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1
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When was the time of stability?

A

Middle Kingdom (Also known as the Golden Age)

2
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Who made a what with God?

A

The Jews made a covenant with Him

3
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How were the Chinese isolated?

A

By mountains and deserts

4
Q

What is Egyptian history divided into(three things)?

A

The Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms

5
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What did the Phoenicians produced(they traded this too)?

A

Purple dye, glass, and lumber

6
Q

What shape was Egyptian society organized similar to?

A

A pyramid

7
Q

An advanced city is an indication of what?

A

An organized government

8
Q

What is the Mandate of Heaven?

A

The basic principle of Chinese government

9
Q

What was the Chinese script made up of?

A

Pictographs and ideographs

10
Q

Rich soil to grow wheat in the _____ Valley resulted from ______

A

Indus Valley; annual flooding of the Indus River

11
Q

True or False:

Egyptian civilization was not influenced powerfully by invasions of other people

A

True

12
Q

Minoan civilization was destroyed due to a tsunami caused by what?

A

A minotaur

13
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Hittites were the first Indo-Europeans to use what?

A

Iron weapons

14
Q

What did the Shang dynasty aristocrats own?

A

Land to farm on

15
Q

What ten lost tribes were scattered?

A

Israelite tribes

16
Q

What is an ideograph?

A

Picture or character symbols that combined together to represent ideas

17
Q

During the Old Kingdom, what important pyramid was constructed and for whom?

A

Great Pyramid was built for King Khufu

18
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What was the first Chinese dynasty?

A

Shang dynasty

19
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What feature isolated China from India?

A

The Himalayas

20
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What are pictographs?

A

Character or symbol that represents an object

21
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What was the longest lasting Chinese dynasty?

A

The Zhou dynasty

22
Q

What is the longest river in the world?

A

The Nile River

23
Q

Where was an important river was found for India?

A

Indus Valley

24
Q

What predated the Mayans?

A

The Olmec

25
Q

What is Sanskrit?

A

Written language developed in the Indus Valley

26
Q

What is the highest mountain?

A

The Himalayas

27
Q

What were prophets?

A

Religious teachers

28
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What was the job of pastoral nomads?

A

They migrated with their domesticated animals

29
Q

Phoenicians lived along ____________ and devised an alphabet with ___ characters.

A

eastern Mediterranean; 22

30
Q

Israelites were a distinct group organized into 12 tribes establishing the religion of __________.

A

Judaism

31
Q

What animal did the Minoans worship and where did they live?

A

Bull; island of Crete

32
Q

Mayans believed they came from ____ and worshiped which four colors of corn?

A

Corn; red, yellow, black, and white

33
Q

Be able to draw out and label the three different crowns of Egypt

A

Lower, upper, and all of Egypt