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Question 1

Most important/longest river

Answer 1

Nile river

Question 2

Nile river used for

Answer 2

• food/other riches
• yearly flooding -> irrigation
• water
• unification
• travel
• natural barrier
• isolation/changelessness -> prosperity

Question 3

Time divisions (+in between)

Answer 3

• Old kingdom
• political disorder/invasions
• Middle kingdom
• New kingdom

Question 4

King Menes

Answer 4

• united upper/lower Egypt

- first dynasty

Question 5

Government setup Egypt

Answer 5

• pharaoh
• bureaucracy (support)
• 42 provinces, each run by governors chosen by the pharaoh

Question 6

Pyramids were built under…

Answer 6

King Khufu

Question 7

Mummification

Answer 7

• Preserved body after death
• expensive, only rich did it
• pharaohs were mummified and placed in the pyramids

Question 8

Middle Kingdom traits

Answer 8

• golden age of stability
• expansion
• new fortresses
• pharaohs became more concerned about their people (expected to provide more)

Question 9

Social classes Egypt

Answer 9

• pharaoh
• nobles/priests
• merchants/artisans/scribes/tax collectors
• farmers
• slaves

Question 10

Farmers worked for…

Egypt

Answer 10

Higher classes

• military service
• labor
• paid crop taxes

Question 11

Marriage/family/jobs Egypt

Answer 11

• arranged marriages (girls=12, boys=14)
• sons carried family name
• husband is household leader
• women had property rights, yet were denied most jobs
• upper class women became priestesses (+4 pharaohs)

Question 12

The Egyptian writing system was called…

Answer 12

Hieroglyphics

-hieratic script = simplified

Question 13

Math developments Egypt

Answer 13

• numbers
• area/volume/geometry
• calendar (365 days)

Question 14

Pastoral nomads

Answer 14

• relied on domesticated animals (food/clothing
• formed the Hittite Kingdom
• threatened power of Egyptians
• first Indo-Europeans to use iron
• destroyed by mysterious “sea peoples”
• new West Asian empires

Question 15

Phonecians

Answer 15

• trade (sea)
• colonies in Western Mediterranean
• modern alphabet

Question 16

Israelites

Answer 16

• Judaism (monotheistic=one god)
• King Solomon=height of power
• after death, Israel split into two
• Kingdom of Israel/Judah
• kingdoms faded, however, religion stayed

Question 17

Minoans

Answer 17

• lived on the island of Crete
• trade (sea)
• mysterious destruction

Question 18

Indian geography (impact)

Answer 18

• Ganges + Indes = most important
• diverse (people)
• monsoon brought seasonal rain (too heavy/too light)

Question 19

Indus River Valley Civilization

Answer 19

• Cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
• 35,000 to 40,000 people
• farming/trading (land)

Question 20

Migration/interaction India

Answer 20

• ending=mystery
• culture shift
• Aryan settlement
• nomadic -> farming
• small kingdoms/wars until 4th century

Question 21

4th century India changes

Answer 21

-large Indian state
-centered on family
-oldest male = household leader
-only men get property
12 years of study before marriage

Question 22

Suttee india

Answer 22

• a former practice in India where a widow kills herself once her wife dies
• voluntary, yet people were shunned if they didn’t participate

Question 23

Ideographs Chinese

Answer 23

-characters in Chinese in which picture or character symbols are combined to represent ideas. For example, showing the sun rising behind the trees to represent “east”

Question 24

Shang dynasty

Answer 24

The 2nd Chinese dynasty, which was mostly a farming society but was also concerned with warfare

Question 25

Filial piety

Answer 25

The duty of members of a family to subordinate their needs and desires to those of the male head of the family

Question 26

Pictographs Chinese

Answer 26

Characters or picture symbols in the Chinese language that represent an object, like a mountain or the sun

Question 27

Zhou dynasty

Answer 27

Longest-lasting Chinese dynasty, ruled for almost 800 years and claimed possession of the Mandate of Heaven to rule

Question 28

Mandate of Heaven Chinese

Answer 28

The permission from heaven to rule over the people, in Chinese culture. You obtain this by being in charge of the Chinese people, and to get/stay there, you need this mandate

Question 29

Northern/western borders of china

Answer 29

Mountains and deserts

Question 30

Northern conflicts between the Chinese and the...

Answer 30

Mongolians

Question 31

During Shang dynasty, the class of people that owned the land and waged war were the...

Answer 31

Aristocrats

Question 32

Basic economic and social unit in ancient China

Answer 32

Family

Question 33

Chinese geography

Answer 33

- Largest population/culture base - 10% suitable for farming - climates vary by region/season - summer=wet - winter=cold/dry

Question 34

First Chinese dynasty

Answer 34

Xia

Question 35

Shang social classes

Answer 35

- Royal family (dynasty) - aristocracy (rulers of provinces) - farmers/slaves

Question 36

Oracle bones

Answer 36

- used to communicate with gods - scratched questions - struck with metal rod - cracks in bone interpreted as answers from the gods

Question 37

Afterlife China

Answer 37

- burned physical objects to accompany the dead | - spirits brought good/bad fortune to family (IMPORTANT^^^^^)

Question 38

Zhou dynasty

Answer 38

- overthrew shang - Dao=ruling the proper way, if not followed, a new king is chosen - warfare changes (iron/Calvary) - family = sacred

Question 39

Most important Chinese rivers (2)

Answer 39

- Huang He (Yellow) River | - Chang Jiang River