exam Flashcards
(140 cards)
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What word did geography originate from
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Geographia = writing describing the earth
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Large unbroken landmass surrounded by water
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Continent
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Lowest point on earth
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Dead sea West Asia
4
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highest point
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Mount Everest in Nepal
5
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longest river on earth
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Nile river (4160 miles long)
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Weather Pattern/ longer period
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Climate
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Substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
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Natural resources
8
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natural resources are
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Renewable
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examples of nonrenewable resources
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Oil and gas
10
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is there summer in the Philippines
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No
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Condition of place/ shorter period of time
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Weather
12
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response to environment
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Adaptation
13
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growth and destiny
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Population
14
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describe peoples way of life/ could be material
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Culture
15
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reflects identity of a culture/ reason why we have novel,poem
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Language
16
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cornerstone of culture
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Language
17
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answers basic questions of life
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Religion
18
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Rules on wearing clothes and eating
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Customs and Traditions
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Distinct Physical Characteristic, group of people
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Race
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Common cultural identity, certain group possess
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Ethnicity
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Old world
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Europe
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New world
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America
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Europe was named after
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A Phoenecian princess who is the consort of Zeus
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What seperates Europe and Asia
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Ural Mountain Range
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The United Nations divided Europe into
4 continents
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Why did the United Nations divide Europe into 4 continents
Statistical convenience
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What sea seperates Europe and Africa
Mediterranean Sea
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What ocean separates Europe from America
Atlantic ocean
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What ocean separates Asia from America
Pacific ocean
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A country which contributed massively to the world/ system of writing law/science/governance
Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia has 2 rivers which are
Tigris and Euphrates
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India/ Pakistan
Indus river
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China
Huang Ho and Yangtze
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Modern day IRAQ
Mesopotamia
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Land between 2 rivers
Mesopotamia
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Birthplace of civilization
Fertile Crescent
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Hebrews are from
Israel
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Lydians are from
Turkey
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Phoenicians are from
Lebanon
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Gift of Nile
EGYPT
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Empties in Mediterranean Sea
Egypt
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Rise of Pharoah
Great house
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Ancient writing system of Egypt
Hieroglyphics
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Papyrus
Predecessor of paper
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Pyramids for after life
engineering feat
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3 pyramids are
Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure
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Embalming
Mummification
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Who had higher status in society back then in Ancient Egypt
Women
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With hundreds/ thousands of gods
Polythiest
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Made Cueiform/Ziggurat/ city states
Sumerians
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Cuneiform
System of writing
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Ziggurat
Temple
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First known emperor
Akkadian
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Made Code of Hammurabi
Babylonian
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From Turkey ( use Irons)
Hitties
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Library with over 300,000 clay tablets
Assyrian
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Royal Roads
Assyrian
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Hanging garden of Babylon
Chaldeans
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Persian are from
Iran
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Satrap/ Satrapy
Refined
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duality of good and bad
Zoroastrianism
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Witnessed expansion of Egypt to Somalia
Queen Hatshepsut
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Amenhotep III or
Akhenaton
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Father of Amenhotep III
King Tutankhanum
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Believed to be brother of Moses
Ramese II
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Last ruler of New Kingdom but greatest pharoah
Ramese II
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Ended in 4th century/ native ruler in Egypt
Alexander the Great
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Descendant of Alexander's general Ptlolemy Soter
Cleopatra VII
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Serpent of Nile/ Macedonian Greek roots
Queen Cleopatra
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Married 2 brothers/ well educated
Queen Cleopatra
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Most noted icon of Ancient Egypt
Queen Cleopatra
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Inspiration of modern day alphabet
Phoenecian
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Purple dye/ excellent sea surfers
Phoenecian
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5th largest economy
India
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Scheduled flooding
careful city planning
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Trading partners
Harappa and Mohenjorado
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No place of worship/ indicated equality
Mohenjorado
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Drastic climate change that caused famine or flooding
True
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Aryans are from
Iran
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Practiced by 900m followers, 95% live in India
Hinduism
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Brahma
Creator
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Vishnu
Preserver
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Shiva
destroyer
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Brahmins
knowledge
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Kshatriyas
Defense
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Vaishyas
Sustenance
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Shudras
service
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Dalit
poor
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Caste ( Race System)
No social mobility
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Cycle of birth and death/ reincarnation
Samsara
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Moksha
freedom for reincarnation
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Middle Kingdom
China
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Longest existing civilization/ discovered gunpowder, paper and compass
China
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Longest river
Yangtze River
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center of the world
China
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River that fuels China's agriculture/ known for flooding
Huang Ho
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Huang Ho known as
Sorrow of China
Scourge of the Han People
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Ancestor god called Shang - Ti
Shang Dysnasty
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Relied on oracle bones
Shang Dynasty
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Oracle bones are
Ox's blade
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Overthrown by Zhou Dynasty/ Mandate of Heaven
Zhang Dynasty
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Explains why China's history revolves around dynasties
Dynastic Cycle
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Greece is
Mountanious
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Arable meaning
Plantable
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Excellent farmers/ craftsmen
Minoan
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Mainland/ Immortalized Iliad and Odysseus
Mycenaean
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Basic unit of government
City States
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Capital of Greece
Athens
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Where boys picked up debating
Agora ( public market)
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You can be an Athen if you are a woman, slave or foreigner
False, only men
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Laconic
Spoke few words
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Highly militaristic
Spartans
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Troy
City in Turkiye
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Which king ran the marathon
Persian King Darius
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Athens fastest runner
Phedippides
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Xerxes
Perisa
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Leonidas
Sparta
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Salamis
Naval battle
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Plataea
Land battle
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Persia abandoned Greece
True
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What league did Athens form
Delian League
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Who won the Peloponnesian War
Spartan
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Hellenic
Greek Culture
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When did Alexander die
33 Babylon
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why did Alexander die
Malaria
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Who wrote Iliad and Odysseus
Homer
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Greek gods and goddesses live in
Mt Olympus
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Zeus is the mightiest god
True
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Happens every 4 years
olympics
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Firm and plain
Doric
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Scroll - like
Ionic
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Decorated with Acanthus leaves
Corinthians
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draconian
severe
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solon
law maker
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Law Maker who introduced octracism
Cleisthenes
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Father of Athenian democracy
Cleisthenes
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octracism = banished/ baked clay
True
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First democracy recorded
Athenian
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Term for Asia, Europe and Africa
Old World
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Who said Democracy is not for everyone
Plato
