1st Semester Flashcards

(41 cards)

1
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5 characteristics of civilization

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Complex institutions
Advanced technology 
Advanced cities
Record keeping
Specialized workers
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2
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Egyptian started near ________

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Nile river

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3
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Mesopotamian started near

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Tigris and Euphrates river

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4
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Harrapan started near

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Indus and Ganges river

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5
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Chinese started near

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Yellow and Yangtze River

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6
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Why did civilization began near rivers

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Transportation, foods, water source, protection, communication

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7
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Environmental challenges early civilizations faced

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Droughts, flooding, famine

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8
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Followed Hammurabi’s code

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Mesopotamians

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9
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Punishments for the code of Hammurabi

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An eye for an eye

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10
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Geography of Greece

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Mountainous and surrounded by water

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11
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Famous poet: Odyssey and Iliad

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Homer

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12
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Greek architecture

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Columns

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13
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Socrates

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Socratic method

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14
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Plato

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Republic

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15
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Aristotle

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Scientific method

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16
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Persian

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Persia vs. Greece

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17
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Peloponnesian

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Athens vs. Sparta

18
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Conquered by Alex the great

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Greece, Persia, Egypt, India

19
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Cultural diffusion

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The Silk Road and Hellenism

20
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Rome’s government

21
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Why were roads and aqueduct s important to Roman Empire

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Transportation

22
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Cause the fall of Rome

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Germanic tribes

23
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Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantine empire

24
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Greatest emperor of Byzantine

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6.5 million deaths Loss of religion Feudalism
Plague
26
Renaissance
Re birth of art and learning
27
Inspired Renaissance
Greek and roman times
28
Humanism
Focusing on humans instead of God
29
Sistine chapel
Michelangelo
30
School of Athens
Raphael
31
Last supper
Da Vinci
32
Pieta
Michelangelo
33
Mona Lisa
Da Vinci
34
David
Michelangelo
35
Perspective
3D
36
Secular
Concerned with worldly
37
Vernacular
Everyday language
38
Machiavelli
The Prince: be fear than loved
39
Patrons
Paid for art work
40
Printing press
Gutenberg
41
Prehistoric
Before written record