World History Final Exam Review

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"Anro Domini" is Latin for "in the year of the Lord"

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A.D.

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What was the strip of land that formed an arc between the Mediterranean Sea?

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The Fertile Cresent

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What means "Land between the rivers" and was the eastern part of the Fertile Cresent and was located between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River ( believed to be where the Garden of Eden was located)

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Mesopotamia

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The earliest major civilization in the Fertile Cresent and they were the first people to build ziggurats, invent cuneiform, and came up with the Epic of Gilgamesh

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Sumarians

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Famous king who wrote 282 laws known as the law code of this king. His ideas based on "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."

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King Hammurabi

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Mesopotamian civilization that specialized in war by using extensive iron weapons. Nineveh was their capital city and they were ruthless and cruel

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Assyrians

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Civilization called the New Babylonians

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Chaldeans

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Famous Chaldean King who built the hanging gardens of Babylon

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Nebuchadnezzar

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They created the alphabet in which they used for business transactions. They were the greatest traders of the ancient world and were skilled sailors (sea trade)

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Phoenicians

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This religious group moved to Egypt led by Jacob and then moved out after being enslaved led by Moses. Their story is told in the Book of Exodus

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Hebrews

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A king or queen who ruled in ancient Egypt is called a _______.

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Pharaoh

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A line of rulers from the same family ruling one county is called a ______.

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Dynasty

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A person who was appointed by the pharaoh to serve as his assistant

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vizier

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An embalming process to preserve the body for the afterlife

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mummification

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earliest form of Egyptian writing is called

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hieroglyphics

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A stone that contained the same words written in 3 types of writings (one was Greek and one was hieroglyphics)

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Rossetta Stone

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A paper like substance that the Egyptians used to write on was called ________

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papyrus

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What are the names of the two large mountain ranges to the north of India

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The Hindu Kush and the Himalayas

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India's two most important rivers are were?

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Indus and Ganges

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The earliest civilization in ancient India developed along the ________ River

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Indus

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The Harappan civilization were in two different cities called

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Mohenjo- Daro and Harappa

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The earliest Chinese civilization developed along the ________ River, also known as Huang He

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Yellow

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Civilization that developed in the Island of Crete. They were ruled by the legendary King Minas

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Minoans

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this war is recorded in the Illiad composed by Homer. The war broke out because Paris kidnapped Hellen who was the wife of a Greek king

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The Trojan War

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Each Greek city state was called a ______.

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Polis

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A fortified hilltop in Greece

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acropolis

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Greek market place

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agora

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aristocracy can also be referred to as an ______.

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Oligarchy

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spartan slaves

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helots

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what city became the first democracy in Greece?

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Athens

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The Battle of _______ was a battle fought in the Persian Wars and was a major victory for the Greek troops.

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Marathon

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The famous battle of the Persian Wars that cornered the Greek troops who lost and afterwards the Persian troops burned the city state of Athens

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Battle of Thermopylae

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A war fought between Athens ( great naval power) and Sparta ( and her allies). Sparta won.

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Peloponnesian Wars

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A temple built in Athens to honor Athena

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Parthenon

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Philosopher who died by drinking hemlock and was a teacher who used the question and answer method to teach. His most famous pupil was Plato.

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Socrates

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Was Plato's greatest student and he tutored Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

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He established principles of geometry

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Pythagoras

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" Father of Medicine", known for the Hippocratic Oath

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Hippocrates

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King of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great

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Phillip II

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Wealthiest people in Rome were called

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Patricians

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Lower class of Rome

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Plebeians

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The wars between Carthage and Rome is called the _____ wars

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Punic

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Octavian began to be known as ________

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Augustus Caesar

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Means "Roman Peace"

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Pax Romana

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the Roman ______ is similar to the Greek agora

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forum

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Was a chariot race track in Rome used for amusements

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Circus Maximus

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A stadium in Rome is called the __________

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Collesseum

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________ were trained fighters who fought wild animals and fought each other they were usually slaves or criminals

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gladiators

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____________ were strutters built to carry water to the cities.

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Acquieducts

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A Roman General who helped to spread Christianity in Rome

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Constantine

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Ancient India was invaded by a group called the ________. They destroyed many of the advancements made early Indians.

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Aryans

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The Holy book of Hindus in India

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Vedas

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the highest class was made of priests and their families and their job was to teach the vedas

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Brahmans

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The religion that was based off of Aryan religious beliefs with no single founder.

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Hinduism

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They believe in reincarnation and karma and caste system

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Hindus

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the founder of this religion was Prince Gautama and he created it after becoming upset about Hinduism and he was later named Buddha. They reject the caste system and believe in reincarnation and nirvana and is popular today in Japan, China, Korea, and parts of East Asia.

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Buddhism

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Was a member of the Qin dynasty and was the first ruler to unify most of Ancient China and his name means "first emperor" and was found in a tomb with "Terra Cotta" warriors

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Shihuangdi

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Who was a chinese teacher and philosopher who emphasized respect for family especially for parents and elders

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Confucius

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the name of the route that caravans and traders followed from China to the Meditteranean sea

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the silk Road

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who was the grandson of Genghis Khan and he ruled China

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Kublai Khan