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1 Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  2 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODES 1-12 THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, T...

1 Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  2 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODES 1-12 THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, TRUE OR FALSE, AND SHORT ANSWER VIDEO NOTES FOR ALL EPISODES OF THE EPIC SERIES MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US. EACH WORKSHEET IS SEGMENTED AND TIME STAMPED, SO EDUCATORS CAN EASILY SHOW A PORTION OF THE VIDEO OR THE ENTIRE THING. THE SET ALSO INLCUDES, IN ORDER, AN ANSWER KEY. SERIES SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour series that tells the story of humanity for a new generation of viewers. At the heart of this series is the story of how humans have used our defining powers to learn, innovate and adapt, from the birth of our planet through today. How did Mankind overcome the possibility of extinction, growing from just a few thousand people to the billions in our world today? The series covers major world history milestones including the Ice Age, the advent of farming, the growth of cities, nations and empires, the rise of trade networks, the Industrial Revolution, major wars, disease and modern medicine, technology, space travel and more. This series provides an exciting new way for students to learn about our world. This series interweaves history with science, allowing students to see how human actions have been shaped by the natural world and the ways humans have harnessed the resources of our planet to achieve progress. Critical turning points and advances are explained through a series of “keys” that humans have used to advance forward. These keys provide a road map for understanding the history of our world, and how we became the people we are today. Highly ambitious in scale and with cutting-edge CGI – this is the story of all of us. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  3 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODE 1: INVENTORS THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES, IN ORDER, A 53-QUESTION FILL-IN-THE- BLANK, TRUE OR FALSE, AND SHORT ANSWER WORKSHEET. THE SET ALSO INLCUDES, IN ORDER, AN ANSWER KEY. EPISODE SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: On an extraordinary planet, an extraordinary species emerges. Liquid water and fire, known to exist only on Earth, allow mankind to thrive. Threatened by extinction, we use our defining powers to innovate. Farming is invented, animals are domesticated, small towns and cities emerge, and networks of trade and communication blossom. The written word enables new advances in technology and engineering, including stunning structures and monuments such as the Pyramids and Stonehenge. Yet disease and warfare also emerge, creating enormous challenges even as the population continues to grow. Keys Include: Fire, Water, Domestication of Animals, Farming, Writing, Trade Terms to define: agriculture, domesticate, entrepreneur, fertile, flourish, olfactory, stereoscopic, dexterous, micro-climate Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  4 Name _________________________________ Date ______________________ # ________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 1: Inventors from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us History Channel episode description: On a unique planet, a unique species takes its first steps: Mankind begins. But it s a world full of danger. Threatened by extinction, we innovate to survive--discovering fire and farming; building cities and pyramids; inventing trade--and mastering the art of war. From humble beginnings, we become the dominant creature on the planet. Now the future belongs to us. Introduction 0:00 1. At the dawn of time the ____________________ explodes into being. With it, every ____________________ in our bodies, countless galaxies, enumerable stars, and around one of them, a blue planet, our ____________________. 2. No other known planet has both an ____________________ and liquid ____________________. The conditions needed for ____________________. 3. How long after the universe begins is mankind born? _____________________________ 4. The Rift Valley of East Africa was a fertile laboratory for what? ____________________________ Bonus: How long would a thousand pounds of meat feed a family of six? __________________________ Fir e 6:00 5. What does mankind invent to be able to compete against the natural predators of Africa? _______________________ 6. Man’s ability to project ____________________, the key to controlling our world. We’ll spend the next hundred millennia perfecting ____________________ that kill at a distance. 7. What is the key to mankind’s survival? _________________________ 8. Better nutrition boosts the human ____________________. Over two million years, it more than ____________________ in size, with trillions of connections. The most ____________________ structure in the universe, letting us ____________________, communicate, and love. 9. True or False. The average life span of a man or woman living in the Rift Valley of East Africa was 30 years. 10. Around ____________________ years ago, a few hundred pioneers wander out of ____________________. The beginning of an extraordinary adventure. 11. Over ____________________ ago, mankind settles the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe. As we spread out, a slight shift in the Earth’s axis away from the sun ____________________ the planet. Average temperatures drop up to ____________________. A third of the planet under ____________________. 12. What do we devise to help keep us alive? _________________________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  5 13. In this frozen world, ____________________ makes a great leap forward. ____________________ turns caves into homes. We sharpen animal bones into the first ____________________, and make tailored ____________________ for the first time. 14. What is the most uniquely human invention? ____________________ 15. What becomes man’s best friend? ____________________ 16. As ____________________ grips the planet, mankind pushes onward. Against all odds we ____________________. Then, the planet starts to warm again. By ____________________ the human population reaches a ____________________. 17. Four hundred generations ago, in the ____________________, a woman whose name we will never know, nurtures into life the ____________________ of humanity. Scientists call her: _____________________________________________. Bonus: How much of the globe does water cover? __________________ Farming / domestication of animals 15:50 18. What idea gives birth to the world we live in today? ______________________________ 19. Now an acre of land can feed a ____________________ times as many people as hunting and gathering. 20. A new crop conquers the globe: ____________________. From a single sixty-pound ____________________, seventy loaves of ____________________. 21. By ____________________ farming reaches Southern England, creating a blue print for the future: ____________________. Mankind’s first settled communities. And a new figure: ____________________ …The first farm ____________________: pigs, sheep, goats, cattle. 22. Taming and ____________________ other animal is they key to the growth of our ____________________. But farming also opens up a new battlefront against mankind’s most enduring enemy: ____________________. Bonus: How tall are the average man and woman around 3,000 B.C.? ______________________________________________________________ 23. Owning land gives birth to what new enemy? _______________________ 24. The birth of ____________________. One in ten skeletons from early farming folk show signs of ____________________. A farmer can expect to die ____________________ years before our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Rise of organized religion 23:15 25. With farming life comes another leap for mankind: new ways of ____________________ and the beginnings of organized ____________________. 26. What was Stonehenge? ___________________________________________________ 27. True or False. Belief in the afterlife inspires some of mankind’s greatest engineering projects. 28. On the banks of the River Nile in ____________________, mankind builds one of the first great civilizations. Its greatest engineering feat: a vast ____________________ tomb for the pharaoh ____________________, god-king of Egypt. The tallest man-made structure for the next Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  6 ____________________ years. ____________________ workers. No ____________________ tools. No wheeled vehicles. Just soft ____________________ chisels and saws. 29. Who was one of the first and greatest engineers in the story of mankind? ____________________ 30. What was they key to most of the achievements of mankind? ____________________ 31. Developed 5,000 years ago in the ____________________, writing is an ____________________ of the human brain. 32. Hemiunu’s vision brings together a ____________________ never seen before. It takes ____________________ years and ____________________ blocks of stone, each weighing more than a pickup truck, lifted ____________________ feet off the ground. Workers organized into ____________________ gangs. 33. In cemeteries around the pyramid, one in five ____________________ of the workers shows evidence of serious ____________________ from accidents. 34. What is deep inside the pyramid? ________________________________ Bonus: What was the pyramid capped with? ____________________ Cities / trade 30:25 35. Across the Middle East, the first ____________________ rise, a revolution in human life. ____________________, today in modern Turkey. The city gives birth to two new keys to human progress: ____________________ and ____________________. A new kind of man: the ____________________. 