AP World History Civilizations – Flashcards
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MFeatures of civilization
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Advanced civilizations, advanced technology, complex institutions, specialized workers, record keeping
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Venus figures
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Futility figures, size equals wealth
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Ancient Mesopotamia is located wher
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Fertile crescent between tigris and euphrates rivers
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Ancient Mesopotamia had what
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City states
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What is a city state
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A city and its surrounding country side
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Sedentary agriculture led to what
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Property, laws, government, social stratification, gender inequalities, formal religion, population growth.
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What was the government like in Mesopotamia
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Early on it was a theocracy, where the priest king would govern a city state, later on they had kings
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When did the summaries begin
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3500 BCE
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City states evolved into
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empires
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Empire is
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expansion, conquest, multiregional, EMPIRES ALWAYS FALL
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Hammurabis code was developed when
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c.1800 BCE
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Summaries developed the first civilization where
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Mesopotamia
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Sumerians created the first advanced
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society
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How did religion effect sumarian culture
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Yes, religion played a huge role in culture
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What did summaries believe
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That there was over 3,000 gods and that they had to appease the gods to prevent natural disasters
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Usually art and literature focused on what in sumar
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The gods
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What did the summariens build to worship their gods
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ziggurats
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Was summer socially stratified
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Yes
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Was slavery common in sumur if it was what type of slave did they have
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Yes, the had classical slaves
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What is classical slaves
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They are temporary slaves
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Were the sumarians patriarchal, and what rights did women have
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Yes, women could hold occupations
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What is some inventions that have come from sumar
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Wheel, plow, sail, metallurgy, cuniform, and a system of numbers
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What is cuniform
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A early system of writing
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Ancient Egypt was relatively
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Isolated
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What did the nile provide for Egypt
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Transportation, water, silt
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How did Egypt control the nile
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They controlled the nile by making canals and dams
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What are the two parts of egypt
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Lower Egypt = north Upper Egypt = south
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Menes
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First Egyptian King, he unified lower and upper egypt.
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When was the Egyptian government formed
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In 3000 BCE
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How is Egypt's history split up
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Old kingdom, middle kingdom, and new kingdom
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The Egyptian government was a
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Theocracy
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Could women be pharaohs
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Yes
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What was the religion in Egypt
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Polytheistic, gods had human and animal qualities, beleived in afterlife.
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What did Egypt do to its dead
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They mummified them
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What were pyramids used for
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Pharaoh's tombs
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Was it society stratified in Egypt
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Yes
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Was it hard to move up class in Egypt
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Yes
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Did women have more rights in Egypt than most places in the ancient world, if so what could they do
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Yes- divorce, own property, propose marriage
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What were some inventions that the ancient Egyptions had
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- Hyrogliphics on papyrus, mathematics/geometry, calender system (with 365 days)
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When did cities emerge in the indus driver valley
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2500 BCE
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Were the city states unified in the indus river valley
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Yes, they were culturally unified
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Theory as to why indus river civilization disipears
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Environmental disaster, vs arian invasion
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How was the indus valley religion
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Polytheistic, later influence hinduism
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How was the indus river civilization cities planned
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Very well, had plumbing system
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Indus river valley wrighting system
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Undescypherable
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Chinese dynasties
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Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing republic, Mao Zedong
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Ancient china was based off what river
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Huang he
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China was developed in
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Isolation
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Shang dynasty emerged when
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c. 1500 BCE
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Chinese cities were surround by
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earth walls
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Filial piote
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Family at the center of society,to be good to one's parents and to take care of one's parents
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How did family go in china
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Father, older son, younger son, mom, daughter
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Women were _______________ in china
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Subordinate
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Chinese believe that spirits of the ___________ can bring __________ _______ ____ _______
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family ancestors, good fortune and luck
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The Shang dynasty is known for
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Silk, oracle bones, bronze
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Mandate of heaven
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A political theory of ancient China in which those in power were given the right to rule from a divine source
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The olmec lived where and when did they start
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Mesa-America in dance tropical forests, c.1400-400 BCE
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Omelet had several what
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City states with a common culture
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Did the olmecs have social hierarchy, if so who was at top
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Yes, the chieftains
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Laborers were forced to build what in the olmec civilization
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Temples and palaces
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What was the olmec religion
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Polytheistic, gods are a blend of animal, human
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Shamans organized what in the olmec civilization
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religious ceremonies
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Religion in sumar led to the development of a
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Writing system and calendar system
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What are some examples of olmec art
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Olmec heads, pyramids and temple mounds, jaguars
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Norte chico society began where and when
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In pure about 3000-1800 BCE
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Norte chico is famous for its
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Architecture and use of the quipu for records keeping
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Legacy of ancient civilizations is
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Writing systems, technology,
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When did ancient civilizations begin to decline
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1000 BCE
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Why did ancient civilizations begin to decline
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Nomadic tribes
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Political and cultural centers shift to new locations exept in
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China
