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5th Grade - HISTORY -Chapters 1-9 Flashcards

1
Q

What nation is the known for the Hanging Gardens?

A

Babylonians

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2
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What nation is recognized as having had no great accomplishments?

A

Canaanites

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3
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Who were the early empire builders?

A

Hittites

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4
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What nation minted (or made) the world’s first coins?

A

Lydians

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5
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What nation developed an alphabet that was their most valuable contribution to the world?

A

Phoenicians

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6
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Inventions of this nation included writing and the wheel?

A

Sumerians

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7
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The Middle East’s most important natural resource today is?

A

oil

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8
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This event divided time into B.C. and A.D.?

A

Chist’s coming to earth

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9
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This country was once called Persia?

A

Iran

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10
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What is the false idea that man began as an animal?

A

evolution

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11
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The Sumerian wedge shaped writing is called?

A

cuneiform

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12
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Indian civilization began in which river valley?

A

Indus

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13
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Who did God call out of Ur and was promised the land of Canaan?

A

Abraham

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14
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What language do most of the people in the Middle East speak today?

A

Arabic

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15
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The belief that a person’s soul is reborn into some other newborn man or animal is called?

A

reincarnation

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16
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What religion did not begin in the Middle East?

A

Hinduism

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17
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What is the largest country in Africa?

A

Algeria

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18
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What body of the water connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean?

A

Strait of Gibraltar

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19
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What vast marshy area between the White Nile and the Blue is the world’s largest swamp?

A

Sudd

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20
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What are the short descendants of the Diplomatic Republic of Congo that still roam the forest?

A

Pygmies

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21
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Where is the Serengeti National Park located?

A

Tanzania

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22
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What is the second largest fresh water lake in the world?

A

Lake Victoria

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23
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What scultpure was built to control the annual flood waters of the Nile?

A

Aswan High Dam

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24
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What is the largest city in Africa?

A

Cairo

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25
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What two African countries remain independent and never became colonies of Europe?

A

Liberia and Ethiopia

26
Q

What waterway divides the continents of Africa and Asia?

A

Suez Canal

27
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Who was the first known African Christian?

A

Ethiopian eunuch

28
Q

Who was the only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt?

A

Hatshepsut

29
Q

Who was the “Father of American Missions?”

A

Adoniram Judson

30
Q

Who was the righteous Botswana chief?

A

Khama

31
Q

Who was the greatest missionary and explorer to Africa?

A

David Livingstone

32
Q

Who was the first black president of South Africa?

A

Nelson Mandala

33
Q

Who was the “Father of Faith Missions?”

A

Hudson Taylor

34
Q

Who was the leader of Chinese communists?

A

Mao Tse-tung

35
Q

Who was the first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel?

A

Anwar Sadat

36
Q

What was the key in helping us to understand hieroglyphics?

A

The Rosetta Stone

37
Q

What country is known as the “Land of the Rising Sun?”

A

Japan

38
Q

What city in Africa was a famous center of learning?

A

Timbuktu

39
Q

What country was once known to westerners as the Spice Islands?

A

Indonesia

40
Q

What device was used by the Egyptians to irrigate crops?

A

shadoof

41
Q

What is something that Africa is not in need of today?

A

natural resources

42
Q

What is Africa’s highest mountain?

A

Mount Kilimanjaro

43
Q

What Barbary Coast is known for the pirates that live in what location?

A

Mediterranean Sea

44
Q

The fourth largest island in the world is?

A

Madagascar

45
Q

What is the capital of Egypt?

A

Cairo

46
Q

What is the capital of Kenya?

A

Nairobi

47
Q

What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

A

Kinshasa

48
Q

What is the capital of Tanzania?

A

Dar es Salaam

49
Q

What is the capital of Sudan?

A

Khartoum

50
Q

What is the one of the capitals of South Africa?

A

Cape Town

51
Q

What is the capital of Ethiopia?

A

Addis Ababa

52
Q

What ist he capital of Turkey?

A

Ankara

53
Q

What is the capital of Iraq?

A

Baghdad

54
Q

What is the capital of Thailand?

A

Bangkok

55
Q

What is the capital of China?

A

Beijing

56
Q

What is the capital of Syria?

A

Damascus

57
Q

What is the capital of India?

A

New Delhi

58
Q

What is the capital of Taiwan?

A

Taipei

59
Q

What is the capital of Japan?

A

Tokyo

60
Q

What is the capital of Israel?

A

Jerusalem

61
Q

What is the capital of South Korea?

A

Seoul

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