to rule b. The Enlightenment challenged this right‚ made the monarch responsible to the people c. John Locke’s theory of contractual government: authority comes from the consent of the governed 2. Freedom and equality: important values of the Enlightenment d. Demands for freedom of worship and freedom of expression e. Demands for political and legal equality (a) Condemned legal and social privileges of aristocrats (b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Unit One 1. Consequences of the Neolithic Revolution didn’t include * End of hunting-gathering societies 2. Most scholars believe that‚ during the Paleolithic Age‚ social organization was characterized by * A rough social equality 3. The earliest metal worked systemically by humans are * Copper 4. The spread of the Bantu-speaking peoples over southern Africa can be best explained by their * Knowledge of agriculture 5. Characteristics of complex civilizations
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1. Hinduism- Caste System‚ Enlightenment‚ no holy book‚ no single founder‚ India‚ polytheistic‚ Buddhism- India‚ no caste system‚ egalitarian‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ missionaries‚ Nirvana‚ Eight fold path‚ four noble truths‚ Enlightenment Christianity-Monotheistic‚ Jesus‚ Bible‚ Jerusalem‚ Missionaries‚ Heaven and Hell 2. Domestication of Animals‚ Complex societies‚ Specialization‚ Cities‚ Government‚ Religion‚ Record Keeping‚ Social Classes‚ Technology 3. Located near rivers‚ Agriculture‚ irrigation
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form irrigation systems so they could grow their own food and make a profit from it. Water and the rivers were also a means of traveling. If it were not for the water source close to both civilizations they would not have been able to get around the world for trade. When I tried to look for characteristics that are critical for a society to become a civilization this website: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_characteristics_are_critical_for_society_to_become_civilizations this website gave the simple
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AP World History Notes Ch 6 Early Americas & Oceania August 4‚ 2004 The cultures of the Americas and Oceania developed in relative isolation to the other early complex societies. Nevertheless‚ they too developed an agricultural base sufficient to support growing populations‚ specialized labor‚ political institutions‚ diverse societies‚ and long-distance trading networks. Less is known of these cultures than those in other parts of the world primarily because either writing systems did not develop
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AP World History-Lakeside High School 2013-2014 Welcome to Advanced Placement World History! You have chosen to join in the AP program that over 14‚000 high schools participate in and over 4‚000 colleges accept AP credit for. Colleges look for students who challenge themselves in a high school environment with the rigor AP courses entail. We have thirty-three chapters to cover in approximately 34 weeks‚ as well as focusing on key concepts‚ content‚ and skills‚ which will be crucial to master
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millet‚ pigs c. An environmental mosaic Rome: Alps‚ Mediterranean Sea‚ forests‚ Tiber and other rivers‚ hills Han: Tianshan mountains‚ Yellow and Yangtze Rivers‚ loess soil‚ Pacific Ocean. d. Several small states with no clearly dominant state (power vacuum) Rome and other city-states on Italian peninsula; surrounding states in Mediterranean (Greek states‚ Egypt‚ Judea‚ Syria‚ Cyprus‚ Gaul‚ Romania‚ Spain‚ Sicily‚ Sardinia‚ Carthage‚ etc.) Han: Qin broke into smaller states e. Mutual antagonisms
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ideas‚ cultures‚ and values among the peoples they conquered. • All empires sought to foster an imperial identity that transcended more local identities and loyalties. • All empires ultimately collapsed. 2. In what ways did these empires differ from one another? What accounts for those differences? • Some empires sought to rule through local elites; other empires sought to rule with a more centralized power structure. • Some empires were new; others drew on older traditions. • Some empires lasted
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#8—Crash Course World History Alexander the Great 1. Alexander of Macedon‚ born in 356 BCE‚ died in 323 BCE at the ripe old age of _32_____. 2. Alexander was the son of King __phillip________ II‚ and when just 13 years old he tamed a horse no one else could ride named Bucephalus‚ which impressed his father so much he said: “Oh thy son‚ look thee at a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself‚ for Macedonia is too little for thee.” 3. Let’s to look at Alexander of Macedon’s story by examining
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 Payne 1 Max Payne AP English 11 Ms. Paul 13 November 2012 The Rise and Fall It is November 9‚ the Year of Our Lord 1799‚ and a battered French army begins the arduous climb up the Alps‚ just as a light snow begins to gently fall‚ a precursor of the hardship and bone chilling temperatures to come. They are led by the newly crowned consulate and France’s savior‚ Napoleon Bonaparte. There is a fear that Genoa may fall to Austrians. This fateful journey was captured in a painting by artist‚
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