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32 Cards in this Set
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Hatshepsut
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Woman Pharaoh - Expanded trade with an expedition to Punt
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Hammurabi
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King of Babylon - known for his Code of Law
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Tutankhamun
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Ruled Egypt as a wealthy young Pharaoh
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Moses
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Led the Israelite captives
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Menes
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Unified Egypt and became first Pharaoh
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Primary Source
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A first hand account by the person who experienced it
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Secondary
Source |
A biography, textbook,
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Oral Tradition
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Stories passed down from one person to another
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Artifact
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An object made by a civilization and found at an old or ancient site
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Surplus
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An extra supply of something
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Ziggurats
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A temple pyramid of the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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Islam
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Followers are called Muslims
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Mali
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Wealthy west African Empire; became wealthy by trading gold
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Egypt
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One of the earliest known civilizations in northeast Africa south of the Mediterranean Sea
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Mesopotamia
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An ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; currently Iraq
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Great Zimbabwe
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An ancient South African civilization that left no written documents or oral traditions
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Latitude
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Distances north and south of the equator
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Longitude
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Distances East and West of the Prime Meridian
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Scale
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A unit of measure on a map used to represent distance on the Earth
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Legend or Key
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Explains table of symbols used on a map or chart
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Distribution Map
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Shows how a particular feature is spread over a geographical area
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Population
Density |
Number of people living in any given space or geographic region
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Judaism
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Believe in one God. The cultural, religious, social practices and beliefs of the Jewish.
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Rosetta Stone
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Artifact that helped historians unlock hieroglyphs
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Ten
Commandments |
According to the Bible, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments
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Hammurabi's Code of Laws
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The world's oldest written code of Laws - Was written by Hammurabi
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Ghana
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A major African empire in the 700's - located at the southwestern edge of the Sahara desert; who traded gold
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Regions
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Geological areas that have the same types of features different than any others: Physical, Cultural or Climate
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Five Pillars of Islam
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Belief in One god, Muslims pray five times each day, Give to those in need, Fast during month of Ramadan, and Visit Mecca at least once
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Ways
Archeologists and Historians unlock the past |
They look at: Primary and Secondary sources; Artifacts and evidence. They ask questions using 5 W's & how. They make Hypotheses, decisions and use cause and effect.
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