Exam 4: New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Identify the following term(s). -loess

Identify the following term(s). -Scythians

Confucius' writings were handed down orally for several generations before it was compiled in written form as:

Travel along the Nile River between Egypt and Nubia was interrupted by a series of

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.3 and describe the influence that deserts, river valleys, and mountainous terrain had on the migration patterns of the nomads.

Two indigenous Chinese philosophies that emerged from the Warring States Period are

Mengzi's belief in human nature was that people

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.2 and compare the distribution of settled territory in proximity to the Nile in Egypt and in Nubia. What accounts for the differences in population distribution?

Why was the Nubian offer to aid Palestine a mistake?

The dominant people in the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written records (ca. 1766-1045 B.C.E.) were the

Identify the following term(s). -Nubia

Celtic is a member of which language group?

Significant insight into the lives, activities, and feelings of early Chinese people of the Zhou period is available to scholars because of:

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.4 and explain why the Celtic people had a different cultural identity and way of life than Mediterranean Europeans. Did this way of life affect their urban development?

Refer to Map (in the textbook) 4.3 and describe the geographical features of the Steppe Nomads. Which topographical features provided obstacles and which ones provided pastoral opportunities?

Loess was

Identify the following term(s). -yin/yang

By 300 B.C.E., Celtic people were found in what regions?

Identify the following term(s). -Meroë

Which of the following were part of Celtic society?