What were the characteristics of the Roman Republic?

Last Etruscan king was overthrown & Romans created republic

How did geography affect early settlement in India?

3 huge rivers, mountains, deserts affected human settlement.

In what ways did the Han Dynasty improve government in ancient China?

The inventions: paper, weapons, plows, & the compass helped.

What are the main beliefs of Buddhism?

Four Noble Truths & Eightfold Path are beliefs of Hinduism.

How do social scientists interpret the past?

They examine clues, ask questions, & make observations,

How did Confucianism, Daoism, & Legalism influence political rule in ancient China?

China's falling into disorder lead scholars to debate life.

What are the central teachings of Judaism?

The religion focuses on a code of ethics and social justice.

How did Ashoka unify the Mauryan Empire?

King Ashoka expanded and unified the empire through wars.

How are Christians’ lives shaped by the beliefs and practices of Christianity?

They believe in the Trinity: Father,Son, & the Holy Ghost

How did social class affect daily life in ancient Egypt?

Social classes had specific jobs & responsibilities to do.

In what ways did location influence the history of Kush?

Kush's location on the Nile River made it a trade center.

How did geography influence settlement in ancient Greece?

Greece's steep mountains & surrounding seas forced isolation

How did Judaism originate and develop?

Abraham introduced the belief of one God.

Was the Emperor of Qin an effective leader?

Hewas cruelbut laws, money,weights, measures&writing were ok

How did geography affect life in ancient China?

5 regions were either perfect or horrible for farming.

What were the major cultural achievements of Athens?

Built Parthenon, drama & philosophy, & developed democracy.

Did the benefits of Roman expansion outweigh the costs?

No, Romans fought countless wars to defend their new lands.

What capabilities helped hominids survive?

They made tools, used fire, and made shelters.

How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?

Water, topography, & plants are 3 factors affecting humans.

Why is the period during the Guptra Empire known as the "Golden Age"?

New ideas in medicine, music, art, mathematics flourished.

What can artifacts tell us about daily life in Mohenjodaro?

Weights, a scale, & marked rods suggest they traded often.

How did the Etruscans and Greeks influence the development of Rome?

Romans borrowed many ideas from the Etruscans & Greeks.

What three things did the pharaohs of ancient Egypt accomplish?

They unified & stabilized society, established trade & art.

How did geographic challenges lead to the rise of city-states in Mesopotamia?

Needing food, folks went to the Tigris & Euphrates rivers.

How did Chriatianity originate and spread?

Christianity began in Judea &the waited for a messaih, Jesus

Why do historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization?

They had a complex social structure, culture, & technology.

How did the development of agriculture change daily life in the Neolithic Age?

They built homes & formed villages near the farms.

How did ancient Greece contribute to the modern world?

Modern alphabet, Eng. grammar, scientific method,architectur

What do Shang artifacts reveal about this civilization?

Ruins & artifacts found @ Anyang prove a belief in afterlife

How did democracy develop in ancient Greece?

Most Greek city-states developed independently dueto locale.

To what extent does ancient Rome influence us today?

Modern world copies Roman law, art cement & architecture

How did wealth affect daily life in the Roman Empire.

Wealthy educated their children,wealthy controlled evrything

How did the Silk Road promote an exchange of goods and ideas?

Many goods, ideas,culture were exchanged along the Silk Road

How did Alexander the Great build his empire?

Ruling his empire, spread Greek culture, & ok'd othr culturs

What are the beliefs of Hinduism?

Dharma, Karma, and Samsara are beliefs of Hinduism.

What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?

World's first empire, code of laws, and aqueducts

What were the major differences between Athens and Sparta?

Athens was a democracy and Sparta was a military state.

What factors influenced the outcome of the Persian Wars?

