Crash Course Questions
To 600 BCE
Crash Course Neolithic Revolution Questions #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I
How did humans live 15,000 years ago?
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Why did people live near the shore?
Where did the cultivation of agriculture first arise?
What are the advantages of having a reliable food supply?
What are the disadvantages?
What labor system tends to be associated with agricultural societies?
Why do herders tend to move around a lot?
What was the only domesticated animal in the Americas?
What does the definition of "savage" tend to be?
What are some of the bad things associated with agriculture?
Crash Course Indus Valley #2
(Watch minutes 1-6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7ndRwqJYDM
What is the problem with the term civilization?
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What are the symptoms of civilization?
Where were the civilizations located 5,000 years ago?
Where was the Indus Valley located?
Who did the people of the Indus Valley trade with?
Why does everything we know about the Indus Valley come from archaeology?
What are the best known cities in the Indus Valley?
What were the largest buildings in the Indus Valley
Crash Course Mesopotamia #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sohXPx_XZ6Y
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What did Mesopotamia help create?
What does "Meso" mean?
What is one of the oldest forms of literature?
What were the temples in Mesopotamia called?
Describe Mesopotamian Gods.
Describe the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What role did the kings take on?
What is the name of Mesopotamian writing?
What does writing equal?
How did the Mesopotamians acquire resources?
Who was the king of Babylon? What was he famous for?
What did the Assyrians give us?
Crash Course Egypt #4
(Watch minutes 1-6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Wvw6BivVI
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What shaped the world view of the Egyptians?
Describe the Nile.
Where did Egyptian communities exist?
What were Egyptians buried with? Why?
How was the king expected to act?
What do the pyramids represent?
Who built the pyramids?
What type of writing do Egyptians have?
Crash Course #7 China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylWORyToTo4
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Why was China considered the first modern state?
How long did it last?
How is Chinese history divided?
What makes a dynasty a dynasty?
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What generally ends a dynasty?
What was the first Chinese dynasty?
Which dynasty ended the warring states period and reunified China?
Which Chinese dynasty were actually Mongols?
Which dynasty made the Great Wall and made amazing vases?
Which was the last Chinese dynasty?
In what year did the Chinese dynastic system end?
Which dynasty does the Mandate of Heaven come from? Why did they invent it?
How long did the dynastic Mandate of Heaven cycle last?
Which dynasty gave China its name?
What was the accomplishment of the Qin?
Which Chinese philosophy did the Han rule by?
What did Confucius hope his teachings would create?
Who was the model according to Confucius?
How should people live their lives according to Confucius?
What is the most important relationship in Confucianism?
What is the term for the son treating his father with reverential respect?
What does Ren mean?
What does Li mean?
How should good emperors behave? How did an emperor retain the Mandate of Heaven?