APWH Chapter 3 – Flashcards
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Which of the following societies began the custom of embalming to preserve the body for its life after death?
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The Egyptians
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Around _______ B.C.E., peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became nomadic herders
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9000 BC
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Due to a climatic shift the Sahara desert, which had been cool and well watered, became increasingly arid and uninhabitable around
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After 5000 BC
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Greek historian Herodotus used the phrase "the gift of the _______" to describe Egypt.
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Nile
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Egypt was united around 3100 B.C.E. by the conqueror
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Menes
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The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during the
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"The Old Kingdom" of Egypt
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During the third millennium the Egyptians traded with the Nubian kingdom of
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Kush
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Pharaohs in the Middle Kingdom were
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Not as powerful as their predecessors of the Old Kingdom
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The Hyksos were
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Semetic people from southwester Asai which defeated Egypt
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Horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by the
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around 1674 BC
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The Egyptians were the most imperialistic during the
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"New Kingdom" of Egypt
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During the eighth century B.C.E. Egypt fell under the control of the _______ for around a century.
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Hyksos
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In the mid-seventh century B.C.E. Egypt lost its independence and became a part of
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The Nubians
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Hatshepsut was
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The Kingdom of Kush
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In which of the following societies did women enjoy the most freedom and opportunity?
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Matriarchial Society
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In Africa (specifically, Kush), iron metallurgy
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Arose independantly from local experimentation with Iron Ores
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The Greek words meaning "holy inscriptions" refers to
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Hyroglyphs
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Meroitic writing
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Made Hyroglyphs that represented sounds not things. Created by Nubians.
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The cult of Amon-Re
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.Amon-Re, worhipped as the most powerful God in Kush and "New Kingdom" Egypt
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Besides the Hebrews, the only other example of monotheism from the ancient world occurred during the reign of
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Akhenaten, who promoted Aton as the only God in the Univerise.
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The line, "O Sole God beside whom there is none! You made the earth as you wished," is drawn from
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"The Great Hymn to Aton"
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The tribes which, as early as 3000 B.C.E., began to spread their language and agricultural techniques throughout Africa were the
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.Bantu
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By spreading their language across a huge stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that played by the
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Indo-Europeans
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The Bantu probably began their migrations because of
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Population Pressures
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By the middle of the first millennium B.C.E. the Bantu people had begun to produce
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Yams and Grains
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All of the following provide evidence of cultural diffusion to and throughout sub-Saharan Africa EXCEPT
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Set up on rivers and farmed, cultivation and herding spread throughout
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Chickens were first domesticated in
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The Indus Valley