36. True or False: Imdi Ilum trades in one of the rarest and most valuable materials of his day: iron. 37. ____________________ is the key to a new industry. When added to copper it produces ____________________. Strong, sharp, the metal that changes the face of ____________________ for the next 2,000 years. 38. Who was Imdi’s son? ____________________ 39. What was he bringing from the mountains of Iran and Afghanistan? _________________ 40. Almost 4,000 years ago, traders like Imdi turned ____________________ into something new. They literally make ____________________. Hundreds of Imdi’s ____________________ on clay tablets survive. 41. Trade and industry are forging new ____________________ across the world. Amur ____________________ a valuable cargo through bandit country. 42. True or False. Amur dies at the hands of bandits. 43. Traders spread ____________________ across the world, connecting the Middle East to India, Europe and beyond. But the trade in ____________________, and the struggle to ____________________ it, now lead to the birth of modern ____________________. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  7 Tutmoses iii 36:30 44. Megiddo, in modern day ____________________. April 16, 1457 B.C. Egypt’s new pharaoh, ____________________ III. Young. Ambitious. Untested. Middle eastern warlords have seized ____________________ of the city of ____________________, the key to the trade networks of the ancient world. ____________________ troops. Officers. Regiments. Platoons. A new kind of army. Most are ____________________, farmers called up to arms, but also trained ____________________, fierce Nubian soldiers from modern day Sudan. 45. Why was April 16, 1457 B.C. important? ______________________________________________________________________ 46. What is the top speed of an Egyptian chariot? ______________________ Bonus: In the Bible, what will Megiddo give its name to? ____________________ 47. Mankind’s struggle for ____________________ creates the world’s first great empires. Egypt’s ____________________ Tutmoses III leads an army of 12,000 into battle for ____________________ of the city of Megiddo. 48. Egyptian ____________________ record the turning point: the enemy ____________________ headlong into Mediggo in fear. 49. What do the rebel warlords hand over as hostages? ____________________ 50. Tutmoses III ____________________ the Egyptian empire to its greatest size ever- ____________________ square miles. 51. From a species struggling to survive, mankind has unlocked the ____________________ to controlling our destiny: ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, building ____________________, pioneering ____________________, and the art of ____________________. One man can now control the lives of ____________________. Man with the power of a ____________________. 52. What is the new material that will transform our future? ____________________ 53. Amidst the ____________________ of an unforgiving planet, most species will ____________________. But for one all the pieces will fall into place, and a set of ____________________ will unlock a path for mankind to ____________________. This is ____________________ story. The story of all of ____________________. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  8 ANSWER KEY Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 1: Inventors from The History Channel Series Mankind: the Story of All of Us Introduction 0:00 1. At the dawn of time the universe explodes into being. With it, every atom in our bodies, countless galaxies, enumerable stars, and around one of them, a blue planet, our earth. 2. No other known planet has both an atmosphere and liquid water. The conditions needed for life. 3. How long after the universe begins is mankind born? 13 billion years 4. The Rift Valley of East Africa was a fertile laboratory for what? life Bonus: How long would a thousand pounds of meat feed a family of six? A month Fir e 6:00 5. What does mankind invent to be able to compete against the natural predators of Africa? Tools and weapons 6. Man’s ability to project power, the key to controlling our world. We’ll spend the next hundred millennia perfecting weapons that kill at a distance. 7. What is the key to mankind’s survival? Fire 8. Better nutrition boosts the human brain. Over two million years, it more than doubles in size, with trillions of connections. The most complex structure in the universe, letting us think, communicate, and love. 9. True or False. The average life span of a man or woman living in the Rift Valley of East Africa was 30 years. 10. Around 70,000 years ago, a few hundred pioneers wander out of Africa. The beginning of an extraordinary adventure. 11. Over 50,000 years ago, mankind settles the Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe. As we spread out, a slight shift in the Earth’s axis away from the sun cools the planet. Average temperatures drop up to 14 degrees. A third of the planet under ice. 12. What do we devise to help keep us alive? New technologies 13. In this frozen world, mankind makes a great leap forward. Fire turns caves into homes. We sharpen animal bones into the first needles, and make tailored clothes for the first time. 14. What is the most uniquely human invention? Art 15. What becomes man’s best friend? Wolves 16. As ice grips the planet, mankind pushes onward. Against all odds we flourish. Then, the planet starts to warm again. By 10,000 B.C. the human population reaches a million. 17. Four hundred generations ago, in the Middle East, a woman whose name we will never know, nurtures into life the future of humanity. Scientists call her: Our Farming Mother. Bonus: How much of the globe does water cover? 70% Farming / domestication of animals 15:50 18. What idea gives birth to the world we live in today? Planting seeds / farming Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  9 19. Now an acre of land can feed a hundred times as many people as hunting and gathering. 20. A new crop conquers the globe: wheat. From a single sixty-pound bushel, seventy loaves of bread. 21. By 3,000 B.C. farming reaches Southern England, creating a blue print for the future: the village. Mankind’s first settled communities. And a new figure: the leader…The first farm animals: pigs, sheep, goats, cattle. 22. Taming and breeding other animal is they key to the growth of our population. But farming also opens up a new battlefront against mankind’s most enduring enemy: disease. Bonus: How tall are the average man and woman around 3,000 B.C.? 5 foot three inches for a man, women five feet 23. Owning land gives birth to what new enemy? Each other 24. The birth of warfare. One in ten skeletons from early farming folk show signs of violence. A farmer can expect to die five years before our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Rise of organized religion 23:15 25. With farming life comes another leap for mankind: new ways of mourning and the beginnings of organized religion. 26. What was Stonehenge? A religious monument to those we have lost 27. True or False. Belief in the afterlife inspires some of mankind’s greatest engineering projects. 28. On the banks of the River Nile in Africa, mankind builds one of the first great civilizations. Its greatest engineering feat: a vast pyramid tomb for the pharaoh Khufu, god-king of Egypt. The tallest man-made structure for the next 4,000 years. 35,000 workers. No iron tools. No wheeled vehicles. Just soft copper chisels and saws. 29. Who was one of the first and greatest engineers in the story of mankind? Hemiunu 30. What was they key to most of the achievements of mankind? Writing 31. Developed 5,000 years ago in the Middle East, writing is an extension of the human brain. 32. Hemiunu’s vision brings together a workforce never seen before. It takes twenty years and two-million blocks of stone, each weighing more than a pickup truck, lifted four hundred feet off the ground. Workers organized into competing gangs. 33. In cemeteries around the pyramid, one in five skeletons of the workers shows evidence of serious injury from accidents. 34. What is deep inside the pyramid? A burial chamber for Khufu Bonus: What was the pyramid capped with? Gold 35. Across the Middle East, the first cities rise, a revolution in human life. Kanesh, today in modern Turkey. The city gives birth to two new keys to human progress: trade and industry. A new kind of man: the entrepreneur. Cities / trade 30:25 36. True or False: Imdi Ilum trades in one of the rarest and most valuable materials of his day: iron. (tin) Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  10 37. Tin is the key to a new industry. When added to copper it produces bronze. Strong, sharp, the metal that changes the face of warfare for the next 2,000 years. 38. Who was Imdi’s son? Amur 39. What was he bringing from the mountains of Iran and Afghanistan? tin 40. Almost 4,000 years ago, traders like Imdi turned writing into something new. They literally make history. Hundreds of Imdi’s letters on clay tablets survive. 41. Trade and industry are forging new connections across the world. Amur transports a valuable cargo through bandit country. 42. True or False. Amur dies at the hands of bandits. 43. Traders spread civilization across the world, connecting the Middle East to India, Europe and beyond. But the trade in bronze, and the struggle to control it, now lead to the birth of modern warfare. Bonus: How much of a profit would half-a-ton of tin bring? 100% Tutmoses iii 36:30 44. Megiddo, in modern day Israel. April 16, 1457 B.C. Egypt’s new pharaoh, Tutmoses III. Young. Ambitious. Untested. Middle eastern warlords have seized control of the city of Megiddo, the key to the trade networks of the ancient world. 