The Ancient World Flashcards
(111 cards)
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What is the Christian calendar system based on?
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Christianity
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Who is the most important person in the Christian calendar system?
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Jesus of Nazareth
3
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Christos?
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Greek; anointed one
4
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What was Jesus’ nickname
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Christos
5
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What do people not the of the Christianity religion uses when they live in a place that uses it?
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Western System
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B.C.?
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Before Christ
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A.D.?
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Anno Domini; latin; in the year of our lord
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B.C.E.?
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Before Common Era
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C.E.?
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Common Era
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How much is a Millennium?
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1,000 years
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What was the most important event in the Christian calendar system?
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The birth of Jesus
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What was the Muslim calendar system based on?
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Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina
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Muslamic people’s culture is based on what?
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The religion of Islam
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How is the Muslim calendar system dated?
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Before and after his death
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B.H.?
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Before Hegirae
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A.H.?
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Anno Hegirae
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Anno Hegirae?
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Latin; in the year of the flight
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Hegirae?
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Latin; the flight
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The Hebraic, Chinese, and Japanese calendar are all..?
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Continuous Calendars
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Continuous Calendars start where?
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They all start where they thought the world began. No special date. Pick and go
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Anno Mundi
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Latin; the year of the world
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When was the oldest human writing dated back to?
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4241 B.C.
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What is the difference between Prehistoric Period and Historic Period
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The invention of writing
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Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic are all apart of what?
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The prehistoric period
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What is Aristotle the father of?
Anthropology
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What is Anthropology?
Study of human beings
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Paleolithic?
Greek; old stone age
Paleo - old
Lithic- stone
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Hominid?
Human Like
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What did people living in a nomad life do?
Moved around a lot
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What were the different types of Australopithecus Africanus?
East African Man, Java Man, and Peking Man
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Homo Sapiens?
Latin; wise man
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What were the two type of people that lived a nomadic life?
Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnons
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Meso?
Middle
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Paleo?
Greek; old
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Meso?
Greek; middle
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What happened during the mesolithic age?
1. Domestication of animals
2. Alloys (combination of two metals)
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Cogito Ergo Sum?
Latin; I think therefore I am
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Who said the latin quote I think therefore I am?
Rene Descartes
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Neo?
Greek; new
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What happened during the neolithic age?
1. Food production
2. Trade & commerce
3. Permanent settlements
4. Wheel & sail
5. Writing Systems
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Barter System was..?
When there was no money and people traded. ex) how much corn for a chicken
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Logia
Greek; the study of
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Civilization
1. Any organized attempt by humans to create order and stability in their environment.
2. A human group of several different societies who share a common origin and or/ common characteristics.
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Raison d etre
French; reason for being
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Why do people want to form civilization
It makes life easier and they hope it will increase your chance of survival and improve quality of life.
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Das Kapital
German; the capital (money)
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Every civilization has a way to what..?
Organize people
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Patriarchy?
Rule by father (boy)
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Matriarchy?
Rule by mother (girl)
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Archy?
Latin; to rule
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What is the organic system
A government system created by Karl Marx were each person gives what they can and receives what they need; everything is equal.
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What is school kind of like?
Alma mater ; foster mother
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Poly?
Greek; many
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Mono?
Greek; one
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Theos?
Greek; god
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Ism?
Greek; belief
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What major world religions are monotheistic?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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What major world religions are polytheistic?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism, and Taoism
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What is the cost of civilization?
Sacrifice of personal freedom and individual liberty.
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What gender is the Sun?
Male
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What is the gender of the Earth?
Female
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What were the most common gods?
The Sun and the Earth
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What is a civilization?
A human group of several different societies that share a common origin and/or common characteristics
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Who do the four beginning human civilizations belong with?
Themselves
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What are the first four human civilizations?
Mesopotamian, Nile, Yellow, and Indus
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What was Charles L. Woolley obsessed with?
Genesis
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Where is Mesopotamia?
Between the Tigris and Euphrates
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Which direction is the occidental civilization?
West
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What number did the sumerians base their math on?
60
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Where the Sumerians Polytheistic?
Yes
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Who created cuneiform?
Sumerians
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Who created the Tower of Babel
Babylonians
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Who thought that the location of the stars impacted your personality?
Babylonians
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Who created zodiac?
Babylonians
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Who was the chief of Babylon
Markduk
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Where were the hanging gardens
Babylon
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Pseudo?
False
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Who were very interested in the stars
Babylonians
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What are Hitties very protective of?
Iron and bees
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Which warriors were the scariest?
Assyrians
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What was Assyrians system of government?
Fascism
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What is Assyrians largest city?
Nineveh
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What was the Persians capital?
Perserpolis
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Who is the Hebrews god?
Yahweh
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Who created Zoroastrianism?
Zoroaster
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What does Ahura-Mazda mean?
Good
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What does Ahriman mean?
Evil
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What direction what the Oriental Civilizations
East
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What were the most important discoveries in Ancient Eygpt?
Rosetta Stone and Tomb of Tutankhamon
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Eygptology?
The study of Eygpt
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Who found the tomb of Tutankhamon?
Howard Carter
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Why was the tomb of Tutankhamon so important?
It had no been raided
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Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
It had a language that they understood on it and was able to translate other Ancient Eygpy languages
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What was the symbol of a city in Ancient Eygpt?
A circle with thick x
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What was the symbol of life in Ancient Eygpt?
A T with a circle over it
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What is a cartouche?
It is a oval or rectangle that joins that put symbols together to create a bigger word like a name
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Sociology?
The study of human groups
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Pharoh?
Great house
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Where is upper Eygpt?
South
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Where is lower Eygpt?
North
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What is upper Eygpt represented by?
Vulture
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What is lower Eygpt represented by?
Cobra
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What did Mexes create?
The Dynasty Rule
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Helipolis?
Greek; City of the sun
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What is the orignial name of Helipolis?
On
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What is a delta?
The mouth of a river
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Helio?
Greek; sun
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Polis?
Greek; city
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Who invaded the Nile
Hyksos invaded the Nile
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Why did the Eygptian councor their neigbors of the south (Nubia)
For gold
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What all happend during the Empire period?
Exodus, Tutankahamen, Aenhotep IV, Hatshepsut, Ramses II
