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History Flashcards

1
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What was life like during the Paleolithic era?

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Hunted and gathered in small groups

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2
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What was the Neolithic revolution?

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Beginning of farming and domestication

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3
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Why did people settle near rivers?

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Irrigation and transportation

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4
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What weee the 4 early river valley civilizations?

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Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, china

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5
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What was the code of Hammurabi?

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The first set of comprehensive laws

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6
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What do the different punishments in the code of Hammurabi tell us?

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Social classes were not equal

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7
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What is cultural diffusion?

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The spread of goods and ideas and diseases through trade

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8
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What is a point of view or opinion ?

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Someone’s perspective

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9
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What is an enduring issue?

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A challenge or problem that has been debated across time

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10
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Major figures of Judaism

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Abraham and Moses

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11
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Founder of Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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12
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Founder of Confucianism

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Confucius

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13
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Sacred text of judaism

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The Torah

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14
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Sacred text of Hinduism

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The vedas

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15
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Sacred text of Buddhism

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The three baskets of wisdom

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16
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The sacred text of confucianism

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The analects

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17
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Code of conduct for judaism

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Ten Commandments

18
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Code of conduct for hinduism

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Caste system

19
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Code of conduct for buddhism

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Four noble truths and the eightfold path

20
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Code of conduct for confucianism

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The five relationships

21
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What belief created civil service exams ?

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Confucianism

22
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Which religion believes in reincarnation?

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Hinduism

23
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What geographic factor protected India?

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Himalayas

24
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What advancements did the Gupta create?

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Decimals, zero, surgery, hospitals, gravity, size of the moon

25
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Who made the pillars of Ashoka?

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Mauryan Dynasty

26
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Who was Shi huang di from?

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Qin dynasty

27
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What was the terra-cotta army from?

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Qin dynasty

28
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What accomplishments did the Qin dynasty make?

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Writing, coins, measurements

29
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Which dynasty had legalism ?

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Qin dynasty

30
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Which dynasty had Confucianism?

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Han dynasty

31
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Which dynasty used the Silk Road?

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Han dynasty

32
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Which dynasty uses civil service exams?

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Han dynasty

33
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What weee the accomplishments of the Han dynasty?

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Compass, silk, seismograph

34
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What type of democracy did Athens have

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Direct

35
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Who was the leader of Athens?

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Pericles

36
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Philosophy of athens

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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

37
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Which is militaristic… Athens or Sparta?

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Sparta

38
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Who has an oligarchy?

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Sparta

39
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Who was taught by Aristotle?

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Alexander the great

40
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Who made a Hellenistic civilization?

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Alexander the great

41
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What is a Hellenistic civilization?

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Blend of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian civilization

42
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What kind of states did Greece have?

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Individual city states

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