12,000 troops. Officers. Regiments. Platoons. A new kind of army. Most are conscripts, farmers called up to arms, but also trained professionals, fierce Nubian soldiers from modern day Sudan. 45. Why was April 16, 1457 B.C. important? It was the first recorded battle in the story of mankind 46. What is the top speed of an Egyptian chariot? 25 MPH Bonus: In the Bible, what will Megiddo give its name to? Armageddon 47. Mankind’s struggle for resources creates the world’s first great empires. Egypt’s pharaoh Tutmoses III leads an army of 12,000 into battle for control of the city of Megiddo. 48. Egyptian scribes record the turning point: the enemy fled headlong into Mediggo in fear. 49. What do the rebel warlords hand over as hostages? Their children 50. Tutmoses III expands the Egyptian empire to its greatest size ever- 400,000 square miles. 51. From a species struggling to survive, mankind has unlocked the keys to controlling our destiny: fire, farming, communication, building cities, pioneering trade, and the art of war. One man can now control the lives of millions. Man with the power of a god. 52. What is the new material that will transform our future? Iron 53. Amidst the chaos of an unforgiving planet, most species will fail. But for one all the pieces will fall into place, and a set of keys will unlock a path for mankind to triumph. This is our story. The story of all of us. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  11 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODE 2: IRON MEN THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES, IN ORDER, A 69-QUESTION FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, TRUE OR FALSE, AND SHORT ANSWER WORKSHEET. THE SET ALSO INLCUDES, IN ORDER, AN ANSWER KEY. EPISODE SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: Rogue pirates plunder the Mediterranean coast, signaling on-going conflict between newly emerging societies. But the discovery of iron and its incredible uses helps mankind create new ways of life. Armed with metal tools, humans construct new societies and amazing vessels. Early forms of government, including democracy in Athens, help guide us. Humans develop monotheistic religions including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. People power shapes the world, as warfare continues to divide us. Keys Include: Alphabet, Iron, Democracy, Monotheism, Ship building Terms to define: city-state, coagulate, democracy, progress, magnetic field, nomadic, self-determination, tyranny, phalanx, immortal, cosmopolitan Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  12 Name _________________________________ Date ______________________ # ________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 2: Iron Men from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us History Channel episode description: A mysterious band of pirates plunders the Mediterranean coast--leaving destruction in its wake. Empires fall, but out of the chaos, we discover iron. Armed with this wonder metal, ordinary folk can overthrow tyrants and build a new world order. From the birth of democracy in Athens, to the creation of the Bible in Babylon--people power reshapes Mankind. Sea people 0:00 1. The Nile Delta of Egypt, ____________________ years before Christ. Mankind’s greatest civilizations falling one by one. A new ____________________. Egyptians call them the ____________________. Hungry. Violent. Their origin a ____________________ even today. 2. A thousand years after the age of the pyramids, even mighty ____________________ faces destruction. Around the ____________________, great cities and empires are swept away by peoples on the move. ____________________, the Mycenaeans in Greece, the Hittite empire of Turkey. 3. Chaos rules. Trade dries ____________________. Supplies of bronze, the lifeblood of civilization, dwindle to ____________________. Mankind faces the collapse of thousands of years of ____________________. Discovery of iron 3:55 4. What key to our future do a group of pioneering metal workers uncover on an island in the eastern Mediterranean? ________________________________ 5. What age do we still live in today? ____________________________________ 6. Alashiya, Cypress. An island named after its rich resources of ____________________. But the supply of rare tin to make bronze from copper has ____________________ up. Faced with ruin, metal workers make a ____________________ that will change the future of mankind. 7. What material do the rusty red rocks found all over the island contain? ____________________ 8. Born in the heart of an exploding supernova star, iron forms the earth’s ____________________ core, larger than the moon, hot as the ____________________. Without it, no atmosphere, no magnetic field, no ____________________. The fourth most common ____________________ in the earth’s crust. 9. What super fuel is needed to forge iron? ________________________________ 10. Iron and charcoal ____________________ the surface of the planet. In Europe alone, 70 million acres of trees, an area bigger than ____________________, are felled to feed iron foundries, creating the ____________________ of the world we know today. 11. What does iron usher in? _________________________________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  13 Sparta & Athens 8:15 12. What Greek society is dedicated to war? ____________________________ 13. Their leader: Pausanias. A ____________________ of Sparta, acting Commander-in-Chief. Bearing down on them, the super power of the day, ____________________. Sparta is just ____________________ square miles. The Persian Empire, more than a ____________________. 14. In Sparta, from the age of ____________________, boys are trained as warriors. At ____________________, they join Sparta’s army, the most fearsome, most disciplined ____________________ force on earth. 15. True or False. A Spartan life is a life filled with luxury. 16. Spartans are armed with the best weapons of the day, ____________________ and ____________________ of iron. 17. Within Greece, Sparta’s rival: ____________________. Also small, vulnerable. A city of ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________. 18. The small city-state of ____________________ faces a choice, submit to the Persian Empire or fight for ____________________. An envoy of the Persian emperor Xerxes offers the people of Athens a chance to ____________________ and avoid bloodshed. The cost, their _____________. 19. Who is the ordinary Athenian citizen that will become a military legend? _________________ 20. Political decisions in Athens are made not by ____________________, but by its armed ____________________, men like Sophacles. A new political system, a legacy still shaping civilization today: ____________________. 21. True or False. Women were allowed to vote in Athens. 22. What does a black stone mean? ____________________ 23. What does a white stone mean? ____________________ 24. What is the will of the people? _______________________________________________ 25. August, ____________________, near the coast of Greece. Bitter rivals lay aside their differences to ____________________ their lands against a mighty empire. The Persians: ____________________ conscripted soldiers from across the ancient world. On the other side, ____________________ patriots. 26. The Persian commander, ____________________, believes superior numbers will be the key to an easy Persian ____________________. 27. The future of western civilization is being decided in ____________________. Greek allies have held off a Persian army of 100,000 for more than a ____________________. They are exhausted, outnumbered ____________________. Spartan leader ____________________ and Athenian militiaman, ____________________, prepare to make a last stand. 28. What new tactic do the Greeks unleash? ___________________________________ 29. The phalanx- a human ____________________. The Greeks ____________________ the Persian advance. Soldiers scatter. 30. Pausanias will be remembered as the Spartan commander who ____________________ the war. Sophanes, as the ____________________ of all Athenians. With the help of ____________________ weapons, people power has resisted tyranny. 31. What monument is generated to commemorate the victory? _______________________ 32. How long did it take to build the monument? __________________________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  14 33. A temple to ____________________, goddess of wisdom, will become a ____________________ of democracy. Rise of china 22:20 34. In the ____________________, iron helps city-states fight for ____________________. 5,000 miles to the ____________________, it’s one of the building blocks of the world’s most enduring empire: ____________________. 35. True or False. Shi Huang Di, the first emperor of China, is on a journey to find the secret of eternal life. 36. What was crucial to Shi Huang Di’s success? ______________________________ 37. True or False. Mankind’s industrial future can be traced back to Shi Huang Di’s rule. 38. The liquid iron is cast into ____________________ to produce identical objects, by the thousands. Two hundred years before Christ, the birth of ____________________. A technological revolution driven by one of the greatest game changers: ____________________. 39. What new weapon will transform the way we fight? ___________________________ 40. Bolts with an ____________________ core, fired at a high velocity, nearly a ____________________ mile. Easy to use. With just a few days’ training, foot ____________________ become killing machines. 41. A new ____________________: standardized, ____________________ parts. 42. True or False. American gun makers were some of the first, after the Chinese, to make weapons using standardized mass produced parts. 