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40 Cards in this Set
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What are some aspects of cultures?
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food, language, architecture, art, music, political beliefs, and religion
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what does B.c. stand for?
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b.c. stands for before christ
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what does b.c.e. stand for?
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before common era
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what does a.d. stand for?
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amno domini year of the lord
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what does c.e. stand for?
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common era
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how does the century system work?
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add two zeros and subtract 99 years
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why do laws exsist?
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to protect society
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why do people choose to believe in myth over reason?
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gives a satisfying explanations for the mysteries of life
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what is a pharoh?
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a god decended from a god
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Give an example of egyptian archtiecture that has influenced the u.s.
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king tuts face on the luxor hotel and casino in las vegas, also the eygiptian obelisk for the washington memorial
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what rive and current day country are ascociated with the ancient civilazaition of mesopatamia?
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tigris and eurphates river in iraq
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what is the code a hammurabi?
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mesopatamian laws carved into stone
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how does writtingthe law effect how it is applied?
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so the laws cant be changed for rich or poor pepople
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why do punishment differ in diffrent communites?
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laws refelct community standards , communities differs on aplaction of th law
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in ancient greece what were the war prisioners turned into slaves called?
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helots
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name two groups unable to prticipate im democratice decision
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women and slaves
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what did pericles say about thise who didnot chose to participate to vote?
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they have no place in a democratic soiety
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what do we call a stae of no law?
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anarchy
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what do we call a system of government with a king or queen?
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monarchy
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what is the theory of govenment that says that a monarch recives right to rule?
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the divine rights of kings
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what do we call a system of goverment in which a few people rule?
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oligrachy
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what do we call someone who takes power by overthrowing the old government?
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tyrant
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what title is gived which allows absolute rule?
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dictator
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What is the diffrence between dictator and tyrant?
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dictator is given power and tyrant takes it
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what do we call a government in which free citizens rule themselves?
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democracy
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what is the advantage to a direct democracy?
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takes time and sometimes money but evreyone has a say
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what is the u.s.?
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represenative
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Compare a president and a king
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a king inhariets power and a president is elected to be president
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what was the old term used to describe high ground in ancient greece?
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Acropolis
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what are the advantages in placing a fort in an elevated posistion?
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better sightline and gravity on your side
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how has the parthenon influenced american archituecture?
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the lincoln memorial (columns)
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what did the greeks call thier self governing unit?
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polis - city state
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what did the greeks call a large square surronded by shops?
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Agora
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how have the ancient greeks influence contemporary sports?
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the olympics
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what did the greeks call some who predicted the future with psychic means?
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the oracle
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what is the diffrence between montheism and polytheism?
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monotheism is the belief in one god
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how did the men prepare for after life?
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his own free will, he had to chose between good and evil
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what country was the home of the persian empire?
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iran
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what is the name of the persian king who defeated the spartans?
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Darius I
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who took over for darius I?
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xerxes
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