Transcript Higher Standards Daily Facts Weeks 15 -21

Higher Standards Daily Facts
Weeks 14 -21
Week 14
• The Neolithic Revolution refers to a time when
early humans developed agriculture.
• The Athenians valued the arts and philosophy.
• The works of Medieval scholars led to the
development of universities.
• Chinese contributions include: porcelain, silks,
and woodblock printing.
• Humanism influenced Renaissance painters to
create realistic scenes, images, and human
figures.
• The lifestyles of Native Americans were
changed with the introduction of horses and
cattle.
Week 15
• Mesopotamia was a frequent target for
invaders due to its geographic surroundings.
• Rome had a republic which means it had a
leader and a law making body.
• Once the Bible was printed in Latin, people
learned how to read.
• The Incan system of roads was designed for
communication and movement of the army.
• William Shakespeare wrote Macbeth and
Romeo and Juliet.
• The Dutch came to the Caribbean in search of
the Sugar Cane.
Week 16
• The Plateau of Tibet helps isolate China to the
South.
• Western Civilizations adopted the Roman
theory that all citizens would be equal before
the law.
• The church during the Middle Ages dominated
the lives of the people.
• Muslim contributions include advances in
science and medicine.
• Martin Luther was a German monk who
started the Protestant movement.
• Prince Henry the Navigator encourage
explorers to sail along Africa’s coast and
capture Africans to be traded as slaves.
Week 17
• The annual flooding of the Nile helped create
rich topsoil in Egypt.
• Roman contributions to engineering include
aqueducts, paved roads, and the Colosseum.
• The Black Death of the 14th century left
dramatic shortages of laborers and people
throughout Europe.
• Mali, under Mansa Musa’s rule, entered a
Golden Age influenced by Islam.
• The printing press helped improve the growth
of the literacy rates.
• The Aztecs made sacrifices to the sun god.
Week 18
• The Huang He civilization developed without
contact with other civilizations.
• The Pax Romana means 200 years of peace.
• The Black Death ended feudalism.
• China influenced Japan’s literature.
• Gutenberg invented the printing press.
• The Incas dug terraces into the mountainside
to make more farmland.
Week 19
• People of the Indus River Valley made their
houses with mud-brick because the monsoon
season left them with a lot of mud.
• The Romans invented cement.
• Merchants and pilgrims were closely
associated with the spread of the Black Death.
• Japanese culture was unique because Japan is
isolated by the sea.
• Martin Luther started the Reformation which
led to the Protestant Movement.
• Constantinople became the capital of the
Byzantine Empire because it was a crossroad
of trade between Europe and Asia.
Week 20
• Civilization emerged in Mesopotamia and
Egypt because of the fertile soil.
• Rome fought with Carthage for control of the
Mediterranean.
• Rodents with infected fleas help spread the
Black Death.
• The Japanese religion of Shinto worships
ancestors and spirits in nature.
• The Reformation helped new Christian
denominations emerge.
• The Byzantine Empire helped establish
Orthodox Christianity in Russia.