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CULTURE&PREHISTORY culture |
way of life for people including art, music, and tradition |
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CULTURE&PREHISTORY surplus |
more of a thing or product then it is needed |
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CULTURE&PREHISTORY having a surplus of food allowed settlers to: |
stay in one place |
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CULTURE&PREHISTORY traders were important because: |
they brought new products, ideas, and culture |
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CULTURE&PREHISTORY some technological advances of the Stone Age were: |
irrigation systems, fire, wooden weapons, polished stone tools |
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CULTURE&PREHISTORY specialization of labor developed in early cities because: |
they had a surplus of food and had time to do other things |
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MESOPOTAMIA farming was made possible by: |
the silt that the Euphrates and Tigris left |
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MESOPOTAMIA Babylon's central location made them the center of: |
trade |
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MESOPOTAMIA the Code of Hammurabi was: |
a group of laws to make sure people were doing what they were supposed to |
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MESOPOTAMIA the effect of the Phoenician alphabet was: |
that it formed the basis of the US alphabet, only has 22 symbols |
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MESOPOTAMIA the Israelites religion was: |
monotheistic |
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MESOPOTAMIA under the Code of Hammurabi, punishments of individuals were determined by: |
the class the victim was in and the class of the other person |
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MESOPOTAMIA Hammurabi's principal, an eye for an eye, is based on the concept of: |
a wrong doing for a wrong doing, fairness |
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EGYPT scribe |
a professional writer |
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EGYPT the artifact that cracked the code of hieroglyphics was: |
the Rosetta Stone |
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EGYPT the Egyptian pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt: |
Menes |
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EGYPT Egyptian tombs were filled with treasures so the dead could take: |
the possessions they enjoyed to the afterlife |
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EGYPT these made traveling difficult between Nubia and Egypt: |
cataracts |
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EGYPT the Nile River empties out into: |
the Mediterranean Sea |
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EGYPT the direction you would travel to get from Upper to Lower Egypt is: |
North |
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INDIA reincarnation |
the rebirth of a soul in the body of another living thing |
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INDIA Hinduism differs from other religions because: |
there was no single founder |
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INDIA Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of: |
Buddhism |
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CHINA dynasty |
family of rulers |
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CHINA a Chinese philosopher who influenced China: |
Confucius |
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CHINA the important aspect of early Chinese life: |
family |
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CHINA the Huang He River left deposits of: |
loess |
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GREECE the major achievements during the Golden Age of Greece: |
mathematics, water displacement, democracy, philosophy, architecture |
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GREECE Greece's geography is mainly: |
on islands, peninsulas, mountainous, rocky |
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GREECE Sparta's main concern was: |
war and military |
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GREECE democracy was born in: |
Athens |
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GREECE Alexander The Great spread: |
Greek culture (Hellenistic period) |
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GREECE philosophers of ancient Greece explained natural events using: |
logic and reasoning |
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ROME US government is related to that of: |
the Roman Republic |
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ROME Julius Caesar declared himself: |
dictator for life |
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ROME Rome fell due to: |
too big, corrupt rulers, inflation, mercenary army |
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ROME plebeian |
an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic |
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ROME patrician |
a member of a wealthy, upper class family in the ancient Roman Republic |
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ROME the Roman senate was made up of: |
300 petritions |
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ROME the Roman governors in Judea were concerned about: |
Jesus |
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ROME Christianity was declared the official religion of the Roman Empire by: |
Constantine |
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ROME the 3 major monotheistic religions are: |
Christianity, Judaism, Islam |
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MIDDLE AGES the Middle Ages began: |
A.D. 500-1500 |
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MIDDLE AGES during the Medieval Times knights were obligated to the serfs to provide: |
protection, shelter, food |
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MIDDLE AGES during the Medieval Times, knights and lords were obligated to provider their superiors (kings) with: |
loyalty and military support |
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MIDDLE AGES the largest # of people in the Middle Ages were: |
peasants (serfs) |
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MIDDLE AGES the Holy Wars led by Pope Urban were called: |
the Crusades |
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MIDDLE AGES the purpose of the Magna Carta was: |
to limit the king's power on nobleman |