World History Units II & III
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- Mayan
- Civilization located in Central America on the Yucatan Peninsula in present-day Mexico/Honduras area from about 300-700 A.D. which rich city-states, strict sociaal order and aqueducts
- Eastern and Weastern Sierra Madre
- moutain chain of Mexico
- marathon, Phidippides
- The 26 mile race, a _________ named in honor of _________ who had run to spread news of the Athenian victory over the Persians at the Battle of marathon
- Sahara, Namib, Kalahari
- Three largest deserts in Africa
- Sparta
- produced strong bodied and fearless men
- Parthenon
- the temple of Athena is also known as the
- Alexander the Great
- son of Philip II, defeated the Persians and took his army all the way to India
- King Phillip II
- Took over Greece after the peloponessian wars weakened Athens and Sparta's defenses
- Vedas
- four sacred texts that explained the Aryans' life and beliefs
- Egypt
- was the oldest and most influential ancient African civilization
- Mandate of Heaven
- said rulers needed approval of God's to stay in power
- Silk Worms
- only the chinese knew how to grow these, the product was silk
- Camels
- These were called "Ships of the Desert"
- Pinyin
- the internationally accepted language for China using english alphabet for chinese sounds
- Aztecs
- a nomadic tribe that came to Mexico from a dry land area in the North
- Hellenes
- Greeks called themselves
- Pericles
- made Athens the political and cultural center of the eastern Meditteranean
- Palenque
- Name of Mayan city ruins that had an aqueduct
- Aristotle
- Plato's most birlliant student
- Hinduism
- the first and current religion in India, polytheistic and believed in reincarnation
- Filial Piety
- Respect for one's parents and for family ancestors
- Olmecs
- 1st settlers around Gulf Coast ca. 1200 BC who had hieroglyphic form of writing, a system of math using dot, bar and zero
- Homer
- He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
- Inca
- indian group that lived along a 2000 mile area on Pacific Coast from present day Peru to Chile in the Andean Valley
- Phoenicians, vowels
- The Greeks adopted the __________ alphabet and added ______ to it
- polis
- a city-state
- The Sahara Desert
- largest desert in the world
- The Iliad
- tells about a tragic quarrel between two heroes of the Trojan War as well as some of the events of the war
- sanscrit
- the indian language used for literature such as "Sinbad the Sailor"
- Olympics
- athletic games held every 4 years to honor the Greek gods
- Draco's Code
- Athens codified set of laws
- Hippocrates
- taught doctors to find causes of diseases by using reason rather than blaming illness on the anger of the gods
- Great Rift Valley
- 4000 mile trench between 2 parallel faults in E. Africa
- oligarchy
- ruled by a few
- Socrates
- used the question/answer method of teaching
- Rockies
- Name of the mountain chain from Alaska to Northern Mexico
- Greece
- Roman name for Hellas
- Andes
- mountain chain in South America
- Aryans
- war-like nomads that measured wealth in livestock that arrived from Central Asia and conquered the Indus Valley
- Kush
- kingdom founded by the Nubians in East Africa
- Plato
- wrote down Socrates ideas
- Huang Ho
- China's first civilization developed along the _______ ___ river, also known as China's Sorrow
- tyrant
- ruled by 1(like present day dictatorship)
- monsoon
- seasonal winds that cross Southern Asia bringing rain in summer as cooler wet winds come froom the SouthEast picking up moisture from the Indian Ocean and hot dry air from the northeast in winter
- Buddhism
- the second major religion in India, founded by Siddhdartha Guatama- more commonly known as Buddha
- Machu-Picchu
- ancient Inca city ruins discovered in 1911; had massive building stones; Incans retreated here to successfully hide from the Spanish
- Pythagorus
- believed the universe was according to mathematical laws
- Dynastic Cycle
- Regular pattern of rise & fall of Chinese Dynasties
- Mohenjo-Daro
- great city on the Indus River
- Stoicism
- the belief in showing dignity and self-control
- Cordeillera
- the mountain system from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego
- Siddhdartha Guatama
- founder of Buddhism- more commonly known as Buddha
- Epicureanism
- believed in eating, drinking and being merry
- Teotihuacan
- city built by the Aztecs on an island in a lake (site of present day Mexico City), first true city built in the Americas
- Mt. Olympus
- Greeks believed that their gods lived on Mt. Olympus
- The Odyssey
- tells of the adventures of a hero on his way home to Greece after the Trojan War
- acropolis
- high ground where the hilltop fort of the polis was located
- Silent Barter
- process of trade between Carthage and West Africa
- Persian Wars
- the Greek city-states joined together to fight a long string of battles called the...
- Athens
- the center of Greek culture
- Oracles
- Greek priests and priestesses
- democracy
- ruled by many
- Herodotus
- is called the father of history
- Amazon
- largest rain forest in the world. continent of South Africa
- Peloponessian Wars
- Civil wars between Athens and Sparta
- monarchy
- ruled by 1
- Ganges and Indus River Valleys
- India's 2 largest rivers
- Bering Land Bridge
- how Asian people came to the Americas
- Pok-o-Tok
- Olmec religious game played with a rubber ball
- Silk Road
- valuable trade and 4000 mile route between China and India, Persia and Roman Provinces along the Mediterranean became known as the
- Great Wall of China
- the 1500 mile long structure built along china's northern border from the Yellow sea to western frontier of China
- Hellas
- The Greek name for Greece