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5th Grade History Test 8 (Semester Exam) Flashcards

1
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writing; the wheel

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Sumerians

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2
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Hanging Gardens

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Babylonians

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3
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coins

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Lydians

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4
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early empire builders

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Hittites

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5
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alphabet

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Phoenicians

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6
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no great accomplishments

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Canaanites

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7
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What is the false idea that man began as an animal called?

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evolution

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8
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Which event divides time into B.C. and A. D.?

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Christ’s coming to earth

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9
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How as the man that God called out of Ur and promised the land of Canaan?

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Abraham

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10
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What is Sumerian wedge-shaped writing called?

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cuneiform

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11
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List 3 religions that began in the Middle East.

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Christianity
Islam
Judaism

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12
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What language is spoken by most people in the Middle East today?

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Arabic

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13
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What is the Middle East’s mot important natural resource today?

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oil

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14
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In which river valley did Indian civilization begin?

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Indus

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15
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What is the belief that when person dies his soul is reborn in some other newborn man or animal?

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reincarnation

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16
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Which country was once called Persia?

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Iran

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17
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the largest country in Africa

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Sudan

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18
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the world’s largest swamp

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Sudd

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19
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the structure built to control flooding of the Nile

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Aswan High Dam

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20
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the waterway separating Africa and Asia

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Suez Canal

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21
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the body of water connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

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Strait of Gibraltar

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22
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the second largest freshwater lake in the world

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Lake Victoria

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23
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the largest city in Africa

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Cairo

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24
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the two African countries that were never colonies of Europe

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Liberia

Ethiopia

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25
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the short descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Pygmies

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26
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Serengeti National Park is located in

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Tanzania

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27
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leader of Chinese Communists

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Mao Tse-tng

28
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only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt

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Hatshepsut

29
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the “Father of Faith Missions”

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Hudson TAylor

30
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righteous Batswana chief

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Khama

31
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first known African Christian

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Ethiopian eunuch

32
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the “Queen of Cannibals”

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Mary Slessor

33
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first black president of South Africa

A

Nelson Mandela

34
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first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel

A

Anwar Sadat

35
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greatest missionary-explorer to Africa

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David Livingstone

36
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the “Father of American Missions”

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Adoniram Judson

37
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the key to understanding hieroglyphics

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the Rosetta Stone

38
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What was an Egyptian device for irrigating crops?

A

shadoof

39
Q

Which country was once called the “Spice Islands”?

A

Indonesia

40
Q

Which country is the “Land of the Rising Sun”?

A

Japan

41
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Which city was a famous center of learning in Africa?

A

Timbuktu

42
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Africa’s highest mountain

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

43
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the fourth largest island in the world

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Madagascar

44
Q

Where is the Barbary Coast located?

A

Mediterranean Sea

45
Q

List 3 needs of Africa today.

A

the gospel
stable government
education

46
Q

capital of Egypt

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Cairo

47
Q

capital of Sudan

A

Khartoum

48
Q

capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo

A

Kinshasa

49
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capital of Ethiopia

A

Addis Ababa

50
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capital of Kenya

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Nairobi

51
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capital of South Africa

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Cape Town

52
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capital of Tanzania

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Dar es Salaam

53
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capital of China

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Beijing

54
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capital of India

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Nw Delhi

55
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capital of Iraq

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Baghdad

56
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capital of Israel

A

Jerusalem

57
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capital of Japan

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Tokyo

58
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capital of South Korea

A

Seoul

59
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capital of Syria

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Damascus

60
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capital of Syria

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Damascus

61
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capital of Taiwan

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Taipei

62
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capital of Thailand

A

Bangkok

63
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capital of Turkey

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Ankara

64
Q

Be able to identify these items on a map.

A 
China
India
Japan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
65
Q

Be able to identify these geographical locations of Africa

A 
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
South AFrica
Sudan
Tanzania
Horn of Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Drakensburg Mountains
66
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Be able to identify and find these mountains and mountain ranges on a map.

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Alps
Andes
Appalachians
Mt. Ararat
Atlas Mts.
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
Great Dividing Range
Himalayas
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Matterhorn
Mt. McKinley
Mont Blanc
Rockies
Urals

5th Grade History (3 decks)

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