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36 Cards in this Set
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ALONG WHAT RIVER DID EGYPT'S IMPORTANT CITIES DEVELOP?
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NILE
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WHAT WERE TWO REASONS THE NILE VALLEY MADE EGYPT PROSPOROUS.
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THE RIVER MADE THE FERTILE SOFT AND GOOD TRANSPORTATION.
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WHY WASN'T EGYPT PRONE TO CONSTANT INVASION?
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IT HAD NATURAL BARRIERS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET TO.
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WERE EGYPTIANS MONOTHIESTIC OR POLYTHIESTIC?
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POLYTHIESTIC.
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WHAT IMPORTANT ROLE DID OSIRUS SERVE FOR THE EGYPTIANS?
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HE WAS A SYMBOL OF RESSURECTION.
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WHAT WERE THE THREE MAJOR PERIODS?
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OLD KINGDOM
MIDDLE KINGDOM NEW KINGDOM |
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WHAT IS A PHAROAH?
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A MONARCH OR KING.
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WHAT WERE PYRIMADS USED FOR?
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TOMBS WHERE MONARCHS WERE BURIED.
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WHAT IS THE 'KA'?
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THE SPIRITUAL BODY. MUCH LIKE A SOUL.
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WHAT WAS THE PROCESS OF PRESERVING THE PHYSICAL BODY CALLED?
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MUMIFICATION.
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WHY DID EGYPTIANS PRESERVE THE CORPSES?
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IT WOULD HELP THE 'KA' RETURN.
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WHAT PART OF THE BODY WAS LEFT IN THE MUMMY?
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THE HEART.
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WHAT WERE CANOPIC JARS?
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THE JARS WHICH HELD THE ORGANS TAKEN OUT DURING MUMIFICATION.
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WHO HAD THE LARGEST PYRIMAD OF ALL KINGS?
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KING KUFU.
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WHAT DID PYRIMADS SIGNIFY?
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GREAT POWER.
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WHAT WAS THE WRITTING IN EGYPT CALLED?
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HYROGLYPHS.
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WHERE WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN INDA LOCATED?
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THE INDUS VALLEY.
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AMONG WHIGH RIVER DID THE INDUS PEOPLE LIVE?
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THE INDUS RIVER
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WHAT WERE TWO MAJOR CIVILIZATIONS IN INDUS VALLEY?
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HARRAPA AND MOHENJO-DARO.
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THE GOVERNMENTS IN INDIA WERE BASED ON WHAT SOCIAL SYSTEM?
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THE CASTE SYSTEM.
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WHO BROUGHT AN END TO THE EMPIRES IN INDUS VALLEY?
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THE INVASION OF THE ARAYANS.
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WHAT WAS THE WRITTEN LANGUAGE DEVELOPED BY THE INDUS?
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SANDSKRIT.
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WHO WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CASTE SYSTEM?
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BRAHMANS
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WHO WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CASTE SYSTEM?
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UNTOUCHABLES
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WHAT ARE TWO MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS FOUND IN CHINA?
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THE YELLOR RIVER AND THE YANGTZEE
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST CHINESE EMPIRE?
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XIA
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WHAT WERE ORACLE BONES USED FOR
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TELLING FORTUNES AND TALKING TO GODS.
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WHO WAS AT THE TOP OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN CHINA?
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THE KING.
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WHO WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN CHINA?
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SLAVES
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WHAT CHINESE DYNASTY CAME AFTER XIA?
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SHANG
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WERE THE CHINESE MONO OR POLYTHIESTC?
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POLYTHIESTIC.
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WHAT DYNASTY OVERTHREW THE SHANG?
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ZHOU
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WHAT DYNASTY REPLACED THE ZHOU?
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QIN
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HOW DID EMPORER QUIN UNIFY CHINA?
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THE GREAT WALL, A SINGLE MONESTARY SYSTEM.
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WHAT DYNASTY REPLACED THE QIN?
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HAN.
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WHAT WAS THE SILK ROAD?
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A TRADE ROUTE STRETCHING FROM ASIA TO EUROPE ALONG WHICH SILK WAS A LARGE IMPORT/EXPORT.
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