Athens and Sparta, teamed together, & conquered the Persians

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1
What were the characteristics of the Roman Republic?
Borrowing ideas from the Hominids, they elected Fred Flints.
Last Etruscan king was overthrown & Romans created republic
Irrigatrion was water under the bridge of sighs.
The Sea of Change changed how people would see.
2
How did geography affect early settlement in India?
The deserts helped the sand farmers.
Ash from Mount India polluted the rivers.
3 huge rivers, mountains, deserts affected human settlement.
River valleys were completely dry during the monsoon season.
3
In what ways did the Han Dynasty improve government in ancient China?
The government forced people to do things the old way.
The left Han found out what the right Han was doing.
The inventions: paper, weapons, plows, & the compass helped.
Inventors invented inventions that were not invented yet.
4
What are the main beliefs of Buddhism?
Siddhartha felt curious about how to swim in the holy river.
The Himalayas were were located next to the Theymalayas.
The name Buddha means to be totally uniformed about life.
Four Noble Truths & Eightfold Path are beliefs of Hinduism.
5
How do social scientists interpret the past?
They find the answers on cereal boxes.
They examine clues, ask questions, & make observations,
They check out the answers on facebook.
They jump in Marty's Dilorean.
6
How did Confucianism, Daoism, & Legalism influence political rule in ancient China?
China's falling into disorder lead scholars to debate life.
Rick Shaww was responsible for driving rulers around Peking.
Politicians used rulers to measure their ruling efficiency.
Confucius, Dao, Leggal were ancient Chinese lawyers.
7
What are the central teachings of Judaism?
David and Solomon ruling the cities of Talmud.
The religion focuses on a code of ethics and social justice.
Romans and Greeks went to Karnac, Temple of Indiana Jonnze.
Torah, Menda, Stitcha, and Sewwa were the central teachings.
8
How did Ashoka unify the Mauryan Empire?
Mary and Ann were co-queens and unified the empire together.
Howard Carter advised the rulers.
King Ashoka had lunch with Siddhartha.
King Ashoka expanded and unified the empire through wars.
9
How are Christians’ lives shaped by the beliefs and practices of Christianity?
They cruise the internet for spirituality.
They believe that everyone believes in believing.
They believe in the Trinity: Father,Son, & the Holy Ghost
They follow the doctrines of Gimme, Gymmee, and Gimmy.
10
How did social class affect daily life in ancient Egypt?
All classes were equal.
Social classes had specific jobs & responsibilities to do.
The lowest levels of the pyramid had the most power.
Pharaohs did whatever the peasants and farmers demanded!
11
In what ways did location influence the history of Kush?
Kandakes were powerful teenage rulers of the DC Marvels.
Its desert location helped the sand farmers.
It's location in frozen mountains helped ice cube factories.
Kush's location on the Nile River made it a trade center.
12
How did geography influence settlement in ancient Greece?
Greece's steep mountains & surrounding seas forced isolation
The Sea of Eyecare was important to early Greek readers.
Turkey slipped on Greece and broke China.
The land of Greece was totally flat and perfect for farming.
13
How did Judaism originate and develop?
A carpenter went on line &downloaded the information.
Zeus befriended Apollo and the worshiping began.
Abraham introduced the belief of one God.
King David and Solomon wrote the 12 Commandments
14
Was the Emperor of Qin an effective leader?
Various leaders were lead into leadership by Huangshe-hi.
Hewas cruelbut laws, money,weights, measures&writing were ok
Shihuangdi was not as effective as his sister, Hehuangsheee
He was China's first baseball umpire.
15
How did geography affect life in ancient China?
Soy Lu and Egge Rolle were gods of food harvesting.
5 regions were either perfect or horrible for farming.
Freshwater was found in the Caves of Obtainium.
Chop sticks were harvested in the Peannoe River Valley.
16
What were the major cultural achievements of Athens?
They developed the Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe philosophy.
Built Parthenon, drama & philosophy, & developed democracy.
They made many advances in procrastination.
They procrastinated many advances such as breathing.
17
Did the benefits of Roman expansion outweigh the costs?
Trusting the Etruscans was bad for the ecology.
The costs of expansion were minimal.
No, Romans fought countless wars to defend their new lands.
Wars never cost much;food, weapons, other supplies are free
18
What capabilities helped hominids survive?
They evolved from aliens.
They used Uber drivers
They made tools, used fire, and made shelters.
They waited for spring.
19
How did geography affect early settlement in Egypt, Kush, and Canaan?
The underworld was controlled by lycans.
Moonlight at night affected reading.
Water, topography, & plants are 3 factors affecting humans.
