/concept. 1. Bantu Migrations migrations of the Bantu people that helped to spread agriculture and herding to many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa‚ iron metallurgy‚ and rapidly increased the population. (started around 2000 BCE)‚ linguistically influential. 2. Stateless society term relating to societies such as those of sub-Saharan Africa after the
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Chapter 12 Vocabulary – Traditions and Encounters 1. China- is the world’s most populous country‚ with a population of over 1.3 billion | 2. the silk roads- The Silk Road or Silk Route is a modern term referring trade routes across the Afro-Eurasian landmass that connected East‚ South‚ and Western Asia with the Mediterranean and European world‚ as well as parts of North and East Africa. | 3. Indians- They is west of the small British Pelican Island and east of the small US Flanagan Island
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Chapter 22 Maritime Explorations: 15th-18th Centuries What were the motives and means of maritime explorations? Search for resources and land suitable for cash crops Search for commodities: spices‚ silk‚ gold‚ ivory‚ slaves etc. Search for converts to Christianity Navigational technology and knowledge of the wind (monsoon) Maritime and land-based empires (Trading post empires) Was European expansion in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean worlds different? Territorial empires in the
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Chapter 4 Reading Questions: Why is so little known about the Harappan society? What is it that we do know about the nature of that society? Because the earliest Harappan remains are below the water table‚ archaeologists can’t research them. Also the Harappans used an elaborate pictographic system that has not yet been able to be deciphered. We do however‚ that it had city walls‚ a fortified citadel‚ and a large granary-Harappa and Mohenjo-daro represented an investment of human labor and established
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CHAPTER 13: *The tropics were warm all year-round. The center of the tropical zone is marked by the equator. *The rainy and dry seasons in the Indian Ocean reflect the influence of monsoons. *To accommodate the uneven distribution of rainfall‚ South Indian farmers constructed elaborate irrigation canals. *Empires of Mail in West Africa and Delhi in Southern Asia both utilized Islamic administration. *Mansa Kankan Musa made a famous pilgrimage that served to demonstrate the enormous wealth of
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Transition to Agriculture The Hominids Australopithecus: Developed in Africa 4 million to 1 million years ago Bipedal‚ able to plan journeys (about 10 miles long)‚ brain size 500 cc Part of brain used for speech underdeveloped Homo erectus: Lived 2 million to 200‚000 years ago (after Australopithecus) Brain size 1000 cc‚ wielded fire Communicated with sounds (no language yet)‚ journeyed outside east and south Africa Homo sapiens More developed in frontal lobe‚ found ways to use Earth’s resources
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kingdoms A. The quest for centralized imperial rule 1. North India a. Tension among regional kingdoms b. Nomadic Turks became absorbed into Indian society 2. Harsha (reigned 606-648 C.E.) temporarily restored unified rule in north India B. Introduction of Islam to northern India 1. The Sind were conquered by Arab Muslims and passed to Abbasids 2. Muslim merchants formed small communities in all major cities of coastal India 3. Turkish migrants and Islam: Turks convert to Islam in tenth century a.
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Magadha who had an opportunity to expand when Alexander withdrew. This laid the foundation for the Maurya Empire when Chandragupta started to seize small regions of Magadha; he eventually conquered all of northern India from the Indus to the Ganges. 2. Five major accomplishments of the emperor Ashoka included: conquering the kingdom of Kalinga‚ building irrigation systems to expand agriculture‚ building a highway more than 1‚000 miles long‚ ruling almost the entire subcontinent‚ and integrating the
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Chapter Outline Chapter 2 I. Developmental theories and the issues they raise A. The Importance of Theories 1. Guides the collection of new information a. what is most important to study b. what can be hypothesized or predicted c. how it should be studied B. Qualities of a Good Theory 1. Internally consistent-- its different parts are not contradictory 2. Falsifiable-- generates testable hypotheses 3. Supported by data-- describes‚ predicts‚ and explains human development C. Four Major
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Chapter 1 Study Guide Terms Paleolithic Neandertal Lascaux Homo sapiens Jericho Australopithecus Çatal Hüyük. Venus figurines Cro-Magnon Homo erectus Altamira Evolution Paleolithic age Neolithic age Sympathetic magic Infanticide Agricultural revolution Agricultural transition Slash-and-burn Shanidar cave Jomon society Natufian society Chinook society Homo erectus Homo sapiens sapiens Study Questions 1. Trace the development of Australopithecus‚ Homo erectus‚ and Homo
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