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45 Cards in this Set
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Communication
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The means by with people share information
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Transportation
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The means by which people travel
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World View
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The perspective with which people view the world
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Caravan
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People and animals traveling together to trade goods
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Stirrups
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Leather loops that help steer an animal and stay on it, so the hands are free to, in the case of the Mongols, fight
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Lateen Sail
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A triangular sail that makes sharp turns instead of having to travel in circles; they benefitted travelers and explorers
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Sternpost Rudder
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A device that let people steer a ship more efficiantly than before
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Magnetic Compass
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A device which helped sailors navigae without relying on the stars
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History
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The time after there were written records
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Prehistory
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The time before there were written records
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Primary Source
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An eyewitness account
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Secondary Source
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An account that uses more than one primary source to make a story but does not witness the event
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Province
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An outlying territory of a country; in Rome, provinces provided taxes and resources to Rome
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Barbarian
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One who is "uncivilized"; the Barbarians sacked Rome
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Dynasty
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Hereditary ruling by a family (i.e. Han, Gupta, Sassanid)
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Oasis
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A fertile place in the desert where a river or stream surfaces; in the Middle East, traders stopped there and started civilizations
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Nomad
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Traveling herders; in the Middle East, they had idols to store in the Kabat
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Tribe
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An extended family; the Quaresh protected the Kabat with the idols
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Idol
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A stature worshipped as a god; they were protected by the Quaresh but then tossed out by Muhammad
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Pilgrimage
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A religious trip to a sacred site; Muslims must make one to Mecca every year
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Qur'an
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The holy book of Islam; it's believed to be perfect and the word of God
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Monotheism
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Belief in one god
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Islam
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The religion believing that Allah is the only god and Muhammad is his prophet
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Muslim
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One who follows Islam
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Mosque
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A Muslim place of worship
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Sunna
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The complete works of the Qur'an and the Hadith (the words and deeds of Muhammad)
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Caliph
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A religious and political leader of Islam; there is much fighting about whether the Caliph should be a blood relative of M. or not
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Council
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A group of people coming together to decide something
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Shi'ites
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People belonging to the sect of Islam that believes a Caliph should be a blood relative of Muhammad
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Sunnis
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People belonging to the sect of Islam that believes that it doesn't matter who a Caliph is related to as long as he is a good leader
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Commerce
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Trade, both ideas and goods
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Savanna
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Tropical grassland that exists between the tropics; Sarungeti Plain is a hotbed of evolution due to the lava dome
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Sahel
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The shore of the (Sahara desert that consists of dry grassland
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Delta
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A place in a river where water spreads and deposits silt (i.e. Nile River, Niger River, and Ganges & Brahmaputra River)
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Matrilineal
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Descent from the mother's side
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Patrilineal
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Descent from the father's side
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Migrate
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A regular movement made to find food, animals, water, etc.
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Gulf
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A body of saltwater leading to the sea or ocean that is partially enclosed by land
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Strait
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A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water
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Rainforest
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A hot, humid evergreen forest in the Tropics, receiving morethan 100 inches of rain a year
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Massif
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A large section of the Earth's crust which has been lifted as one unit
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Escarpment
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The steep edge of a Massif
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Steppe
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A semi-arid grassy plain
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Plateau
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A table-shaped mass of land with a high, relatively flat top
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Bay
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A gulf with a wide mouth that could be saltwater or freshwater
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