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32 Cards in this Set
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Geography
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Show connections between people and places
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Peninsula
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Italy, India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia
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Moonsoons
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Seasonal Winds
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Mountains
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Found on a physical map
Protect China- found in Western region/ separates India from China (Himalaya) Separate Europe from Asia ●Andes Mountains=South America ●Himalaya Mountains=Separates India/China |
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Japan
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Limited resources, volcanoes, people live near coastal plains; location= borrowing from China
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culture diffusion
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Arabs using the Indian concept of zero
Chinese porcelain found at Zimbabwe dig |
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Bantu
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1. Slash and burn=Subsistence farming/traditional economy/barter
2.Move for farmland |
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Water's role in belief systems
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River is sacred to Hindus, Shinto shrines are near lakes, for baptisms
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Economists study
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Exchange of goods=Trade=how people change resources into goods
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Supply&Demand
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Adam Smith; Wealth of Nations
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Command economy
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Government controls means of production
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Totalitarian
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one-party role, censorship&use of terror
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Democracy
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People are source of power
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Hierarchical Social Classes
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Egypt/Mayan
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Ethnocentrism
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one culture is superior to another
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Polytheism
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Belief in many gods
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Quran/Koran
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Essential text of Islam
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Great Rift Valley
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Place where earliest humans dveloped ; natural boundary
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Relics=Artifacts
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Man made objects
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Archaeologists
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Studies artifacts; Rosetta Stone
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Epic of Gilgamesh, Odyssey
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Literature that gives historians information about early civilization
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Primary source
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Personal correspondence/ filming of
liberation of Nazi camps |
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Characteristics of civilizations
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Cities, writing systems, job specialization, &complex government
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Neolithic Revolution
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1.Domestication of plants/animals
2.Surplus of food 3.Job specialization 4.Complex cities ● Results of Neolithic Revolution: permanent settlements, civilization develops ● Turning point in history= domestication of plants and animals ●Impacts=diet and shelter |
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Ancient River Valley civilizations
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Use irrigation systems
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Mandate of Heaven
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Develops in ancient China
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River Valleys
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Effect Egyptian and Babylonian Civilizations
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Indus&Huang He
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Cradles of civilization
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Feudalism
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land is exchanged for military service
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Legal standards
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Code of Hammurabi, Twelve Tables, Justinian Code
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Code of Hammurabi
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Harsh laws control society
distinguishes between social classes |
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Egypt and Sumer
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both have written languages
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