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71 Cards in this Set
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Hunter-Gatherers
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came from Africa
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Hunter-Gatherers
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migrated to other continents by crossing a land bridge
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Hunter-Gatherers
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tools made from flint
during the Stone Ages |
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Stone Ages
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Paleolithic
Mesolithic Neolithic |
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Hunter-Gatherers
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hunt animals and gather plants
found their food from their environment did NOT farm for their food |
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Hunter-Gatherers
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men and women had different jobs
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Four Basic Needs for a Successful Environment
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-rich soil
-warm climate -water -natural barriers |
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Seven Elements of a Civilization
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1. religion
2. government 3. language 4. technology 5. cities 6. specialized jobs 7. social classes |
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Pushed Civilizations
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sent out of their area by a natural disaster, war, bad weather, bad government
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Pulled Civilizations
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convinced to leave because there was better trade, jobs, environment other places
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Fertile Crescent
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shaped by Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Fertile Crescent
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first farming communities in river valleys
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Fertile Crescent
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In Sumer, king and priests were at the top of the social classes
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Fertile Crescent
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early farmers learned *domestication* (making animals and plants easy to grow and more useful)
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Fertile Crescent
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used irrigation and built canals to control how water moved to farming areas
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Fertile Crescent
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communication was caused by trade
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domestication
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making animals and plants easy to grow and more useful
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Hammurabi
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king in Sumer who created the first set of written laws
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cuneiform
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first written language
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cuneiform
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Hammurabi's laws were written in cuneiform, the first written language
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Egypt
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Pharaoh has power
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Pharaoh
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ruler in Egypt
seen as a god |
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Polytheism
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Worship many gods
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Monotheism
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Worship one God
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Judaism
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created by the Hebrews
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Judaism
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monotheistic
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Egytpian religion
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polytheistic
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people's spirits
Egytpians thought they lived in the afterlife |
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hieroglyphics
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Egyptian writing system using pictographs (pictures)
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Rosetta Stone
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taught people to read hieroglyphics
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1st bathrooms and houses built from bricks
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India
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Confusius
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idea that good, honest people should lead China
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Dynasty
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China's government
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Dynasty
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one family ruling
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Legalism
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idea that people are naturally bad and should be punished
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Shi Huandi
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created weight systems, money, and writing to make trade easier
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Silk Road
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How China exchanged goods and ideas with other countries
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India
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subcontinent
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Sanskrit
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a language in India
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Buddhism
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religion China and India shared because of trade and missionaries
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India's caste system
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system of social classes
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Egypt and Kush
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1. Kush conquers Egypt
2. Egypt conquers Kush 3. Egyptian and Kushite cultures blend |
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River valley areas flood, and cause ___________.
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floods leave silt
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silt
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makes soil rich and good for farming
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India's rivers flooded because...
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glaciers melted
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China's Yellow River flooded because of...
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rain
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Egypt's Nile River flooded because of...
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rain
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Pushed Civilizations
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sent out of their area because of a natural disaster, war, bad weather, bad government
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Pulled Civilizations
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convinced to leave because soemwehere else had ebtter trade, jobs, or environment
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Hebrews
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led to Canaan by Abraham
left Canaan for Egypt because of famine |
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Moses
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led Hebrews out of Egypt
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Hebrews
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pushed civilization
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Hebrews
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left Egypt because they were forced to eb slaves
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Hebrews created...
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Judaism, the first monotheistic religion
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Minoans lived...
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on an Island called Crete, near Greece
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Minoans were...
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excellent traders and had a strong government
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Mycenaeans lived in...
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Greece
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Mycenaeans got their cultural characteristics from...
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trading with the Minoans
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Mycenaeans were...
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-great warriors
-liked to travel to new places and conquer them |
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Mycenaeans destroyed...
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Troy in the Trojan War
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Why did Phoenicians create their ships?
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for trade
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When they went to a new place, Phoenicians...
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established colonies to control the area where they traded
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Hittites
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created things with iron
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ironworking led to...
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the invention of more weapons, including chariots
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What did ironworking cause?
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More weapons-->allowed more wars to happen
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Imported
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goods brought in
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Exported
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goods made and sent out
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Surplus
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extra
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Rivers in the Fertile Crescent
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Yellow River
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located in China
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Nile River
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located in Egypt
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