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History question test 1 Flashcards

1
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What is geography

A

Study of the Earth, its people, the environments they live

within and how they interact

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2
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Relative Location

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Where one place is located in relation to another
Ex: Industry of one country affected by location

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3
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Absolute

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Ex; Home adress

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4
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Place

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Physical features

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5
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Human – Environment Interaction

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What we do with what we have

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Movement

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Ex; Nomads following game

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7
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Region

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Area that is defined by its characteristics

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8
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Anthropology

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Study of origins & development of people

and their societies

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Culture

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The way of life of a certain people/society that

is handed down from generation to generation by

learning/experience

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10
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Technology

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Skills & tools people use to meet their

basic needs

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11
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Nomads

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Moving from place to place as they followed

game; weather

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12
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Civilization

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a complex, highly organized social order

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13
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8 features of civilization

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  1. Cities
  2. Well-organized Central Governments
  3. Complex religions
  4. Job Specialization
  5. Social Classes
  6. Arts & Architecture
  7. Public Works
  8. Writing
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14
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“city-states”

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A political unit that included a city & its surrounding lands & villages

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15
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“Empires”

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a group of states/territories controlled by one ruler

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16
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Cultural Diffusion

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Spread of ideas, customs & technologies from one people to another

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17
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Father of Egyptology

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Chompollion

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18
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what was the Egyptian religion

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(polytheistic)

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19
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Isis

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god of eternal life

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20
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Osiris

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god of underworld and the Nile

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21
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Ka

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an Egyptian soul

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22
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Books of the dead

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scrolls put into tombs w/deceased

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23
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How was the Egyptian gov’t ran

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Very bureaucratic and sophisticated

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24
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Vizier

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highest rank below Pharaoh

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25
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why did Egypt has a lot of Incest

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Pharaohs often married sisters
Keeps the blood pure
Keeps money in the royal family

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26
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What happened if wife divorced husband

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Husband suffers ($$), and estates passed down along female line

27
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Who was Ramses ll

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longest reigning pharaoh

28
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Why did the Egyptian empire decline

A

Religious superstition & greed

29
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Who was king Deicoes

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1st king of Media
also achieved power my respect

30
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Who was King Cyaxares

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Greatest king of Media

31
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How did Media Grow

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Destroyed Ninavah moved westward into Erupoean terrorty

32
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Why was ninevah important

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once Ninevah was beaten, Media empire could
expanded

33
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When does the Media empire fall

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After the death of Cyaxeres

34
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Why did media decline

A

Grew lax in their wealth/power
Grew lax in their wealth/power
King C’s son was insane

35
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Greatest king of Persia

A

King cyras

36
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How did king cyras die

A

dies in battle

37
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Who was king Darius

A

he unified Persian provenances under satraps

38
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satraps

A

a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.

39
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Why did the persian empier decline

A

Poor/cruel leadership
Esther, Queen of Persia/wife of King Xerxes
Satraps grew greedy and powerful

40
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who took over persia

A

Alexander the great

41
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Who was hammurabi

A

Early king of Babylon
1st king to put laws in the nation

42
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Who was nebuchadezzar

A

greatest but ruthless king of babylon

43
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What was a special scinece of the babylonians

A

astrology

44
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Why does babylon fall

A

Successor pays more attention to archaeology
Ignore gov’t; army is ignored

45
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What was the central faith on Judean

A

ten commandments

46
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What government was Isreal

A

patriarchal

47
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What happned when David and Solomon rules Isreal

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David builds by military conquest
- David makes Jerusalem capital
Solomon builds a merchant fleet on Red Sea
Solomon becomes one of the richest kings

48
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Who was the last Godly king before the fall of Isreal

A

King Josiah

49
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What was the most important pwer on india

A

Gupta

50
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What were stupas

A

shrines built to worship budda

51
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what was the caste system

A

Hundreds of castes and even subcastes
People of different castes are different species

52
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WHat were the rules of the caste system

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Could not marry outside of caste
– Governed what you eat, how you dressed
– Limited your choices of occupation
– Lowest caste – “Untouchables”

53
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What was a joint family

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Grandparents, uncles/aunts, parents, children
– All live in one dwelling

54
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What 5 things did confuciunism stress

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Father-son
elder brother to younger brother
husband wife
ruler to subject
friend to friend

55
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filial peity

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respect for parents & those over you

56
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Daosim

A

not concerned about human order

stressed communing with nature

57
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confucuis

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how ppl should behave

58
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Daoism

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how ppl should view the natural world

59
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Han dynasty

A

one of the greatest dynasties of ancient

China (400 years)

60
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Silk road

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spread Chinese influence across SE Asia

61
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What were civil service exams

A

Gov’t positions earned rather than “given”

62
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Fall of the han dynasty

A

Strong warlords (military leaders) undermine emperor
Chinese empire breaks up

63
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technology of the chines

A

Made paper from wood!

– Fishing reels

– Suspension bridges

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