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Chapter 2 Highlights Flashcards

Egypt & The Indus River Valley

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Why did people settle around the Nile River?

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Because of annual floods deposited life-giving soil for farming, and the river provided a way to move trade goods north and south

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The Egyptians practiced polytheism or monotheism?

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Polytheism

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Osiris was the lord of?

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the underworld and vegetation in Egyptian Religion

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Why was it important that people were mummified?

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Because the soul used the body in life after death.

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How was the hierarchy structured in Egypt?

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King at the top and 90% at the bottom laboring to feed the upper class

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What happened around 3100 BC, Egypt?

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A powerful ruler united Egypts two kingdoms

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When was the Old Kingdom?

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2600 to 2180 BC

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When were Kings known as Pharaohs?

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The Old Kingdom.

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What were the pyramids built for?

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Tombs for the kings

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After strife what and when was Egypt united under?

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The Middle Kingdom around 2100 B.C.

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Did Art, literature and Commerce thrive during the Middle Kingdom? Did the Government operate well?

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yes

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What was the writing system in Egypt?

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hieroglyphics

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13
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How did scholars decipher hieroglyphics?

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The Rossetta Stone

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When did Civilization develop in Indus River Valley?

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Around 2500 BC

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What created fertile floodplains in Indus River Valley?

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Seasonal Rains

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When were the ancient cities of Indus Valley found?

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The 1920s

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Were the Cities small or large (Indus Valley)?

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Large

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What did the people of Indus Valley grow large amounts of?

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Wheat and rice.

19
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Did the people of Indus Valley develop a writing system?

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Yes and it has yet to be deciphered yet.

20
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Where did the first civilizations develop in China?

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Near Huang He and Yangtze Rivers

21
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What did farmers grow in the first Chinese Civilizations?

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Millet and Rice

22
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What did Ancient Chinas society center on?

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family

23
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Why did people make offerings to ancestors?

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They believed the ancestors would then influence the gods for them.

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How did Chinese kings pass on their authority?

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To other family members to make rolling dynasties

25
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Who was China’s first pulling family?

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The Shang Dynasty

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How did scholars get most of there knowledge about the Shang dynasty?

A

Studying Oracle Bones

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