43. Armed with the ____________________, the armies of the first emperor storm across six warring ____________________. In just ____________________ years he conquers more than a million square miles. ____________________ million people. 44. To ____________________ his new empire, the first emperor begins perhaps the most ambitious ____________________ project in the story of mankind: The Great ____________________ of China. 45. True or False. The Great Wall was designed to hold back the nomadic hordes of Europe. 46. How many years did it take to build The Great Wall of China? ____________________ 47. ____________________ tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him ____________________ are destroying his brain and ____________________. 48. Aged ____________________, Shi Huang Di, China’s first emperor, ____________________. 49. List three things that are buried with the emperor. a. ________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________________________________________ c. ________________________________________________________________ The Phoenicians 33:35 50. While in ____________________ the Age of Iron forges an empire, off the coast of ____________________, a fleet sails on an expedition that launches mankind’s first great age of ____________________. Leading a fleet of 60 ships, ____________________, king of Carthage. He’s on one of the first recorded voyages of ____________________. 51. True or False. Hanno’s people are the Phoenicians, the best shipbuilders in the world. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  15 52. What is a revolutionary invention for shipbuilding that keeps ships stable in the roughest waters? _______________________________________ 53. Hanno has sailed from the Mediterranean into uncharted waters: the ____________________ Ocean. With 30,000 colonists he is looking for new ____________________, new ____________________. 54. The first written description of Mount Cameroon, the largest ____________________ in West ____________________. Recorded using a revolutionary new writing technology: the ____________________. 55. How many letters does the Phoenician alphabet have? ___________________________ 56. True or False. The alphabet is one of the keys to the future of communication. 57. What other extraordinary thing does Hanno encounter? ___________________________ 58. What ____________________ and ____________________ to Lebanon, Tunisia, Cypress, Sicily, and the island of Ibiza. As they expand, so does knowledge of the ____________________. Babylon 39:10 59. What book is created in Babylon using the alphabet? ____________________________ 60. ____________________ in the Middle East, a great city famed for its hanging ____________________. Here, a ____________________ revolution is underway. 61. Across the world, local ____________________ give way to powerful new beliefs, spread by the written ____________________. World faiths still with us today. Hinduism unites much of ____________________. From the foothills of the Himalayas, the words of ____________________ spread out across Asia. And in ____________________, the writings of Confucius will help order the lives of one quarter of the world. 62. In Babylon’s ____________________, a group of exiles use their own alphabet, in the language of ____________________, to write down the history and beliefs of their people. Two generations ago, Babylonia conquered ____________________. Destroyed its temple to the Jewish ____________________ Yahweh, exiled the ____________________ to Babylon. Now captives in a foreign land, the Jews begin what will become the most influential ____________________ in the story of mankind: the ____________________. 63. What revolutionary idea do the Jews create? ___________________________________ 64. But for the ____________________ of Babylon, the word of God is under threat. The city is sieged by the armies of the ____________________ Empire. If it falls, their fragile ____________________ could go up in flames. 65. True or False. Zerubbabel was an exiled prince and descendant of kings Solomon and David. 66. What does Zerubabbel decide to do? _________________________________________ 67. How many families leave with Zerubabbel? ____________________________________ 68. What is the sacred city for Zerubabbel? _______________________________________ 69. Carrying with them words that will become the Old ____________________ of the Bible, the most widely read ____________________ in the world. 6 ____________________ copies printed over the last ____________________ years. 70. ____________________ has opened a new age for mankind, transforming ____________________, forging new ____________________, changing the way we ____________________. Now a new kind of empire will rise: ____________________. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  16 ANSWER KEY Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 2: Iron Men from The History Channel Series Mankind: the Story of All of Us Sea people 0:00 1. The Nile Delta of Egypt, 1200 years before Christ. Mankind’s greatest civilizations falling one by one. A new enemy. Egyptians call them the sea people. Hungry. Violent. Their origin a mystery even today. 2. A thousand years after the age of the pyramids, even mighty Egypt faces destruction. Around the Mediterranean, great cities and empires are swept away by peoples on the move. Troy, the Mycenaeans in Greece, the Hittite empire of Turkey. 3. Chaos rules. Trade dries up. Supplies of bronze, the lifeblood of civilization, dwindle to nothing. Mankind faces the collapse of thousands of years of progress. Discovery of iron 3:55 4. What key to our future do a group of pioneering metal workers uncover on an island in the eastern Mediterranean? iron 5. What age do we still live in today? The Age of Iron 6. Alashiya, Cypress. An island named after its rich resources of copper. But the supply of rare tin to make bronze from copper has dried up. Faced with ruin, metal workers make a discovery that will change the future of mankind. 7. What material do the rusty red rocks found all over the island contain? iron 8. Born in the heart of an exploding supernova star, iron forms the earth’s molten core. Larger than the moon, hot as the sun. Without it, no atmosphere, no magnetic field, no life. The fourth most common mineral in the earth’s crust. 9. What super fuel is needed to forge iron? Charcoal 10. Iron and charcoal transform the surface of the planet. In Europe alone, 70 million acres of trees, an area bigger than Oregon, are felled to feed iron foundries, creating the landscape of the world we know today. 11. What does iron usher in? a new age of warfare Sparta & Athens 8:15 12. What Greek society is dedicated to war? Sparta 13. Their leader: Pausanias. A prince of Sparta, acting Commander-in-Chief. Bearing down on them, the super power of the day, Persia. Sparta is just 3,000 square miles. The Persian Empire, more than a million. 14. In Sparta, from the age of seven, boys are trained as warriors. At eighteen, they join Sparta’s army, the most fearsome, most disciplined fighting force on earth. 15. True or False. A Spartan life is a life filled with luxury. 16. Spartans are armed with the best weapons of the day, spears and swords of iron. 17. Within Greece, Sparta’s rival: Athens. Also small, vulnerable. A city of merchants, playwrights, and farmers. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  17 18. The small city-state of Athens faces a choice, submit to the Persian Empire or fight for freedom. An envoy of the Persian emperor Xerxes offers the people of Athens a chance to surrender and avoid bloodshed. The cost, their freedom. 19. Who is the ordinary Athenian citizen that will become a military legend? Sophanes 20. Political decisions in Athens are made not by kings, but by its armed citizens, men like Sophacles. A new political system, a legacy still shaping civilization today: Democracy. 21. True or False. Women were allowed to vote in Athens. 22. What does a black stone mean? Surrender 23. What does a white stone mean? Fight 24. What is the will of the people? They fight (will never surrender) 25. August, 479 BC, near the coast of Greece. Bitter rivals lay aside their differences to defend their lands against a mighty empire. The Persians: 100,000 conscripted soldiers from across the ancient world. On the other side, Greek patriots. 26. The Persian commander, Mardonnius, believes superior numbers will be the key to an easy Persian victory. 27. The future of western civilization is being decided in Greece. Greek allies have held off a Persian army of 100,000 for more than a week. They are exhausted, outnumbered 3 to 1. Spartan leader Pausanias and Athenian militiaman, Sophanes, prepare to make a last stand. 28. What new tactic do the Greeks unleash? The phalanx 29. The phalanx- a human tank. The Greeks smash the Persian advance. Soldiers scatter. 30. Pausanias will be remembered as the Spartan commander who won the war. Sophanes, as the bravest of all Athenians. With the help of iron weapons, people power has resisted tyranny. 31. What monument is generated to commemorate the victory? The Parthenon 32. How long did it take to build the monument? 15 years 33. A temple to Athena, goddess of wisdom, will become a symbol of democracy. Rise of china 22:20 34. In the west, iron helps city-states fight for freedom. 5,000 miles to the east, it’s one of the building blocks of the world’s most enduring empire: China. 