Ch.1
" For most of our history we supported ourselves by hunting and gathering...."
A. Identify one argument the author is making
B. Identify and explain one piece of evidence that supports the author's argument
C. Identify and explain one piece of eviden
A. The main argument is that the lives of primitive people were better off than those of agricultural people.
B. Hunters and gatherers had a broad-spectrum diet that allowed them to eat more things as opposed to agricultural people whose diets became limi
ch.2
" women and men entered the historical process under different conditions..."
A. Provide two pieces of evidence from ancient civilizations that support this claim and how each piece supports the claim.
B. Provide one piece of evidence from ancient ci
A. In Sumer, only the upper class women experienced some sort of freedom. Also, only boys were able to attend school and arrange marriages. This shows the neglect of a woman's thoughts and worth compared to that of a man's.
B. in Egypt, however, women exp
ch.3
A. Explain one cause of the Persian Wars.
B. Explain one effect of the Persian Wars.
C. Explain one effect of the Peloponnesian Wars
A. The main cause of the Persian Wars was the clash between the Persian empire that had expanded west and Greece that had expanded east.
B. The Persian Wars led to the decline of the Persian empire which had duffered from the extreme cost of war.
C. The P
ch.4
a. Explain one similarity between Roman law as identified above and Hammurabi's code.
b. Briefly explain one way the contents of the above passages demonstrate Roman society as patriarchal.
c. Identify and exlain one example of how Roman women gained
a. Roman law and Hammurabi's code were similar in that they dealt with topics such as property rights, marriage, and various crimes.
B. The first documents explain how a man's punishment for adultery was public shame, however, the same crime for a woman r
ch.5
a. identify and provide evidence of one similarity in the role that Confucianism had in China with the role Hinduism had in India on the political structure during the classical period.
b. Identify and provide evidence of one similarity of the social
A. one similarity in the role of Confucianism in china and Hinduism in India is that both served as the major religion and influenced the political structures of those areas. In China, Confucianism set the rules for emperors and in India it provided legit
Ch.6
a. Identify and explain one similarity in Mayan civilization and the Greek civilization based on the passage above.
b. Identify and briefly explain two similarities between the Mayan civilization and the Greek civilization not identified in the passa
A. Maya and Greek civilization were similar in that both were divided into fractious communities that rivaled one another. Basically, they were city-states.
B. 2 similarities between Mayan and Greek civilizations were that both were polytheistic and both
ch.7
" some eighteenth-century European historians consdered Byzantine civilization merely an unoriginal and degenerate fossilfication of late antiquity, but nothing could be further from the truth."
a. identify and explain two historical examples that wo
A. Instead of being a republic, Byzantine was a theocracy. Also unlike earlier Roman civilization, Byzantine was largely Christian, a monotheistic religion not polytheistic; it spread its religion through missionaries.
B. Byzantine is a continuation of th
ch.8
(picture)
a. identify and explain one aspect that reflects the culture in the islamic world during the abbasid era.
b. identify and explain one effect of the influence of Persia on Islamic culture.
c. Identify and explain one reason of the success of
A. The Abbasid Empire existed during the golden age of Islamic learning. The picture depicts students in a place of knowledge, showing the emphasis of learning at the time.
B.Persia influenced Islamic culture by providing the basis of Sufiism. The Persian
ch.9
a. identify and explain one economic impact Islamic traders had on Sub-Saharan Africa.
b. identify and explain one cultural influence Islamic traders had on Sub-Shahran Africa.
c. Identify and explain one instance where local Sub-Sharan cultures resi
A. Islamic traders introduced camels into the transsaharan trading network, allowing for more trade between West Africa and foreign lands.
B. Islamic traders introduced the Arabic languae into Sub-Saharan Africa. There the language mixed with traditional
ch.10
a. Identify two effects of the spread of Buddhism in China.
b. Identify and explain one effect on Buddhism from contact with Chinese culture.
A. Because of religious syncretism, Buddhist monasteries rose in many places in China and took away from the taxes the Confucian bureaucracy would gain. Also, it became so prominent that during the Tang dynasty, Tang officials ordered the closure and seiz
ch.11
a. Explain why many Buddhist in the post-classical south asian world converted to Islam.
b. Idnetify and explain why many post classical Hindus in SOuth Asia resisted conversion to Islam.
A. Buddhist in the Post Classical Era converted to Islam because of the increased corruption among monks and the raids of monasteries by early Muslim Conquerers.
B. With the increased presence of Sufiism, Hindus began more actively seeking out a cocnnecti
ch.12
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ch.13
a. identify and explain two reasons why mongol nobles would accept a woman's leadership.
b. Identify and explain one difference in status of women in the Islamic world and the status of women in Mongol culture.
A. Mongol nobles would accept the leadership of a woman if the eldest son was away and the ruler had died, or if a khan was waiting to be appointed but had not been yet.
B. Mongol women lived more independent lives than those of their tiem. For example, M
ch.14
a. identify and explain one method Aztecs used to keep their subjects under control.
b. identify and explain 2 reasons why people subordinate to the Aztecs were ready t rebel when the Europeans arrived.
A. One method Aztecs used to keep subects under their control was the constant threat of becoming a human sacrifice at a religious ceremony.
B. 2 reasons why subordinate people were ready to rebel was because of the increased extraction of tribute from pe