Global 1 Review Sheet

Global Review Sheet- FINALS * Anthropologist- someone who studies culture * Neolithic revolution agriculture no more nomads settlements * River Valley Civilizations (all the civilizations had 2 rivers except for Egypt) * Mesopotamia * Tigris and Euphrates rivers * Egypt * The Nile river * Indus * The Indus and Ganges rivers * china * Huang He and Yangtze rivers * Mesopotamia * Cuneiform * Code of Hammurabi * The laws were the same(p) for all citizens but the punishment were different depending on what social class you belonged to. * Egypt * Hieroglyphics * Pyramids China * Daoism * The Silk Road * The law of heaven * Filial piety * Indus * Hinduism * Irrigation * Religion Monotheistic Judaism(5,000 years old) Christianity(2012 years old) Islam(1400 years old) Place of religion Temple church building Mosque Book of Worship Torah Bible Koran Code of Behavior 10 commandments 5 Pillars * Polytheistic * Hinduism (over 5,00 years old) * Caste system * Reincarnation * Buddhism * Reincarn ation, karma, dharma * NO CASTE SYSTEM * 8 close downcast path and nirvana * GREECE *democracy* * Mountains * City states * cultural diversity * Islands * Trade * Resources Easily invaded * Mediterranean mode * Alexander the Great * Conquered India, Egypt, and Persia (modern Iran) * Cultural diffusion * Helenistic * Greek + Persian * MIDDLE AGES (500 AD)- fall of the roman empire * Very unstable * Feudalistic to keep order stable political system * Manorialism * Castle * Church (Roman Catholic Church in charge of everything more power than the king) * Farmland (serf worked the land) * CRUSADES ( ghostly wars) * People joined because they were promised that they would go to heaven * Resulted in cultural diffusion * PLAGUE * Killed ? he population of Europe(short term effect) * Broke down feudalism (long) * Ended the middle ages (long) * JAPAN * Archipelago (trade, resources, invasion) * Mountains (terrace farming) * Ring of Fire (afraid of genius shintoism (1 religion that resp ects nature 2 started with the Ring of Fire and then the Japanese started praying to other things) * European FeudalismJapanese Feudalism * MONGOLIAN conglomerate (good military, order, flat land=easy travel) * Largest empire * Very accepting of other cultures * Isolated Russia from Europe * Cultural diffusion * **Kublai khan and Marco Polo RENASANCE * Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture * Humanism- when the focus is on the individual * Secularism- non religious * Reasoning- people looked to other things when god was no longer a sufficient answer. Ex)science and questioning religion * AZTEC (Mexico) * calendar and chinampas * MAYAS (Central America) * Calendar and pyramids * INCAS (Peru) * Machu Pichu * Terrace farming * Roads * TRADE ROUTES * Silk road * Connected China with the Middle eastside and Europe * The Middle East was the middle man the only way Europe could get goods from China was through the Middle East and that was pricey. The silk road carried silk, spices, Buddhism, Confucianism, and caused cultural diffusion, * Trans Sahara Trade * Carried gold, salt, and Islamic religion * Between north and West Africa. * Colombian Exchange * Included Europe and America * To Europe food * To America forced Christianity and disease * Triangular Trade * Included Europe, Africa, and America * Africa supplied slaves to work the crops without pay * The slaves were exploited * Atlantic striver Trade * America and Africa * PROTESTANT REFORMATION * Martin Luther- 95 theses- complaints to church- pope said that he wont change- Lutheran