35. True or False. Shi Huang Di, the first emperor of China, is on a journey to find the secret of eternal life. 36. What was crucial to Shi Huang Di’s success? Cast iron 37. True or False. Mankind’s industrial future can be traced back to Shi Huang Di’s rule. 38. The liquid iron is cast into molds to produce identical objects by the thousands. Two hundred years before Christ, the birth of mass production. A technological revolution driven by one of the greatest game changers: war. 39. What new weapon will transform the way we fight? The crossbow 40. Bolts with an iron core, fired at a high velocity, nearly a quarter mile. Easy to use. With just a few days’ training, foot soldiers become killing machines. 41. A new innovation: standardized, interchangeable parts. 42. True or False. American gun makers were some of the first, after the Chinese, to make weapons using standardized mass produced parts. 43. Armed with the crossbow, the armies of the first emperor storm across six warring kingdoms. In just 9 years he conquers more than a million square miles. 27 million people. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  18 44. To defend his new empire, the first emperor begins perhaps the most ambitious engineering project in the story of mankind: The Great Wall of China. 45. True or False. The Great Wall was designed to hold back the nomadic hordes of Europe. 46. How many years did it take to build The Great Wall of China? 1800 47. Mercury tablets prescribed by his doctors to make him immortal are destroying his brain and body. 48. Aged 49, Shi Huang Di, China’s first emperor, dies. 49. List three things that are buried with the emperor. a. the wives who failed to bear him children b. hundreds of craftsmen, buried alive to keep the secrets of his tomb c. the terra cotta army (8,000 terra cotta soldiers) The Phoenicians 33:35 50. While in China the Age of Iron forges an empire, off the coast of Africa, a fleet sails on an expedition that launches mankind’s first great age of exploration. Leading a fleet of 60 ships, Hanno, king of Carthage. He’s on one of the first recorded voyages of discovery. 51. True or False. Hanno’s people are the Phoenicians, the best shipbuilders in the world. 52. What is a revolutionary invention for shipbuilding that keeps ships stable in the roughest waters? The keel 53. Hanno has sailed from the Mediterranean into uncharted waters: the Atlantic Ocean. With 30,000 colonists he is looking for new lands, new opportunities. 54. The first written description of Mount Cameroon, the largest volcano in West Africa. Recorded using a revolutionary new writing technology: the alphabet. 55. How many letters does the Phoenician alphabet have? 22 56. True or False. The alphabet is one of the keys to the future of communication. 57. What other extraordinary thing does Hanno encounter? Gorillas 58. The Phoenicians create colonies across the Mediterranean world, spreading trade and ideas to Lebanon, Tunisia, Cypress, Sicily, and the island of Ibiza. As they expand, so does knowledge of the alphabet. Babylon 39:10 59. What book is created in Babylon using the Phoenician alphabet? The Bible 60. Babylon in the Middle East, a great city famed for its hanging gardens. Here, a spiritual revolution is underway. 61. Across the world, local religions give way to powerful new beliefs, spread by the written word. World faiths still with us today. Hinduism unites much of India. From the foothills of the Himalayas, the words of Buddha spread out across Asia. And in China, the writings of Confucius will help order the lives of one quarter of the world. 62. In Babylon’s libraries, a group of exiles use their own alphabet, in the language of Hebrew, to write down the history and beliefs of their people. Two generations ago, Babylonia conquered Jerusalem. Destroyed its temple to the Jewish god Yahweh, exiled the Jews to Babylon. Now captives in a foreign land, the Jews begin what will become the most influential book in the story of mankind: the Bible. 63. What revolutionary idea do the Jews create? Monotheism Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  19 64. But for the Jews of Babylon, the word of God is under threat. The city is sieged by the armies of the Persian Empire. If it falls, their fragile writings could go up in flames. 65. True or False. Zerubbabel was an exiled prince and descendant of kings Solomon and David. 66. What does Zerubabbel decide to do? Lead the Jews to the promised land 67. How many families leave with Zerubabbel? 100 68. What is the sacred city for Zerubabbel? Jerusalem 69. Carrying with them words that will become the Old Testament of the Bible, the most widely read book in the world. 6 billion copies printed over the last 500 years. 70. Iron has opened a new age for mankind, transforming landscapes, forging new connections, changing the way we think. Now a new kind of empire will rise: Rome. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  20 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODE 3: EMPIRES THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES, IN ORDER, A 66-QUESTION FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, TRUE OR FALSE, AND SHORT ANSWER WORKSHEET. THE SET ALSO INLCUDES, IN ORDER, AN ANSWER KEY. EPISODE SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: Huge engineering projects help spark intricate cities that transform the lives of millions of people. The spread of Christianity and other religions reveals the increasing interconnectedness of mankind. The greatest mega-city on earth, Rome, becomes an engine of expansion while China builds an empire on the other side of the world. A vast network of roads and shipping lanes allows goods and ideas to flow across three continents. Mankind is connected like never before—this is the birth of globalization. Keys Include: Roads, Concrete, Trade, Silk, Communication Terms to define: allegiance, amphibious, conquest, convert, dissident, imperial, merchant, provincial Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  21 Name ________________________________ Date ______________________ # ________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 3: Empires from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us History Channel episode description: Huge engineering projects help spark intricate cities that transform the lives of millions of people. The spread of Christianity and other religions reveals the increasing interconnectedness of mankind. The greatest mega-city on earth, Rome, becomes an engine of expansion while China builds an empire on the other side of the world. A vast network of roads and shipping lanes allows goods and ideas to flow across three continents. Mankind is connected like never before—this is the birth of globalization. Jesus 0:00 1. Jerusalem, _______________. A provincial city under _______________ rule. Occupied for _______________ years. 2. Who is the man who has been sentenced to death? ___________________________ 3. Jerusalem is on the _______________ edge of the Roman Empire. A vast network of _______________ and trade routes. One of the keys to mankind’s progress: _____________________________. Now, an idea born in the Middle East can _______________ around the Roman world. 4. What is the Jewish festival celebrating the exodus from Egypt called? _______________ 5. The followers of Jesus believe he is what? ______________________ 6. Why is he crucified? ________________________________ 7. It can take _______________ days to die on a cross. Blood loss, _______________, dehydration, _______________. 8. True or False. Crucifixions were common in Rome. 9. The followers of Jesus will _______________ his story and use the power of the empire to spread his _______________. Rome 6:15 10. What is the imperial capital? _______________ 11. What creates a food shortage 18 years after the crucifixion? _______________ 12. How much grain does Rome need each year to keep its people from starving? _______________ 13. Rome’s ruler, Emperor _______________. Disabled, insecure, and the most powerful man in the western world. As emperor, Claudius is regarded as a _______________, but he still needs the _______________ of his people to stay in power. 14. What is the best way for an emperor to win over the public? _______________ 15. What was one of the largest engineering projects in the empire? _______________ 16. The aqueduct is powered by _______________. It needs to drop one foot for every _______________. To steep, and the water will _______________. Too shallow, and it will run _______________. 17. What is the secret to Roman construction? _______________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  22 18. The key ingredient of Roman concrete is volcanic _______________. Rome is surrounded by _______________ volcanoes. Today, two-thirds of mankind live in buildings made of _______________. 19. True or False. The aqueduct was cheaper to construct than the Hoover Dam. 20. What is the aqueduct called? _______________________________________ 21. How much water will Rome’s aqueducts deliver a day? _______________ 22. True or False. Rome has a sewage system, a police force, a fire brigade, a postal service, apartment blocks, libraries, temples, and theaters. 23. Most modern cities today are based on a blue print pioneered by whom? _______________ The druids 14:30 24. _______________. An amphibious force 800 miles from Rome. Mankind spreads civilization through _______________. The Romans are heading for Europe’s _______________ frontier. In command, General Suetonius Paulinus. Ruthless, determined, he’s Rome’s _______________. Having crushed an uprising in North _______________ his orders are to do the same in _______________. 25. True or False. British soldiers collect the feet of their enemies. 26. Who leads the British resistance against the Romans? _______________ 27. Druid means “man of _______________.” Roman writers regard them as _______________, and claim they practice human _______________. 28. Rome has its _______________ on Britain’s natural riches, its precious _______________. Deep underground, _______________, vital for aqueducts. Iron, copper and tin for tools and and _______________. Silver to bankroll Roman _______________. 