FSG: 1 Flashcards

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Hatshepsut was unusual bc she was

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Female

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Egypt was isolated geographically which caused

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The culture to be_____.

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2
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Rosetta Stone

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Helped decode hieroglyphics

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Egyptians could move goods up and down the Nile bc it flowed south to north and because of

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Strong winds from the Mediterranean sea

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4
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_____ begins when people start keeping records

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History

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5
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Cultural diffusion

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Trade between cultures

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6
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Archaeologists

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Study artifacts

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7
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This began when people started using fertilizer and plows

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Agricultural revolution

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Anthropologists

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Study bones

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Culture

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Set of beliefs
Knowledge
Patterns of living

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Civilization

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Cities
Government 
Laws
Writing
Religion
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Latitude lines

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Lines running parallel to the equator

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12
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Equator

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Imaginary line dividing earth into north and southern halves

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Prime meridian

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Divides earth into east and west

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Longitude

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Lines running from pole to pole

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15
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Cuneiform

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Symbol based writing

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____ was an important contribution of the Sumerian people

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Arch

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Code of Hammurabi

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Group of laws

18
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Hittites laws included…

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Fines for some offenses

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Cyrus the Great conquered…

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Babylon

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Famous for their purple cloth

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Phoenicians

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Commodities

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Goods with trade value

22
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Twelve tribes of Israel united under…

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Saul

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Ethical monotheism

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System of beliefs in one God

24
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India is separated from the rest of Asia by

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The Himalayas