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19 Cards in this Set
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Why is written language important? |
1) allows communication between societies 2) trade 3) helped improve societies (records) 4) scholars may understand the past |
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What does Mesopotamia mean? |
Between 2 rivers |
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What is a city-state? |
A city that functions as an independent country |
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What is the term for a series of rulers, all from the same family? |
A dynasty |
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Why was Egypt a theocracy |
It was ruled by a pharaoh which is considered a god-king |
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Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids? What purpose did they serve? |
Tombs were used as resting place for pharaohs |
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Why was it important for laws to be written down? |
Solidified laws that wouldn't change and prevented conflicts |
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What is cultural diffusion? |
The process of a new idea of a product spreading from one culture to another |
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Which groups made up the top social classes in the ancient world? |
Priests and nobles |
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Describe the difference between monotheism and polytheism |
Monotheism - worshiped one god Polytheism - worshiped many gods |
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Describe the written languages of Sumer and Egypt |
Pictographic/ hieroglyphics that combined logographic and alphabetic symbols |
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What is the Mandate of Heaven? |
Royal authority that came from heaven that gave a just ruler divine approval |
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What is the difference between the Zhou and Shang Dynasty? |
Shang - encouraged arts and humanities, ruled with a system central government, focused on military and combat training, used sacfrices to try and win gods over
Zhou- encouraged sciences , established feudal states(local rulers), focused on the success of their people, believed that doing good and successful pleased gods MANDATE OF HEAVEN |
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What were the causes and effects of the Bantu Migration? |
Causes: population increase, moved south to avoid Sahara Desert, needed more land for farming Effects: interacted with other cultures, spread culture, language and technology, unified Africa, Intermarriage, exchanged cultural ideas |
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Which dynasty standardized weights, measures, writing, law and money? |
Qin Dynasty |
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What were the innovations of the Olmec and Chavin? |
Developed system of writing, calendar and ways to use metal in tools and weapons |
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Where were the Olmec and Chavin located? |
Olmec (Mexico) Chavin (the Andres) |
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How were the economies of the Chavin and Olmec? |
Agricultural based |
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What did the Chavin use for transportation? |
Llamas |