29. How much spending goes on the Roman military? _______________ 30. Each Roman soldier is armed with a _______________, a short sword made from steel designed for close quarter combat. A _______________, a heavy weight javelin, seven feet long with a lethal metal spike. A _______________, used on defense and attack. 31. By the time Paulinus is finished in Britain, his men kill as many as _______________ people. The rebel stronghold, _______________. The _______________, annihilated. 32. What was Rome’s first priority after it defeated British rebels? _______________ 33. Roman roads _______________ Roman towns, and conquered people become _______________ of the empire. Paris, London, Barcelona laid out to the same _______________. Gladiators 22:00 34. What is one of Rome’s most popular exports? _____________________________ 35. There are _______________ arenas across the empire. The largest hold _______________ people. Admission to the games is _______________. Everyone can enjoy the benefits of _______________ civilization. 36. True or False. Most gladiators are slaves who are forced to fight. 37. Rome is at the height of its _______________. Its empire dominates _______________, North Africa, and the Middle _______________. A _______________ of mankind is under Roman rule. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  23 The silk road 25:15 38. What is the Chinese capital? _______________ 39. Roman merchants, 5,000 miles from Rome. They’ve come in search of silk. 40. How do Romans think silk is created? _____________________________ 41. How long has China guarded the secret of how silk is made? ____________________ 42. Emperor Huan. He came to the _______________ at fourteen, and purged his family from the _______________. The most powerful man in the _______________ world. 43. The emperor _______________ the Romans, but doesn’t let on to how silk is _______________. 44. What does silk come from? ______________________ 45. What is the 5,000-mile trade route on which silk is exported from China called? ____________________________________ 46. Trade booms, but also the flow of _______________. Ideas that will _______________ the future of mankind. The spread of Christianity 30:25 47. Who is the most important convert in the story of Christianity? _______________ 48. For _______________ years, Paul travels the Roman empire contacting other _______________. Spreading a message of _______________. 49. Paul writes letters to fellow _______________ around the empire: _______________, Thessalonians, and Corinthians. They make up nearly half of the _________________. 50. How many miles of roads had Rome built by the time Paul sends out his letters? ______________________________________________ 51. How many ports were connected by shipping lanes under Roman rule? _________________ 52. 150 years later, on the outskirts of Carthage, one of the largest _______________ in the Roman Empire, a group of Christians meet in _______________. Private houses double up as _______________. 53. True or False. Under Roman rule, slaves and women had the same rights as land owning males. 54. True or False. Under Roman rule, Christianity is legal and converts like Perpetua had nothing to fear. 55. The empire’s secret _______________:the Frumentarii. They use a network of _______________ to hunt down dissidents. Perpetua is charged with _______________. She is sent to _______________ to await her fate. She keeps a _______________, the earliest words that still survive written by a Christian woman. 56. What is the ultimate test for any believer? ___________________________________ 57. Christians are thrown to wild _______________, or covered in _______________ and burned alive, or _______________. 58. How can Christians save themselves? ______________________________________ 59. What does Perpetua’s courage inspire the Roman guard, Pudens, to do? ____________________________________ 60. What do executed Christians become known as? _____________________________ 61. In 100 years the number of Christians grows from 200,000 to what? _______________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  24 Constantine 42:20 62. The year is _______________. The emperor Constantine is _______________. He makes a decision that will shape the _______________ of the Roman Empire. The most powerful man in the western world is _______________. 63. What is the new Christian Capital? _________________________________________ 64. What is the Church of the Holy Wisdom? ____________________________________ 65. How many Christians are there today? ______________________________________ 66. What is the lasting legacy of the Roman Empire? ______________________________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  25 ANSWER KEY Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 3: Empires from The History Channel Series Mankind: the Story of All of Us Jesus 0:00 1. Jerusalem, 33 AD. A provincial city under Roman rule. Occupied for 100 years. 2. Who is the man who has been sentenced to death? Jesus of Nazareth 3. Jerusalem is on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire. A vast network of roads and trade routes. One of the keys to mankind’s progress: mass communication. Now, an idea born in the Middle East can spread around the Roman world. 4. What is the Jewish festival celebrating the exodus from Egypt called? Passover 5. The followers of Jesus believe he is what? The messiah 6. Why is he crucified? His teachings threaten peace 7. It can take three days to die on a cross. Blood loss, shock, dehydration, suffocation. 8. True or False. Crucifixions were common in Rome. 9. The followers of Jesus will retell his story and use the power of the empire to spread his message. Rome 6:15 10. What is the imperial capital? Rome 11. What creates a food shortage 18 years after the crucifixion? A series of droughts 12. How much grain does Rome need each year to keep its people from starving? 200,000 tons 13. Rome’s ruler, Emperor Claudius. Disabled, insecure, and the most powerful man in the western world. As emperor, Claudius is regarded as a god, but he still needs the support of his people to stay in power. 14. What is the best way for an emperor to win over the public? build 15. What was one of the largest engineering projects in the empire? an aqueduct 16. The aqueduct is powered by gravity. It needs to drop one foot for every 300. To steep, and the water will overflow. Too shallow, and it will run dry. 17. What is the secret to Roman construction? Concrete 18. The key ingredient of Roman concrete is volcanic ash. Rome is surrounded by 50 volcanoes. Today, two-thirds of mankind live in buildings made of concrete. 19. True or False. The aqueduct was cheaper to construct than the Hoover Dam. 20. What is the aqueduct called? Aqua Claudia (the waters of Claudius) 21. How much water will Rome’s aqueducts deliver a day? 250 million 22. True or False. Rome has a sewage system, a police force, a fire brigade, a postal service, apartment blocks, libraries, temples, and theaters. 23. Most modern cities today are based on a blue print pioneered by whom? Rome The druids 14:30 24. 61 AD. An amphibious force 800 miles from Rome. Mankind spreads civilization through conquest. The Romans are heading for Europe’s northwest frontier. In command, General Suetonius Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  26 Paulinus. Ruthless, determined, he’s Rome’s enforcer. Having crushed an uprising in North Africa his orders are to do the same in Britain. 25. True or False. British soldiers collect the feet of their enemies. 26. Who leads the British resistance against the Romans? The Druid priests 27. Druid means “man of oak.” Roman writers regard them as barbarians, and claim they practice human sacrifice. 28. Rome has its eye on Britain’s natural riches, its precious metals. Deep underground, lead, vital for aqueducts. Iron, copper and tin for tools and and weapons. Silver to bankroll Roman armies. 29. How much spending goes on the Roman military? 50% 30. Each Roman soldier is armed with a gladius, a short sword made from steel designed for close quarter combat. A pilum, a heavy weight javelin, seven feet long with a lethal metal spike. A shield, used on defense and attack. 31. By the time Paulinus is finished in Britain, his men kill as many as 80,000 people. The rebel stronghold, destroyed. The Druids, annihilated. 32. What was Rome’s first priority after it defeated British rebels? Build roads 33. Roman roads connect Roman towns, and conquered people become citizens of the empire. Paris, London, Barcelona laid out to the same design. Gladiators 22:00 34. What is one of Rome’s most popular exports? The games (gladiator) 35. There are 400 arenas across the empire. The largest hold 50,000 people. Admission to the games is free. Everyone can enjoy the benefits of Roman civilization. 36. True or False. Most gladiators are slaves who are forced to fight. 37. Rome is at the height of its power. Its empire dominates Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. A fifth of mankind is under Roman rule. The silk road 25:15 38. What is the Chinese capital? Luoyang 39. Roman merchants, 5,000 miles from Rome. They’ve come in search of silk. 40. How do Romans think silk is created? Grows on trees 41. How long has China guarded the secret of how silk is made? 3,000 years 42. Emperor Huan. He came to the throne at fourteen, and purged his family from the court. The most powerful man in the eastern world. 