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23 Cards in this Set
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What are the four main characteristics needed for a civilization? |
1. Political 2. Economy 3. Geography 4. Social |
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What is the Rosetta Stone? |
A stone with two languages wrote on it; Egyptian and Greek. |
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Why is the Rosetta Stone important? |
People decoded it, learned about the pharaohs and their culture. |
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Why do we not know a lot about the Indus River Valley Civilization? |
We have not been able to translate their writing. |
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Why was Mesopotamia the crossroads where people and ideas met? |
It is located between the Egyptian civilization and the Indus River Valley civilization. |
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What are mummies? |
People who have been mummified; when organs are removed and the body is packed and covered in natron. |
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Why did the Egyptians mummify people? |
They believed it gave them a better after life. |
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What were the rivers of Mesopotamia? |
Tigris and Euphrates. |
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What is the river of Egypt? |
The Nile |
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What is the river for the Indus Valley? |
The Indus. |
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What are the rivers for Ancient China? |
Yellow and Yangtze. |
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What is the main economy of the civilizations? Describe. |
Traditional Economy; relied on trade and farming. |
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What is "barter economy"? |
an economy that relies heavily on trading. Mesopotamian's used this. |
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What writing form did the Mesopotamian's use? |
Cuneiform. |
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What writing form did the Egyptians use? |
Hieroglyphics. |
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What writing form did the Chinese use? |
Logo grams. |
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What are the geographic barriers in China and where are they located? |
1. Mountains: west, northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast.
2. Rivers: run up the center
3. Swamps/ delta land: south |
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Why did the Chinese build the Great Wall? |
To keep out the mongols and to protect themselves. |
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Who was in charge in ancient Egyptian culture? Who was second in charge? |
Pharaohs were in charge. Viziers were second in charge. |
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Who created the first writing and numeric system? What was it called? |
Mesopotamian's, called Cuneiform. |
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Why is King Tut the most popular pharaoh? |
His tomb was completely sealed and undisturbed when first discovered. |
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What is the Mandate of Heaven? |
a person's legitimacy to rule granted by the gods. |
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What is the Dynastic Cycle? |
1. Someone gains the mandate of heaven, a dynasty is founded by that person 2. Power & Prosperity 3. Period of Decline 4. Mandate is revoked, rebellion occurs, leader is over-thrown |
