9th grade

Question 1

paleolithic era

Answer 1

• old stone age

- nomadic hunting a gathering bands of 20-30 people

Question 2

Neolithic era

Answer 2

• new stone age
• settled societies
• farming and domestication

Question 3

nomadic pastorialism

Answer 3

-live stock herded to find fresh pastures to graze

Question 4

ethnocentrisim

Answer 4

-your culture is superior to rest

Question 5

cultural diffusion

Answer 5

-spread of culture through trading and travel

Question 6

specialization of labor

Answer 6

people assigned certain tasks so jobs can be done faster

Question 7

fertile crescent

Answer 7

• fertile soil

- from nile to tigris and euphrates

Question 8

gilgamesh

Answer 8

• legendary Sumerian king

- hero of Sumerian and babylonic epics

Question 9

Hammurabi’s code

Answer 9

• 1st laws written down

- weren’t all created by him, just written down

Question 10

hieroglyphics

Answer 10

-Egyptian writing of symbols

Question 11

Persian wars

Answer 11

• greek city states against Persia
• greeks won
• delian league formed to prevent future threat

Question 12

peloponneasian war

Answer 12

• Sparta vs Athens
• Sparta wins
• Athens weakened bc pericles let a lot of people into the city→disease→helped Sparta win

Question 13

heelenistic culture

Answer 13

Persian, Egyptian, greek, and roman

Question 14

homer

Answer 14

iliad and odyssey

Question 15

plato

Answer 15

• greek philosopher

- proposed idea of gov. where philosophers ruled

Question 16

aristotle

Answer 16

• greek philosopher

- tought alexander the great