43. The emperor welcomes the Romans, but doesn’t let on to how silk is made. 44. What does silk come from? Silkworms 45. What is the 5,000-mile trade route on which silk is exported from China called? The Silk Road 46. Trade booms, but also the flow of ideas. Ideas that will transform the future of mankind. The spread of Christianity 30:25 47. Who is the most important convert in the story of Christianity? Paul 48. For twenty years, Paul travels the Roman empire contacting other believers. Spreading a message of hope. 49. Paul writes letters to fellow Christians around the empire: Romans, Thessalonians, and Corinthians. They make up nearly half of the New Testament. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  27 50. How many miles of roads had Rome built by the time Paul sends out his letters? A quarter of a million miles 51. How many ports were connected by shipping lanes under Roman rule? 250 52. 150 years later, on the outskirts of Carthage, one of the largest ports in the Roman Empire, a group of Christians meet in secret. Private houses double up as churches. 53. True or False. Under Roman rule, slaves and women had the same rights as land owning males. 54. True or False. Under Roman rule, Christianity is legal and converts like Perpetua had nothing to fear. 55. The empire’s secret police: the Frumentarii. They use a network of informers to hunt down dissidents. Perpetua is charged with treason. She is sent to prison to await her fate. She keeps a diary, the earliest words that still survive written by a Christian woman. 56. What is the ultimate test for any believer? To die for your faith 57. Christians are thrown to wild animals, or covered in tar and burned alive, or beheaded. 58. How can Christians save themselves? Make an offering to a Roman god 59. What does Perpetua’s courage inspire the Roman guard, Pudens, to do? Convert 60. What do executed Christians become known as? Martyrs 61. In 100 years the number of Christians grows from 200,000 to what? 6 million Constantine 42:20 62. The year is 337. The emperor Constantine is dying. He makes a decision that will shape the future of the Roman Empire. The most powerful man in the western world is baptized. 63. What is the new Christian Capital? Constantinople (Istanbul) 64. What is the Church of the Holy Wisdom? The Hagia Sophia 65. How many Christians are there today? 2.2 billion 66. What is the lasting legacy of the Roman Empire? Christianity Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  28 MANKIND: THE STORY OF ALL OF US EPISODE 4: WARRIORS THIS WORKSHEET SET INCLUDES, IN ORDER, A 58-QUESTION FILL-IN-THE-BLANK, TRUE OR FALSE, AND SHORT ANSWER WORKSHEET. THE SET ALSO INLCUDES, IN ORDER, AN ANSWER KEY. EPISODE SUMMARY FROM THE HISTORY CHANNEL: By the 5th century AD the Roman Empire disintegrates, leaving a power vacuum in Europe. Barbarians destroy towns and cities; Europe has entered the Dark Ages. But elsewhere in the world, humans achieve progress. In the Arabian Desert, the discovery of gold helps ignite new innovations in engineering and technology. Vikings open up new links. Mankind continues to clash in wars over religion and territory. Keys Include: Gold, Astronomy, Viking Longship Terms to define: abundant, apocalyptic, ecological, metropolis, remnant, repudiate, revert, stealth, vanguard Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  29 Name ________________________________ Date ______________________ # ________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 4: Warriors from The History Channel Series Mankind: The Story of All of Us History Channel episode description: By the 5th century AD the Roman Empire disintegrates, leaving a power vacuum in Europe. Barbarians destroy towns and cities; Europe has entered the Dark Ages. But elsewhere in the world, humans achieve progress. In the Arabian dessert, the discovery of gold helps ignite new innovations in engineering and technology. Vikings open up new links. Mankind continues to clash in wars over religion. The vandals 0:00 1. Rome, ____________________. At the gates of the Imperial Palace. Gaiseric, know as the ‘____________________,’ chief of the tribe of Germanic warriors: The ____________________. They have crushed Roman armies in North Africa. Now, they are after the riches of ____________________ itself. 2. True or False. The empress of Rome, Licina Eudoxia, is kidnapped by Gaiseric, but the Roman Empire remains fine. 3. True or False. The Vandals are educated and skilled in warfare, not savages. 4. Why is Eudoxia the ultimate prize? _________________________________________ 5. Eudoxia will spend the next ____________________ years at Gaiseric’s side. Her daughter, forced to ____________________ his son. The empress of Rome ____________________ by a barbarian. 6. How many centuries did the Roman Empire last? ____________________ 7. As Rome disintegrates, barbarian ____________________ seize their opportunity. Angles and Saxons push into ____________________. Francs sweep across Gaul, giving their name to modern ____________________. Visigoths seize what is now ____________________. 8. With the collapse of ____________________, Europe reverts to a ____________________ of war, famine, and savagery. 9. True or False. The essentials of Roman life like aqueducts and writing are not forgotten once their empire collapses. 10. With the ____________________ of Rome, Europe will fragment and stay divided for ____________________ years. But two new forces emerge, ____________________ to the story of mankind. From the frozen North: the ____________________. From the sun baked South: the ____________________. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  30 The arabs & the spread of islam 9:20 11. What is buried deep beneath the Arabian Desert? ____________________ 12. What is the religion practiced in this area? ____________________ 13. True or False. The Mahad Al Dahab mine was owned by Al-Hajajj-Al-Bahizi, who was from the same tribe as the Prophet Mohammed. 14. All the gold ever mined comes from outer ____________________, from a time almost four billion years ago, known as the ‘heavy bombardment.’ ____________________ carrying traces of gold rained down on the earth. Fourteen million times rarer than ____________________, all the gold ever mined would fill just ____________________ Olympic swimming pools. 15. A cave-in at a gold mine in the Arabian ____________________. Owner Al-Hajajj-Al-Bahizi risks his life to save his men and his ____________________. This mine alone will produce ____________________ of gold, worth two billion dollars today. 16. What sparks a boom in trade a new chapter for mankind? ____________________ 17. From the trading center of ____________________, a charismatic leader emerges, the Prophet Mohammed, and a new ____________________. In twenty years, ____________________ unites the warring tribes of Arabia. Cordoba 14:30 18. From Mecca, in modern day ____________________, Islam spreads across North Africa and into Europe, dominating lands once controlled by the ____________________. A new civilization reaches into Spain and builds a new city: ____________________. 19. True or False. Abbas Ibn Firnas was an astronomer, engineer, and inventor. 20. What does Ibn Firnas want to do? ____________________ 21. Cordoba is ____________________ to half a million Muslims, Christians, and Jews. In Europe’s Dark Ages, a beacon of tolerance and ____________________. 37 libraries, the knowledge of mankind, much of it ____________________ from ancient Greece and Rome. 22. What math subject did the Arabs create? ____________________ 23. What numbers are still known as Arabic numerals? ____________________ 24. True or False. Ibn Firnas dies attempting to fly. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  31 The Vikings 19:08 25. Fifty years later, two and half thousand miles away, another ____________________ pushing the boundaries of knowledge: Ahmad Ibn Falan. Diplomat, chronicler, devout ____________________. His mission: to seek out new ____________________ routes. In Russia, he makes contact with people who will dominate northern Europe: the ____________________. 26. From their native Scandinavia, these Vikings have journeyed ____________________ miles by sea and river, before settling in western ____________________. This country will be ____________________ after them. The Vikings call themselves the Russ, ‘_________________________________’. 27. What do the Vikings offer Ibn Falan for trade? ____________________ 28. What does Ibn Falan offer the Vikings for trade? ____________________ 29. Ibn Falan arrives in time to see what Viking practice? ____________________ 30. True or False. Valhalla is the legendary Viking resting place of chiefs and warriors. 31. Why did one of the slave girls volunteer to be cremated with dead chief? _____________________________________________________________________ 32. The Viking chief takes his final journey on his prized possession: his ______________. 33. The key to Viking exploration: their ____________________. Built with overlapping ____________________ planks, riveted along the keel, they’re strong but ____________________. Powered by sail and ____________________, some can reach ____________________ knots, a good speed for a modern racing yacht. 34. The Vikings launch ____________________ along the coasts of Britain, Ireland, France, and Spain. 30,000 Vikings settle in ____________________ in 60 years, and they set up colonies in ____________________. 35. Who were the first Europeans to reach North America? _________________________ 36. True or False. The Vikings create great cities throughout Europe and convert to Christianity becoming knights, princes, and Norsemen. 37. Who becomes the famous Norsemen that invades Britain and becomes king of England? _____________________________________________________________ 38. The Vikings will be on the frontline of what clash of civilizations? __________________ Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  32 Easter island 29:25 39. Easter Island in the ____________________ Ocean. Polynesians carve statues from ____________________ with Stone Age tools. Mankind the ____________________. 