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67 Cards in this Set
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Who was Abraham? |
He was the founder of Judaism |
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Who is Soloman? |
He built Jerusalem |
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Who was Hammurabi |
First king in Babylonia, Mesopotamia |
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Who is Hatshpsut? |
She was the 5th Pharoh |
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Who is Menes? |
A pharaoh, united Upper/Lower Egypt |
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Who is Moses? |
Received the 10 commandments from God |
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Who was Ramesses II |
3rd Pharaoh |
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Who was Sargon of Akkad |
Ruler of Mesopotamia |
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Who is Shang |
Ruled the Yellow river valley |
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Where was China located |
Near the Huang He River, Yangtze River, and Yellow Sea |
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What was the Yellow Sea made of? |
loess |
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What kept the rivers from overflowing in China? |
Dikes |
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What is the Oracle Bone? |
Used to contact ancestors and tell the future |
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Who made the Silk Road? |
China |
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Ancient Chinese Writing
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Calligraphy |
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What did China make? |
bamboo, silk, cloth, hemps, mulkerry bark and plant fibers, chopstick |
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What did the Chinese use for money? |
Cowrie |
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Most used item in China |
Silk |
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How was the Silk Road used |
To make trades |
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Chinese Economic System in order from social classes |
1. Kings 2. Warlords, Royal officials 3. Traders/Farmers 4. Slaves |
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What is the Mandates of Heaven |
the gods order that gave the leaders power |
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Where was ancient Egypt located? |
Near the Nile River and the Fertile Cresent |
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How did the Egyptians treat death? |
as a traditional stage and the process of a better life in the next world, leading to mummification |
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Who built the Pyramids of Giza |
Pharaohs |
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Egyptian Economic System in order from social classes |
1. Pharaohs 2. Government Officals 3. Priests 4. Scribes and Artisans 5. Peasants |
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4 Egyptian Achievements |
Hieroglyphs, pyramids, sphinx and mummies |
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Where is Mesopotamia Located? |
In the Fertile Cresent |
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What did the Mesopotamians build? |
Ziggurauts |
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Who invented the wheel? |
Mesopotamia |
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Who uses Cuneiforms? |
Mesopotamia |
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Who made the Number system based on 60? |
Mesopotamia |
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What is a City-State |
Independent areas combined with others to make a state
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Mespotamian Economic System in order from social classes |
1. Ruler, Priest 2. Merchant, artists, scribes 3. Peasants 4. Farmers 5. Slaves |
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Do you stay inside a Mesopotamian Class for life? |
Yes |
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10 commandments |
Laws handed to Moses by God |
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Calligraphy |
Decorative handwriting used by Chinese |
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What is a Citadel? |
A fortified town or city |
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Covenaut |
An Agreement |
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Cultural Diffusion |
Spreading of cultures to different parts of the world |
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Cunieforms |
Wedge shaped writing |
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Dynasty |
Rulers from the same family |
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Empire |
a area controlled by 1 ruler |
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Epic of Gilgamesh |
Poem dating back to ancient Mesopotamia |
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Hieroglyphs |
Formal writing systems used by ancient Egyptains |
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Loess |
Windblown sediments that made up the Yellow Sea |
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Mandates of Heaven |
Ancient Chinese belief that let rulers rule |
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Monotheism |
Belief in one god |
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Monsoon |
Seasonal winds |
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Mummification |
Way of preserving bodies in ancient Egypt |
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Oracle Bone |
Pieces of bone or turtle shell used to talk to gods |
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Polytheism |
Belief in many gods |
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Pyramids |
Triangle shaped structures that store dead Pharaohs |
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Silk Road |
Ancient network of trades, culture route going throughout China |
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Silt |
Sediments carried across water |
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Theocracy |
Government ruled by religion |
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Torah |
First Five books of the Hebrew Bible |
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Ziggurats |
Temples built in Mesopotomia |
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First Dynasty in China |
Xia Dynasty of China, also the first to use oracle bones and a calender |
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What would the Chinese do with deceased ancestors? |
They would venerate deceased ancestors as it pays honors and respect to them aka ancestor worship |
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Canaan |
Ancient home of the Hebrews aka Isreal |
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Where did the Hebrews originally lived? |
Mesopotamia |
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What religion were Hebrews? |
Monotheistic |
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How was Isreal split? |
After Soloman's death it split to 2 parts Isreal and Judah |
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What is a tribute? |
Money paid by a weaker power to a stronger power to make sure it does not attack |
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Babylonian Captivity |
Jews were forced to exile in Babylon. Lived there for many years |
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Palestine |
Region on east end of Mediterranean sea |
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Judah |
Hebrew kingdom in Palestine, south Isreal |
