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Burnette 3rd quarter final Flashcards

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With which group was the world’s first peace treaty created?

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Hittites

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Who was the first leader to have a permanent army?

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Sargon

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What was government like in Greece under Pericles?

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Very successful Democracy
Paid citizens to serve on juries or hold office
Encouraged pride in city
Encouraged spread of Democracy

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How was democracy in ancient Greece different from our current democratic government?

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Athens had a direct democracy
U.S. today is a representative democracy
We have a division of power
Both men and women can vote in the U.S.
Citizens elect officials to represent and make deciions for them in the U.S.
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(9) What was the most important result of the Neolithic Revolution?

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Shift from food gathering to food producing

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(10) Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this statement?

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People who could read and write were important

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(11) What were the three major religions of Ancient China?

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Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

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(12) What did the Etruscans and their Kings contribute to Roman society?

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BUILT LARGE TEMPLES
TAUGHT ROMANS THEIR ALPHABET
BUILT ROME’S FIRST SEWER SYSTEM

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(13) Identify the two key groups of people in Roman society and key points about each.

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PATRICIANS - the wealthy upper class, minority, powerful nobles, originally held all power and finances

PLEBEIANS - common people, majority, gained right to participate in government, peasants, craftspeople, traders, other workers

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(14) What were three rights that women had in ancient Egypt that made Egypt more progressive than most civilizations in ancient times?

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RIGHT TO OWN LAND
RIGHT TO FILE FOR DIVORCE
RIGHT TO MANAGE BUSINESS

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(16) What is the most important aspect of Hindu worship?

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BEING A GOOD PERSON THROUGH THEIR DHARMA (DAILY OBLIGATION) AND KARMA

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(17) What was “the Epic of Gilgamesh?”

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THE FIRST WRITTEN PIECE OF LITERATURE (EPIC POEM) ABOUT A HERO AND A FLOOD

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(19) What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age?

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ALLOWED PEOPLE TO BUILD PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS

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(20) How were artists in ancient Egypt treated?

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LIKE MERE LABORERS - UNDERAPPRECIATED AND NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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(22) Why might cities grow along rivers? (3 reasons)

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MOVING PEOPLE
MOVING GOODS
PROVIDES FERTILE LAND FOR FOOD

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(23) What happens when people have a steady food source?

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PEOPLE CAN STAY IN ONE PLACE AND CREATE A CIVILIZATION (WITH DIVISION OF LABOR)

17
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(24) What did Greece do to increase trade in the Mediterranean?

A

ESTABLISHED COLONIES ALL AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN

18
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  1. What would a human geographer study? (4 things)
A

CULTURE
ECONOMICS
POLITICS
LANGUAGE

19
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(26) Give an example of a region defined by physical characteristics.

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ROCKY MOUNTAINS
GREAT LAKES
SAHARA DESERT
BASICALLY ANY LANDFORM OR LANDSCAPE… NOT TREES!!!

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(27) Give an example of relative location

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WEMS IS NEXT TO WEHS
BURGER KING IS NEXT TO HARDEE’S
JAPAN IS EAST OF CHINA
MEXICO IS SOUTH OF THE U.S.

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(28) How can landforms affect people’s lives?

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KEEPS PEOPLE ISOLATED SO THEY DON’T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE
INFLUENCES WHERE PEOPLE SETTLE
INFLUENCES WHAT JOBS ARE AVAILABLE

22
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  1. What landforms would attract a large settlement? (3)
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MINERAL DEPOSITS
RIVER VALLEYS
FERTILE FARMLAND

23
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  1. What can be found on a physical map? (3)
A

LANDFORMS
MOUNTAIN RANGES
BODIES OF WATER

24
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(31) Give examples of Human/Environment Interaction (3)

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MINING FOR COAL
BUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS
IRRIGATING A FIELD OF CROPS

25
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  1. What is a political map?
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A MAP THAT SHOWS HOW HUMANS DIVIDED THE EARTH AMONG THEMSELVES INTO COUNTRIES OR STATES

26
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(34) China was isolated because of…

A

NATURAL BARRIERS SUCH AS MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS

27
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(35) What does the following statement imply?

Egypt is the gift of the Nile

   --Herodotus, Greek Historian
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THE NILE SUPPORTS CIVILIZATION IN EGYPT

28
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  1. Ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia & Egypt have what key geographic factor in common?
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BOTH ARE RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS DUE TO THE NEED TO IRRIGATE CROPS

29
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  1. Which area of the world was settled last?
A

South America

30
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(38) Create a sequence of events to show how Mesopotamia developed.

First
Secondly
Lastly

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FIRST - PEOPLE SETTLED WHERE CROPS WOULD GROW.
THEN - POPULATION GREW.
THEN - VILLAGES & CITIES FORMED

31
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  1. Why did settlements in Egypt cluster around the Nile?
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IT WAS A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER IN AN AREA THAT WAS MOSTLY DESERT.

32
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  1. What was the main reason that the Roman trade network grew?
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THE NEED TO BRING IN FOOD FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR THEIR GROWING POPULATION

33
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  1. What place in ancient Rome was the center of life in Roman society?
A

the Forum

34
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  1. How do we know Spartans valued strength?
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AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING, BOYS RAN, JUMPED, THREW JAVELINS, AND WENT THROUGH ENDURANCE EXERCISES.

35
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  1. What would be the main difference between Athenian & Spartan women in Greece?
A

WOMEN IN SPARTA WERE STRONG AND ATHLETIC, WOMEN IN ATHENS WERE NOT.

36
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(44) What happens to Greece because of the Peloponnesian War?

A

SPARTA BECAME THE MOST POWERFUL CITY-STATE
RESENTMENT LEADS TO A PERIOD OF WAR BETWEEN CITY-STATES
WEAKENED GREECE WOULD OPEN IT UP TO BE CONQUERED BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE IN YEARS TO COME

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(45) Why is the legend of the Gordian (Gordium) knot important to the history of Alexander the Great?

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IT WAS AN OMEN TO PROVE TO HIS TROOPS AND HIS ENEMIES THE OUTCOME OF HIS MISSION TO CONQUER THE KNOWN WORLD WAS POSSIBLE

38
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  1. Who attacked Rome in the Second Punic War?
A

Hannibal

39
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(49) Why was the Gracchus brother’s deaths important to the history of the Roman Republic?

A

ROMANS SAW VIOLENCE COULD BE USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON

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