40. True or False. Hotu Matu’a first led the Polynesians to Easter Island. 41. Without charts or compasses, he has traveled ____________________ miles, to one of the remotest places on ____________________. A volcanic island, half the size of Detroit, in the vast emptiness of the ____________________ Ocean. 42. What is key to crossing the ocean? _________________________________________ 43. On ____________________ Island, entirely alone, they’ll create a unique civilization, surrounded by ____________________ of their ancestral gods. 44. Known as Moai, the tallest is ____________________ feet high and weighs ____________________ tons, as heavy as the space shuttle. 45. The forests provide all the ____________________ the islanders need. Palm trees 80 feet tall become ____________________ and huts, and ____________________, to transport the Moai. To lift them into place, wooden ____________________ and ropes made from ____________________ fiber. 46. How many Moai do the Easter Islanders build to protect their isolated community? ___ 47. What led to the destruction of Easter Island? _____________________________________________________________________ The crusades 36:25 48. Religion…the most potent ____________________ in the story of mankind. It has ____________________ civilizations and ____________________ them. As the Easter Islanders pay homage to their ancestral gods, on the other side of the planet ____________________ warriors destroy those of a different faith. 49. Who are the men attacking Jerusalem and intent on butchery? ___________________ 50. True or False. Tancred de Hauteville was a Christain knight who waged war on Islam. 51. By the end of the ____________________ century, 600 years after the fall of Rome, the two religions are great ____________________. Christianity dominates in the ____________________ and North, Islam in the ____________________ and South. 52. True or False. Determined to curb the advance of Islam, the Pope calls on Christians to take up arms against the holy city of Jerusalem. 53. Jews revere Jerusalem as the ancient ____________________. Muslims know it as Al Quds, ‘The ____________________. From here, the Prophet Mohammed journeyed to ____________________. For Christians, ____________________ was crucified here. 54. What does Pope Urban offer to all those who join the crusades? _____________________________________________________________________ 55. With absolution ____________________, nothing holds back the ____________________. 56. True or False. Tancred decides to kill all of the Muslims instead of ransom them. 57. What did Tancred find had happened to his Muslim followers while he had been praying? ______________________________________________________________ 58. The crusades will continue for ____________________ centuries and cost more than a ____________________ lives. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  33 ANSWER KEY Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episode 4: Warriors from The History Channel Series Mankind: the Story of All of Us The vandals 0:00 1. Rome, 455 AD. At the gates of the Imperial Palace. Gaiseric, know as the ‘Spear King,’ chief of the tribe of Germanic warriors: The Vandals. They have crushed Roman armies in North Africa. Now, they are after the riches of Rome itself. 2. True or False. The empress of Rome, Licina Eudoxia, is kidnapped by Gaiseric, but the Roman Empire remains fine. 3. True or False. The Vandals are educated and skilled in warfare, not savages. 4. Why is Eudoxia the ultimate prize? She will bring him prestige 5. Eudoxia will spend the next seven years at Gaiseric’s side. Her daughter, forced to marry his son. The empress of Rome enslaved by a barbarian. 6. How many centuries did the Roman Empire last? five 7. As Rome disintegrates, barbarian tribes seize their opportunity. Angles and Saxons push into Britain. Francs sweep across Gaul, giving their name to modern France. Visigoths seize what is now Spain. 8. With the collapse of Rome, Europe reverts to a dark age of war, famine, and savagery. 9. True or False. The essentials of Roman life like aqueducts and writing are not forgotten once their empire collapses. 10. With the fall of Rome, Europe will fragment and stay divided for 1500 years. But two new forces emerge, key to the story of mankind. From the frozen North: the Vikings. From the sun baked South: the Arabs. 11. What is buried deep beneath the Arabian Desert? Gold The arabs & the spread of islam 9:20 12. What is the religion practiced in this area? Islam 13. True or False. The Mahad Al Dahab mine was owned by Al-Hajajj-Al-Bahizi, who was from the same tribe as the Prophet Mohammed. 14. All the gold ever mined comes from outer space, from a time almost four billion years ago, known as the ‘heavy bombardment.’ Astroids carrying traces of gold rained down on the earth. Fourteen million times rarer than iron, all the gold ever mined would fill just three Olympic swimming pools. 15. A cave-in at a gold mine in the Arabian Desert. Owner Al-Hajajj-Al-Bahizi risks his life to save his men and his investment. This mine alone will produce 50 tons of gold, worth two billion dollars today. 16. What sparks a boom in trade a new chapter for mankind? A goldrush 17. From the trading center of Mecca, a charismatic leader emerges, the Prophet Mohammed, and a new religion. In twenty years, Islam unites the warring tribes of Arabia. Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12  34 Cordoba 14:30 18. From Mecca, in modern day Saudi Arabia, Islam spreads across North Africa and into Europe, dominating lands once controlled by the Romans. A new civilization reaches into Spain and builds a new city: Cordoba. 19. True or False. Abbas Ibn Firnas was an astronomer, engineer, and inventor. 20. What does Ibn Firnas want to do? Fly 21. Cordoba is home to half a million Muslims, Christians, and Jews. In Europe’s Dark Ages, a beacon of tolerance and learning. 37 libraries, the knowledge of mankind, much of it rescued from ancient Greece and Rome. 22. What math subject did the Arabs create? Algebra 23. What numbers are still known as Arabic numerals? 0-9 24. True or False. Ibn Firnas dies attempting to fly. The Vikings 19:08 25. Fifty years later, two and half thousand miles away, another Arab pushing the boundaries of knowledge: Ahmad Ibn Falan. Diplomat, chronicler, devout Muslim. His mission: to seek out new trade routes. In Russia, he makes contact with people who will dominate northern Europe: the Vikings. 26. From their native Scandinavia, these Vikings have journeyed 1,200 miles by sea and river, before settling in western Russia. This country will be named after them. The Vikings call themselves the Russ, ‘men who row’. 27. What do the Vikings offer Ibn Falan for trade? Fur 28. What does Ibn Falan offer the Vikings for trade? Arabian gold 29. Ibn Falan arrives in time to see what Viking practice? A funeral 30. True or False. Valhalla is the legendary Viking resting place of chiefs and warriors. 31. Why did one of the slave girls volunteer to be cremated with dead chief? So she could enter Valhalla with her master (as his wife) 32. The Viking chief takes his final journey on his prized possession: his longship. 33. The key to Viking exploration: their longships. Built with overlapping oak planks, riveted along the keel, they’re strong but quick. Powered by sail and oars, some can reach 20 knots, a good speed for a modern racing yacht. 34. The Vikings launch raids along the coasts of Britain, Ireland, France, and Spain. 30,000 Vikings settle in Iceland in 60 years, and they set up colonies in Greenland. 35. Who were the first Europeans to reach North America? The Vikings 36. True or False. The Vikings create great cities throughout Europe and convert to Christianity becoming knights, princes, and Norsemen. 37. Who becomes the famous Norsemen that invades Britain and becomes king of England? William the Conqueror 38. The Vikings will be on the frontline of what clash of civilizations? The crusades Mankind: The Story of All of Us Episodes 1-12 Easter island 35 29:25 39. Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. Polynesians carve statues from rock with Stone Age tools. Mankind the builder. 40. True or False. Hotu Matu’a first led the Polynesians to Easter Island. 41. Without charts or compasses, he has traveled 2,500 miles, to one of the remotest places on earth. A volcanic island, half the size of Detroit, in the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean. 42. What is key to crossing the ocean? An instinct for navigation 43. On Easter Island, entirely alone, they’ll create a unique civilization, surrounded by statues of their ancestral gods. 44. Known as Moai, the tallest is 33 feet high and weighs 82 tons, as heavy as the space shuttle. 45. The forests provide all the materials the islanders need. Palm trees 80 feet tall become canoes and huts, and rollers, to transport the Moai. To lift them into place, wooden levers and ropes made from tree fiber. 46. How many Moai do the Easter Islanders build to protect their isolated community? 900 47. What led to the destruction of Easter Island? They cut down all the trees (no more canoes) The crusades 36:25 48. Religion…the most potent force in the story of mankind. It has built civilizations and destroyed them. As the Easter Islanders pay homage to their ancestral gods, on the other side of the planet holy warriors destroy those of a different faith. 49. Who are the men attacking Jerusalem and intent on butchery? The crusaders 50. True or False. Tancred de Hauteville was a Christain knight who waged war on Islam. 51. By the end of the 11th century, 600 years after the fall of Rome, the two religions are great rivals. Christianity dominates in the West and North, Islam in the East and South. 52. True or False. Determined to curb the advance of Islam, the P