Ancient Civil.- Chapter 5, 10-11 – Flashcards
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Which of the following Mesoamerican civilizations created a sophisticated writing system using hieroglyphs
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Maya
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Which of the following lived in the Southwest, in present-day New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado
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the Anasazi
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Groups of Anasazi formed a large community at ________, where they built a remarkable series of cliff dwellings
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Mesa Verde
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The Aztec practiced human sacrifice in order to
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delay the final destruction of the world
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Since the Inca lacked a writing system, they
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kept records by using a system of knotted string called the quipu
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What was the language taught to the ppl conquered by the Inca
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Quechua
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The Aztec initially accepted the Spanish because
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they believed that the representatives of Quetzacoatl ahd returned
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The Hopewell ppl are especially known for
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the earth mounds they built
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The Plains Indians used the buffalo for
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food, clothing, tools, and shelter
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Machu Picchu was
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a city built by the Inca, and serves as the finest example of Inca architecture
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What kind of forced labor did most of the Inca residents perfom
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building service
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Because they lived in a treeless region, the Inuits built their winter homes of
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packed snow
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The Investitutre Controversy was
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a dispute between Henry IV and Gregory VII over who could decide the appointment of bishops
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Merchants and artisans living in walled cities came to be called
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burghers or bourgeoisie
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Lay investiture was a practice by which
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secular rules both chose nominees to church officers and gave them the symbols of their office
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The Inquisition was
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the court created by the Catholic Church to find and try heretics
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The Black Death killed nearly 38 million ppl, resulting in
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labor shortages and a decline in trade
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The Black Death was spread by _______ infested with fleas carrying a deadly bacterium
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rats
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What was the result of the Concordat of Worms
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a compromise was reached in the Lay Investiture Controversy
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Why did Isabella and Ferdinand expel Jews and Muslims from Spain
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for religious unity
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The boom in population growth in Europe between 1000 and 1300 happened because of all of the following EXCEPT
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the Crusades
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A heretic was someone who
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denied basic Church doctrine
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A new innovation of Gothic architecture that allowed for taller buildings was
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flying buttresses
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This Jewish teacher traveled and preached in Judea and Galilee
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Jesus
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Diocletian and Constantine's social and economic policies were based in
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control and coercion
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Which of the following is a form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote
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republic
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The Roman Senate, which came to hold an important position in the Roman Republic, was
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a select group of about 300 patricians who served for life
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Julius Caesar, the first dictator of Rome, was
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assassinated
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Which of the following was a period of peace and prosperity that lasted almost 200 years
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Pax Romana
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____________ became the first Christian emperor
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Constantine
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The Edict of Milan proclaimed
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official tolerance of Christianity
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The body of laws known as the ________ was one of Rome's chief gifts to later generations
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Law of Nations
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The First Triumvirate was made up of
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Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar
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The emperor kept the poverty-stricken masses pacified by
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giving them free grain and providing entertainment on a grand scale
