Medieval World & Beyond: The World in 300 C.E. notes review)

Historians use _________ to identify patterns in history.

• computers

• • themes

• paintings

• diets

Which of the following is NOT a theme of world history?

• Belief Systems

• Human-Environment Interactions

• Food and Celebrations

• Rise of Empires

A __________________ is a specific place where people from different cultures meet and exchange products, ideas, and technologies.

• • pastoral nomad

  
  

• site of encounter

• gender role

• empire

Where did the Maya thrive?

• South America

• Mesoamerica

• South Africa

• Afroeurasia

____________ spread along the Silk Road.

• Goods

• Ideas

• Religions

• all of these

The ____ ____ connected many empires within Afroeurasia by allowing them to trade products, ideas, and new religious ideas. *look at your notes; be sure to spell your answer correctly

What is an empire?

• customs relating to the position of men and women in society

• family relationship, either by birth, marriage, or adoption

• a person who migrates and depends on the livestock they raise

• a large territory controlled by a single ruler or state

Which of the following would a topic covered by the theme Human-Environment Interaction?

*remember, Human-Environment Interaction involves people and how they survive, grow, and use the environment

and geography they have built settlements.

• disease

• migration

• population growth

• all of these

What are things that happened at sites of encounter?

• People from different cultures met, ideas were exchanged, and technologies were shared.

• People didn't know about personal hygiene, so diseases were spread.

• All of these.

• People from different trades got together and decided to create a franchise chain of restaurants.

Located in central Mexico, _________________ was the largest city in the world around 300 C.E.

*HINT: the Maya were NOT located in what is now Central Mexico. USE YOUR NOTES

• Cairo

• Afroeurasia

• Rome

• Teotihuacán