World History-Chapter 1 Review – Flashcards
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Worship of many gods.
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Polytheism
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Objects made or altered by humans.
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Artifacts
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Modern human beings, or "thinking man".
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Homo Sapiens
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Deposits of mud and sand that make the soil rich.
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Silt
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Era during which humans probably migrated to the Americas from Asia.
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Ice Age
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Seasonal winds accompanied by heavy rains.
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Monsoons
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During the Ice Age, Alaska and Siberia were connected by a land bridge.
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True
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Sumerian religion was polytheistic, which meant that the Sumerians worshiped only one god.
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False
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Pharaohs were Egyptian priests.
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False
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Papyrus provided the key to understanding Egyptian writing.
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False
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One of the first settlements in China was along the Huang He, or Yellow River.
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True
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The Nile River flooded with great regularity.
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True
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The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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Mesopotamia
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The process which involved treating the body with chemicals so that it would dry and remain preserved for centuries.
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Mummification
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The top of the Sumerian hierarchy.
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Kings and Priests
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The two primary grain crops in Egypt.
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Wheat and Barley
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Small pictures that were used to convey messages.
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Pictographs
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Egyptians first carved hieroglyphics on them.
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Monuments and Tombs
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The rich soil formed by yellow dust and deposited by the wind.
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Loess
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This gave the pharaoh the authority to rule over Egyptians.
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Divine Right
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The most important crop in Mesoamerica.
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Maize
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The reason pyramids were built.
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Tombs for the pharaohs
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The reason Sumerians built ziggurats.
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Honor their gods
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This civilization developed weights and measures that were constant throughout the region.
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Harappan Civilization
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Independent cities with their own gov'ts, orchards, and fields.
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City-states
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The greatest pre-historic civilization in South America.
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Peru
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Chavin de Huantar developed into an important ceremonial center due to this reason.
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It was at the crossroads of several trade routes that linked the mountains with the coast
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Many American Indian societies associated the jaguar with this.
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Rain and the fertility of the soil
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They had highly polished, delicate black pottery.
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Longshan culture
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Early Andean people tended to live in this grouping.
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Villages
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Egyptians eventually wrote hieroglyphics on this paper-like plant.
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Papyrus
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He was responsible for deciphering the Rosetta Stone.
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Jean Francois Champollion
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Johanson discovered this partial female skeleton in Ethiopia.
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Lucy
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The Yangshao people built their houses in this arrangement.
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Clusters
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He was the most famous pyramid architect.
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Imhotep
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The buildings of both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were made of this.
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Brick
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They were at the top of Old Kingdom Society.
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The Pharaoh
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Egyptian gods reflected this.
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Predictable nature of life along the Nile
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0 degrees Latitude
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Equator
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0 degrees Longitude
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Prime Meridian
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30 Degrees S Lat/130 Degrees E Long.
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Australia
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0 degrees S Latitude
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Equator
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40 degrees N Lat./100 degrees W Long.
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USA
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Tigris
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Euphrates
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Indus
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Huang He or Yellow
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Nile
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Amazon
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Himalayas
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Andes
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Gulf of Mexico
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Mediterranean Sea
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Red Sea
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Arabian Sea
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Persian Gulf
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Caribbean Sea
