APWH Foundations Review

What is a geographic advantage shared by Egypt and Mesopotamia?

• access to iron

• proximity to deserts

• access to water

• natural barriers

Goal of building pyramids

• grain storage

• farming irrigation

• employment for farmers

• demonstrates power of pharaoh

What religion believes in the importance of Yin and Yang

• Buddhism

• Legalism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

Ziggurats were used for

• gardens

• granary

• observatory

• worship place

What geographic reason explains Mesopotamian's outlook on life compared to Egyptians.

• Meso had few natural resources compared to Egypt

• Meso's climate was more arid compared to Egypt

• Meso's rivers flooded unpredictably compared to Egypt

• Meso's geography was more mountainous compared to Egypt

What political theory used by the Zhou justified the overthrow of the Shang?

• Shamanism

• Mandate of Heaven

• Oracle Bones

• Ancestor veneration

What were belief systems originally used for?

• ruler succession

• planting routines

• educate women

• maintain social order

Trade in the Classical Era:

• limited to within civilizations

• changed societies with intro to new goods and ideas

• attitudes toward trade were all negative

• merchants were protected by governments

The spread of new religions in the classical era:

• social elites tired to stop the spread of new religions

• supported from marginalized social groups

• took ideas from one another

• missionaries spread teachings from founder

Olmec developments improved by the Mayans

• weapons and tactics

• math and astronomy

• irrigation and farming

• administrative techniques