History Flashcards

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Study of the past

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History

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The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

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Culture

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Study of the past based on what people left behind

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Archaeology

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A part of imprint of something that was once alive

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Fossil

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The study of the Earths physical and cultural features

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Geography

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The natural features of the lands surface

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Landforms

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The pattern of weather conditions in an area over a period of time

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Climate

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Includes all living and non living things that effect life in an area

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Environment

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The time before there was writing

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Prehistory

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An early ancestor of humans

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Hominid

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A relative who lived in the past

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Ancestor

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Any hand held object that has helped someone accomplish a task

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Tool

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First part of the Stone Age

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Paleolithic

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People who hunted to survive

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Hunters/Gatherers

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To move

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Migrate

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Freezing times

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Ice Age

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A strip of land connecting two continents

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Land Bridge

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Middle Stone Age

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Mesolithic Era

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19
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Farming

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Agriculture

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20
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Huge stones used as monuments

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Megaliths

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21
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New Stone Age

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Nedithic Era

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A large area of rich or fertile farm land

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Fertile Cresent

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A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

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A way of supplying water to an area of land

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More than what is needed
Surplus
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Land with different territories
Empire
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The worship of many gods
Polytheism
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Performed religious ceremonies
Priests
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The division of society
Social Hierarchy
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Worlds first system of writing
Cuneiform
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Writer
Scribe
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Long poems
Epics
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Society of building
Architecture
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Pyramid shaped temple tower
Ziggurat
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Ruler of kingdom/empire
Monarch
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A set of 282 laws
Hammurabi’s Code
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Horse drawn cart
Chariot
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A set of letters that can be combined to make words
Alphabet
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Title used by Egyptian rulers
Pharaoh
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Series of rulers from the same family
Dynasty
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Life after death
Afterlife
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Bodies wrapped in cloth
Mummies
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Stone tombs with 4 triangle sides
Pyramid
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Fought Hitties and came to power
Ramses the Great
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Paper like material made from reeds
Papyrus
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Stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
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Seasonal wind patterns
Monsoons
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Largest religion in India
Hinduism
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Process of rebirth
Reincarnation
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The effects certain actions have on a soul
Karma
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Going without food
Fasting
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Enlightened one
The Buddha
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Religion based on teachings of Buddha
Buddhism
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State of perfect peace
Nirvana
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People who share religious beliefs
Missionaries
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Study of starts and planets
Astronomy
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Four Noble Truths:
1. Suffering and unhappiness apart of life, no one can escape sorrow 2. Suffering comes from our desires, people cause their own misery because they want things they can’t have 3. People can overcome desire and ignorance and reach nirvana, reaching nirvana frees from suffering 4. People can overcome ignorance and desire from following an 8-fold path