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40 Cards in this Set
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Where did the first homosapiens emerge? |
Africa |
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What advancements were made by Paleolithic peoples? |
first tools use of fire oral language cave art |
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The beginning of agriculture |
Neolithic Age |
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What advancements were made during the Neolithic Age |
agriculture domestication of animals pottery and weaving skills advanced tools |
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How do archeologists date remains |
Carbon dating |
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Where was the Egyptians civilization located? |
Nile River |
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What is Mesopotamia? |
land between 2 rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) |
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On what river was India's ancient civilization? |
Indus |
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On what river did the Shang dynasty emerge? |
Huang He |
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Fertile Crescent |
Persian Gulf to Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean Sea |
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What products were traded by the Phoenicians? |
purple dye and cedar wood |
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First monotheistic religion? |
Hebrew/Jewish |
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First written set of laws? |
Hammurabi's Code |
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Sumerian writing system? |
Cuneiform |
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burial chambers for Egypt's pharaohs |
Pyramids |
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Book containing written records and beliefs of Hebrews |
Torah |
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Religious and moral code of conduct for Hebrews |
Ten Commandments |
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two prophets of Judaism |
Abraham and Moses |
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Who developed the first alphabet? |
Phoenicians |
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ancient Egyptian writing |
Hieroglyphics |
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Persian prophet |
Zoroaster |
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I am an Empire that is tolerant of the beliefs and traditions of the people I conquer |
Persia |
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Developed the caste system |
Aryans |
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Golden Age of India |
Gupta |
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Rigidly structured organization of society based on occupation |
caste system |
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Religion which includes the caste system |
Hindu |
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Hindu god/creator who takes on many forms |
Brahma |
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Holy books of Hinduism |
Vegas and Upanishads |
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Belief that future incarnation is based on present |
karma |
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religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama |
Buddhism |
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his missionaries and their writings spread Buddhism from India to China and other parts of Asia |
Asoka |
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Buddhist religious doctrine/beliefs, explain suffering and correct behavior |
Eightfold Path and Four Noble Truths |
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connected East Asia and southwest Asia facilitating trade between China and Rome/Byzantine |
Silk Road |
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Contributions made by classical China |
porcelain silk civil service paper gunpowder |
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I am often credited with construction of the Great Wall |
Shi Huangti |
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Chinese built this as a defensive barrier against invasion |
Great Wall of China |
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Chinese belief that their rulers were divine and would only rule as long as they were just |
Mandate of Heaven |
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Beliefs include: belief that humans are good, respect, politeness, government is good, education, ancestor worship |
Confucianism |
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Teaches harmony with nature, humility, simple life |
Taoism |
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religion that spread from China throughout Asia |
Buddhism |