They discovered credit for furniture in Kush.
20
Why is the period during the Guptra Empire known as the "Golden Age"?
New ideas in medicine, music, art, mathematics flourished.
Networks of roads lead to nowhere.
Guppies invaded the water systems & turned the water yellow.
The skilled unemployed successfully did nothing at all.
21
What can artifacts tell us about daily life in Mohenjodaro?
More hens lived in Daro than anywhere else in ancient times.
Weights, a scale, & marked rods suggest they traded often.
They had intensity in ten cities.
Mohenjodara citizens often dug trenches for fences.
22
How did the Etruscans and Greeks influence the development of Rome?
The gods did not help the Romans.
Many of the Roman traditions were made up by rich Romans.
Romans asked the gods for guidance.
Romans borrowed many ideas from the Etruscans & Greeks.
23
What three things did the pharaohs of ancient Egypt accomplish?
They gave river rides to the Kushites.
They unified & stabilized society, established trade & art.
They imported everything they needed from nearby tribes.
They visited the mountains for riches.
24
How did geographic challenges lead to the rise of city-states in Mesopotamia?
The city-states needed water.
The perfect weather caused people to be lazy.
Needing food, folks went to the Tigris & Euphrates rivers.
The desert was too dry.
25
How did Chriatianity originate and spread?
At first, Noel was in charge of writing the carols.
Christianity began in Judea &the waited for a messaih, Jesus
Road side stands sold religious writings that nomads bought.
Christianity developed over centuries of religious speeches.
26
Why do historians classify ancient Sumer as a civilization?
There are books about it.
It was located by two rivers.
They invented summer vacation.
They had a complex social structure, culture, & technology.
27
How did the development of agriculture change daily life in the Neolithic Age?
They followed the sun.
They continued to migrate as nomads.
They built homes & formed villages near the farms.
They continued to hunt and gather.
28
How did ancient Greece contribute to the modern world?
Turkey slipped on Greece and broke China.
Spartan ways were adopted by any city-state they conquered
Alexander had ruled Macedonia and then the entire world.
Modern alphabet, Eng. grammar, scientific method,architectur
29
What do Shang artifacts reveal about this civilization?
Oracle Jonzz convey they believed in believing.
Shang Ki Check was in charge of art and facts.
Gunga Dinn is featured on many artifacts.
Ruins & artifacts found @ Anyang prove a belief in afterlife
30
How did democracy develop in ancient Greece?
Democracies formed from the multitude of floating farms.
Democracy developed from the Greek ideal of "slaves rule".
Tyrant, Oligarch, and Monarch were three ancient Greek gods.
Most Greek city-states developed independently dueto locale.
31
To what extent does ancient Rome influence us today?
By roaming around, modern people copy the Romans.
Ancient Romans influence us by their late night cable show.
Modern world copies Roman law, art cement & architecture
E Pluribus Unum So Soonum
32
How did wealth affect daily life in the Roman Empire.
Wealthy educated their children,wealthy controlled evrything
Wealth made no difference in the cosmopolitan Roman cities.
The poor ran all government offices.
The rich had the same power as the very poor in ancient Rome
33
How did the Silk Road promote an exchange of goods and ideas?
Silt was deposited as silver coins along the Silk Road.
The Silk Road had traders only trading silk cloth for food.
The Silk Road was the first place trained elephants spoke.
Many goods, ideas,culture were exchanged along the Silk Road
34
How did Alexander the Great build his empire?
His dogma was cataclismic.
He robbed from the poor & gave to the rich.
Ruling his empire, spread Greek culture, & ok'd othr culturs
He went to the local box store & bought "Empire Building"DIY
35
What are the beliefs of Hinduism?
Dharma, Karma, and Samsara are beliefs of Hinduism.
Reincarnation means to come back as a flower.
Hindus, Houtdus, and Wheredus are beliefs of Hinduism.
Casts were made out of plaster.
36
What were the most important achievements of the Mesopotamian empires?
using animals for trqnsportation
World's first empire, code of laws, and aqueducts
collecting rain water for crops
conquering neighbors
37
What were the major differences between Athens and Sparta?
Athens was a floating city& Sparta was under water.
Women ruled Athens and slaves controlled Sparta.
Athens was a democracy and Sparta was a military state.
Athens was a military state and Sparta was a democracy.
38
What factors influenced the outcome of the Persian Wars?
The Calvary of Calvernicus defeated the Citadel of Felineus.
Darius, King of Persia, lead his Army of Dalmations to war.
Athens and Sparta, teamed together, & conquered the Persians
Greek city-states never fought each other & preferred peace

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