Test 2 Flashcards
(132 cards)
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three great fertile river valleys of Asia
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- Tigris-Euphrates
- Indus
- Huang He/Yellow River
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Asia makes up nearly __1__ of earth’s land and more than __2__ of earth’s people
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- 1/3
- 1/2
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the largest continent
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Asia
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the highest point on earth
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Mount Everest
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the lowest place on earth
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Dead Sea
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India’s first civilization
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Indus Valley Civilization
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indigenous people of India
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Dravidians
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fierce barbarians that conquered the Indus Valley Civilization and controlled India by 600 BC
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Aryans
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religion of the Indian region
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Hinduism
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Hindu’s one, absolute, impersonal, universal spirit
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Brahma
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the process of rebirth
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reincarnation
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a Hindu law where the soul evolves towards spiritual perfection; says that a person’s deeds in this life will directly affect their station in the next life
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karma
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India’s strict division of social classes
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caste
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two distinct cultural features of India
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Hinduism and the caste system
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four castes of India
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- Brahmans (Hindu priests)
- princes/warriors
- landowners/merchants
- farmers/laborers/servants
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a person who broke the caste system rules
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outcaste/pariah/untouchable
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native Indian family that drove out the Greeks
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Maurya Empire
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greatest Mauryan ruler
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Asoka
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Hindu nobleman who chose the monk life
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Buddha means ______
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“Enlightened One”
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The _____ is the lifestyle of Buddhists, extreme self-denial and avoidance of uncontrolled desire
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“Middle Way”
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a spiritual state of mind in Buddhism in which one can escape endless reincarnations, eliminate human desires, and become completely oblivious to self and the world
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Nirvana
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native Indian dynasty that inaugurated India’s “golden age”
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Guptas
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empire founded by Babar
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Mogul Empire
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“best of buildings” Mogul Emperor’s wife’s tomb
Taj Mahal
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a language mix of Persian, Arabic, and Hindi
Hindustani
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a cotton material with a checked or figured print
calico
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the world's oldest living civilization is _____
China
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country with the world's largest population
China
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two great river systems of China
Huang He “China’s sorrow” and Yangtze
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first known civilization of China shortly after the dispersion
Huang He Civilization
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the name for the ancient Chinese land, believing they were the geographical and cultural center of the earth
Chung-Kuo ("Middle Country")
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a ruling family
dynasty
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China's first dynasty that developed a system of writing
Shang
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China's longest ruling dynasty
Chou
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two philosophers from the Chou dynasty
1. Lao-tse: harmony with nature
2. Confucius: respect tradition, learning, honesty, and family
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empire that united China
Ch'in
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first emperor of a united China
Shih Huang Ti
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dynasty that built the Great Wall of China
Ch'in
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empire that was the height of ancient China's power and glory
Han
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Chinese empire at the same time as the Roman Empire
Han
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the link between Rome and China
the Great Silk Road
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fierce nomads from Northern Asia that were led by Genghis Khan
Mongols
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the longest continental empire in history
Mongol Empire
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dynasty led by Genghis Khan's grandson Kublai Khan
Yuan Dynasty
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Italian explorer who lived in China for 20 years and spread good reports of China
Marco Polo (Yuan Dynasty was when he was in China)
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China's dynasties:
1. Shang
2. Chou
3. Ch'in
4. Han
5. Mongol
6. Yuan
7. Ming
8. Ch'ing
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an island country in the North Pacific Ocean
Japan
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four major islands of Japan
Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku
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means "Source of the Sun"
Nippon
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original Caucasian inhabitants of Japan
Ainu
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a religion of nature worship in Japan
Shinto
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a group of extended families who led the small states of Japan
clan
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Japanese clan that established a loose rule over other clans
Yamato clan
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"Founder of Japanese Civilization"
Prince Shotoku
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the period of time after Shotoku’s death when a central government was formed, the emperor owned the land, and a tax system began
Taika (Great Reform)
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Japanese word for emperor
Mikado
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second largest continent
Africa
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world's largest desert
Sahara Desert
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world's longest river
Nile River
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the ancient connection from Africa to Asia
Isthmus of Suez
