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45 Cards in this Set
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Objects made by humans and left behind
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Artifact
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People who study how people lived in the past
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Historian
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Skils and tools people use to meet their basic needs
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Technology
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Complex,highly organized social order
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Civilization
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Pilgrimage to Mecca
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Hajj
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Muslim House of Worship
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Mosque
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Spritual Leaders who Interpret God's Will
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Prophets
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Binding Agreement
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Covenant
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Beliefs Contrary to Church Teachings
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Heresies
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Anointed King Sent by God
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Messiah
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Levels of Authority, each More Powerful than the Level Below it
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Hierarchy
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Muslim Struggle or Effort in God's Service
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Jihad
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Valuable Product
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Commodity
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Muslim Holy Book
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Quran
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When Land becomes Parched
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Desertification
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Blended Metals
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Alloy
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Artificial Island made of Earth Piled on Reed Mats and Anchored to a Shallow Lake Bed
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Chinampas
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Government Structure with Seperate Departments that each Controled Something Specific
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Bureaucracy
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Pictogrpah
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Glyph
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Knotted Colored String used to keep Official Records
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Quipu
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Payment from Conquered People
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Tribute
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Wise Female Elder who Cares for Pregnant Women
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Midwife
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Aztec Capital City, now Mexico CIty
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Tenochtitlan
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Earliest American Civilization
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Olmecs
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Indian Social Groups that can not be Changed
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Caste
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Religious or Moral Duties
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Dharma
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All the Actions of a Person's Life
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Karma
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Union with Brahman
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Moksha
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Rebirth of the Soul
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Reincarnation
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Smaller Groups
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Sects
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Spiritual Power that Resides in all Things
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Brahman
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Hindu Priest
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Brahmin
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Rise and Fall of Dynasties
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Dynastic Cycle
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A System of Governernment in Which Local Lords Governed their own Land but Owed Military Service tothe Ruler
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Feudalism
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Complete Control of a Product or Business
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Monopoly
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System of Ideas
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Philosophy
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Says Strict/Harsh Government is Best, the Nature of Man is Evil
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Legalism
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Nature Based Belief System, the Best Government Governs Least
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Daoism
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Relationship Based Belief System, Focuses on Filial Piety
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Confucianism
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Religion of India, Belief in Brahmna as an all Encompassing Spiritual Force
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Hinduism
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Created by Gautama, Release from Reincarnation Cycle can Occur in one Lifetime
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Buddhism
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Religion of Japan, Focus on Kami
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Shinto
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Follows the 5 Pillars of Faith
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Islam
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Beleived that Jesus was the Son of God
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Christianity
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Started when Abraham made a Covenant with God
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Judaism
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