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What is a fertile crescent?

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large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland.

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are the most important physical features of the region sometimes known as Mesopotamia:

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The tigris and the euphrates river

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What is silt?

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a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

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What is irrigation?

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way of supplying water to an area of land.

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What are the canals?

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human-made waterways

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The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job is called a …..?

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division of labor

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What is rural?

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A countryside

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What is urban ?

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City

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What is a city-state?

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consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.

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What is an empire?

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or land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.

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The world’s first system of writing:

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Cuneiform

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What is a polytheism?

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the worship of many gods

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What is Priests?

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people who performed religious ceremonis

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What is social hierarchy?

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the division of society by rank or class

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What are the cities that composed in the sumerian society

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City-state of Ur , Uruk , Kish , Lagash

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Is a community of people who share a common culture:

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Societ

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How many Stone Age people have crossed from Asia to North America?

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By using a land bridge

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What was one of the most important technical developments of summer?

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The wheel.

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In the sumerian society , people’ social class or rank depended on their wealth and their :

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Occupation

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What is a scribe?

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A writer

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What are the epics?

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long poems that tell the stories of heroes.

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What is a ziggurat?

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a pyramid shaped temple tower

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What is the longest river in the world?

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Nile river

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What is a delta?

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a triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river.

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What is a pharaoh?

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the title used by the rulers of Egypt. The title pharaoh means “great house.”

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What is a dinasty?

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series of rulers from the same family.

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Who called Egypt the gift of the Nile?

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Herodocus

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The nile how many miles run?

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Runs 4.000miles north to the mediterranean sea

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What though the desert of upper egypt?

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The nile

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What did the silt from the nile made?

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Made soil ideal for farming and make the land dark color

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30
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Who was the first pharaoh during the first dynasty ?

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Menes

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31
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The old kingdom lasted from about..:

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2700BC, to 2200BC

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What was the most famous pharaoh in the Old kingdom ? And in what year did he ruled?

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Knufu , 2500s

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In the old kingdom what did they practiced?(religion)

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Polytheism

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What did they think of the afterlife?(old kingdom)

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That is was a happy place

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Who believed that bural, sites were important especially royal tombs?

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Egyptians

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In the old kingdom they built a spectacular monument to ….

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Bury their rules

37
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What was Anubis?

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The god , of the dead

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What was Re ,or Amon Re?

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The sun god

39
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Who was the Osiris?

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The god of the underworld

40
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Who was Isis?

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The godness of magic

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Who was Horus?

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A sky god of the pharaohs

42
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What are the nobles?

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people from rich and powerful families.

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What is a afterlife?

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life after death.

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What is elite?

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or people of wealth and power,

45
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What are the pyramids?

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huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top.

46
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Is a period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750BC:

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Middle Kingdom

47
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Is a period during which Egypt reached the height of its power and glory .

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New Kingdom

48
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what is a trade route?

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Paths, followed by traders

49
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Who came to power in 1200sBC ?

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The pharaoh Ramses 2 or Ramses the Great

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Who worked to increase the Egyptian Trade?

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Queen Hatshepsuits

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What are the hieroglyphics?

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Egyptian writing system

52
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What is a papyrus?

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A long , lasting paper like material made form reeds

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How many symbols did the hieroglyphics used?

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600 symbols

54
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Who was the key?(egyptian achivements)

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Rosetta stone(1799)

55
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Who were famous of his architecture and art?

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Egyptians

56
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What was the most famous structure?

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The piramids

57
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What is a sphinxes?

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imaginary creatures with the bodies of lions and the heads of other animals or humans

58
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What is a subcontinent?

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large landmass that is smaller than a continent.

59
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Where are the Himalayan Mountains?

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In the north of India

60
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Were are the Ghats Mountains ?

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Are east and west

61
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What are monsoons?

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seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons

62
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What are the India’s two main rivers:

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The Ganges and the Indus River

63
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Is the cradle of India’s civilization?

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Indus valley

64
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By 2500BCE the entire region was dominated by two cities called:

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Harappa, and Mojenjo-Daro

65
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City traded with Iran and neighboring regions in India to the east

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Harappa

66
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City traded with the Persian Gulf and Summer to the east

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Mojenjo-Daro

67
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How was the regions united?

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By a trade

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tell 5 achievements of the Indus Valley :

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Jewelry made of gold ,agate,jasper,and garnets
Peaceful items like toys and jewelry
Terra Cotta trade seals
Standards weights and measures
Writing system
69
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For what did the Great Bath Tanks was used?

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For the purification of the body and soul

70
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Symbolized leader whose strength protects the people:

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Hump back bull

71
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From who did the Indus culture were conquered?

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Aryans

72
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Who were the Aryans?

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A nomadic people who migrated into the Indus Valley from Central Asia

73
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What did the Aryans introduced to India?

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Iron and the horse chariot

74
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Tell 5 ideas from the New Aryans:

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A new government system
A new language( Sanskrit/Hindi)
A new education system
A new social organization called “Caste System”
Two Aryans epics are the “Ramayana , and the Mahabharata”

75
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Its a combination of several religious traditions , and gods of ancient India:

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Hinduism

76
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Is the last of the polytheistic believe:

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Hinduism

77
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What are the Hindu deities:

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Vishnu the “preserver”
Brahma the “creator”
Silva the “destroyer”

78
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there were four main varnas, or social divisions, in Aryan society. These varnas were:

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Brahmins or priests,
• Kshatriyas or rulers and warriors,
• Vaisyas or farmers, craftspeople, and traders,
• Sudras

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What is meditation?

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the focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas.

80
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What is Buddhism?

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religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.

81
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What is nirvana?

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a state of perfect peace.

82
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What are the missionaries?

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people who work to spread their religious beliefs,

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