Social Studies Exam Review 2007

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events that happened in the past

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history

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geography

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the study of people, enviroment, and resources for them

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Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)

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nomads/hunters always moving and looking for food

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Neolithic (New stone age)

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change from hunting and moving around to settling and gathering/farming food

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cultural diffusion

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the spread of ideas, customs, and technology from one person to another

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someone who studies ways of life of early people by examining their physical remains

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archaeologist

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where did the first cities emerge?

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river valleys (fertile land)

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code of laws to unite Babylon (1st major collection of laws)

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Hammurabi's Code of Law

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first form of picture writing

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hieroglyphics

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linked China to best trade route

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Silk Road

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pharoahs-

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Egyptian rulers believed to be a god

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Egyptians were (religion):

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polytheistic

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a system of rankings to which someone was born and judged upon karma and according to job

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caste system

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two rivers that influenced India and China

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Yangzi and Huang He

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two rivers that influenced India

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Indus and Ganges

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Chinese system of writing (fine handwriting)

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calligraphy

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some achievements of ancient china:

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great wall, texts on science, acupuncture, paper-making

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5 Major Religions:

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Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Confucianism

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1. peninsula isolated by _____
2. many small __________ instead of large valleys
3. seas linked Greeks to outside lands, became sailors to trade with ______ and Spain

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1. mountains
2. city-states
3. Egypt

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What war is this?:
[group of people] conquered Ionia, Ionia rebelled and Athens helped

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Persian War

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Cause of Peloponnesian War:

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Athens had Delian League
Sparta had Peloponnesian League
encouraged different government
war broke out

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Sparta or Athens?
1. Aristocracy, then democracy
2. War, War, and more War
3. rigorous upbringing

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1. Athens
2. Sparta
3. Sparta

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Alexander (son of Philip) expanded land to ____ and ____

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Persia and Asia Minor

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Did rome tolerate conquered lands other religions or did they force them to convert?

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they tolerated as long as they paid taxes

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most language was derived from....

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Latin

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who wrote the greek epic odyssey?

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Homer

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Socrates:

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examined youths answers, never wrote anything down, death sentence at 70 for "corrupting youth"

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fine, windblown yellow soil

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loess

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seasonal wind, mostly India
and
leader of Aryan tribes

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monsoon
and
rajah

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when you recieve trade
and
when you send trade

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export
and
import