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built in 1869 and connects Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
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the most magnificent empire in the ancient world
Egypt
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Egypt's original name
Mizraim
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original Egyptians, Hamitic people
Copts
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local name for Egypt
Kemet
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two kingdoms of Egypt
1. Upper Egypt (South)
2. Lower Egypt (North)
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the smaller division of Egypt, each having their own king
nomes
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united the two kingdoms and became the first Pharaoh of all Egypt
Menes
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_____ created the capital city of Memphis in the middle of Egypt
Menes
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At the time of _______ Egypt was the greatest power of the ancient world
the Exodus
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"Father of History"
Herodotus
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Greek explorer who gave Egypt the name "the Gift of the Nile"
Herodotus
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small rivers that form a triangle (delta) shape by the Mediterranean Sea
Nile Delta
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four gifts of the Nile
1. soil (most important)
2. transportation
3. papyrus
4. protection
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1. the strange writings of the ancient Egyptians
2. everyday writing of Egypt
1. hieroglyphics
2. hieratic
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a book of prayers placed in Egyptian tombs
Book of the Dead
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an ancient rock with three languages
Rosetta Stone
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a French scholar who worked for 14 years to decipher the Egyptian language
Champollion
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1. Biblical name for Memphis
2. Biblical name for Thebes
1. Noph
2. No
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“city of the dead”: all the remains of Thebes
necropolis
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god-king of Egypt
pharaoh
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the Pharaoh’s chief assistant
vizier
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The ______ best symbolizes the Egyptian Conception of state and society
Pyramid
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gods personified as nature or animals
naturalism
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Egyptian god represented with the body of a man, and head of a falcon
Horus
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process of preserving bodies
mummification
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the most famous mortuary temple belonged to _____
Hatshepsut (may have been Moses' stepmom)
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one of the world’s greatest archeological discoveries (1922)
King Tut (Tutankhamen)
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Egyptian kingdom with their greatest art and architectural accomplishments
Old Kingdom
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Egyptian leader in the Middle Kingdom who reunited the two lands of Egypt
Mentuhotep I
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Egyptian dynasty in the Middle Kingdom when the Hebrew people are estimated to have arrived in Egypt
Twelfth Dynasty
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Asiatic warriors/”Shepherd kings”
Hyksos (ended the Middle Kingdom)
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AKA the Egyptian Empire
the New Kingdom
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a Theban prince who was the founder of the New Kingdom
Ahmose I
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Egyptian leader who was responsible for the greatest height of their power
Thutmose III
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Thutmose's son who may have been involved in the Exodus
Amenhotep II
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most outstanding monarch of the later New Kingdom
Ramses II
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the center of Egyptian life and one of the great cities of the Arab world during the Middle Ages
Cairo
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Africa was known as this because it was an unexplored mystery until the 19th century
the Dark Continent
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____ of Africa is deserts
2/5
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desert in Southern Africa
Kalahari Desert
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Africa’s longest mountain range
Atlas Mountains
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tallest mountain of Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
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Africa’s largest lake
Lake Victoria (source of Nile)
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world’s longest and second deepest lake
Lake Tanganyika
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largest rift in the earth’s surface
Great Rift Valley
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descendant of Ham who went to the "Fertile" Sahara Desert
Phut
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____ means "a bow"
Phut (they were skilled archers and mercenaries)
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greatest ancient civilization in Africa's interior
Cush
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descendant of Ham who went to Sudan (South of Egypt)
Cush
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Cushite warrior who overcame Egypt
Pinakhi
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The first African on record to become a Christian
Ethiopian Eunuch
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mountainous region of Africa north of modern Ethiopia (Abyssinia)
Sabaea (Kingdom of Aksum)
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oldest surviving Christian hymn
"Shepherd of Tender Youth"
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greatest ruler of the Mali Empire
Mansa Musa
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the belief that natural objects and force are inhabited by mostly malignant spirits
animism
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Largest central empire from 1400-1700s
Kingdom of the Kongo
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owners of the 3 Great Pyramids of Giza (Cheops)
Khufu (largest pyramid), Khafre, and Menkaure
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the pharaoh at the time of the Exodus
Amenhotep II
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man with so much money that he gave it out on his trip to Mecca
Mansa Musa
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famous African trading empires in
Ghana Empire, Mali Empire, Songhai Empire, and the Kingdom of Benin
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algebra means __1__ and was invented in __2__
1. the reunion of broken parts
2. India
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the North African Christian Augustine spoke on ____
grace
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recorded Korean history began ______
108 BC
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the first major empire of India
Maurya Empire
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Japan and Korea were culturally similar to ______
China
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chief religions of Southeast Asia
Islam and Buddhism
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river that run westward into the Atlantic Ocean
Niger, Congo, and Orange River
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river that run into the Indian Ocean
Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers
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wrote "Shepherd of Tender Youth"
Clement
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ruler of Songhai that possessed more power and wealth than any other West African rulers
Askia the Great
