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Chapter 4-6 Flashcards

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1
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What is NOT a major river valley in Asia?

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Nile

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2
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What is the caste system?

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strict social structure of India

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3
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What was China’s longest ruling dynasty?

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Chou

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4
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Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

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Cush

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5
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What did Asoka do?

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built the Maurya Empire

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6
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What important African trading center became a famous center for learning and culture?

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Timbuktu

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7
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What important African city became an Egyptian center of life and one of the great cities of the Arab world?

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Cairo

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8
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Who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation?

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Menes

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9
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Ancient India made its greatest contributions to civilization in the realm of ____.

A

mathematics

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10
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Who started the largest continental empire in history?

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Genghis Khan

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11
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The Book of the Dead is important in the history of ___.

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Egypt

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12
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Who were Edesius and Frumentius?

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missionaries

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13
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Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in ___.

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Japan

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14
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Which country is known to have first made paper?

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China

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15
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What dynasty inaugurated India’s “golden age”?

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Guptas

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16
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longest river in the world

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Nile River

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17
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Africa’s largest lake

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Lake Victoria

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18
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Africa’s highest mountain

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Kilimanjaro

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19
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Japan’s most famous mountain

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Mount Fuji

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20
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Africa’s longest lake

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Lake Tanganyika

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21
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Africa’s largest desert

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Sahara

22
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What false religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, tries to reach a state of “nirvana”?

A

buddhism

23
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What ruler is considered the founder of Japanese civilization?

A

Prince Shotoku

24
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Who was the Frenchman that was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?

A

Champollion

25
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What best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society?

A

the pyramid

26
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Who was the Egyptian female pharaoh that ruled jointly with her nephew?

A

Hatshepsut

27
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What highway linked China to the Roman world?

A

Great Silk Road

28
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What is the largest rift in the earth’s surface?

A

Great Rift Valley

29
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What beautiful building was built as a tomb for a Mogul ruler’s wife?

A

Taj Mahal

30
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What two territories seceded from India to become independent states?

A

Pakistan & Bangladesh

31
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What term was given to the warriors, or knights, of feudal Japan?

A

Samurai

32
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wrote the oldest surviving hymn

A

Clement

33
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great pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest

A

Cheops

34
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emperor of Japan

A

Mikado

35
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first emperor of a united China

A

Shih Haung Ti

36
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Egyptian teenage pharaoh

A

Tutankhamen

37
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great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa

A

Mansa Musa

38
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established the Mogul Empire in India

A

Babar

39
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Greek “Father of History”

A

Herodotus

40
Q

remembered for carrying Jesus’ cross

A

Simon of Cyrene

41
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T/F

The Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of Arabian writing

A

False. Not Arabian but Egyptian

42
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T/F

Alexander’s general Ptolemy was given Macedonia to rule.

A

False. not Macedonia but Egypt

43
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T/F
Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are Southeast Asian countries that give some measure of freedom to their people.

A

True

44
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T/F

Taoism was the pagan religion of the Chinese philosopher Lao-tse

A

True

45
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T/F

Marco Polo spent 20 years in the service of the Kublai Khan.

A

True

46
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T/F

Animism is an Indian religion of reincarnation.

A

False.Not Animism but Hinduism

47
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T/F

Chung-kuo is an ancient name of Japan.

A

False. Not Japan but China

48
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T/F

The Hyksos ended the Old Kingdom of Egypt.

A

False. Not Old but Middle

49
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T/F

China is the world’s oldest living civilization.

A

True

50
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T/F

Mizraim is an ancient name of Egypt.

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True

51
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Compare Hinduism with Buddhism and discuss at least two effects these false religions have had on the people of Asia.

A

They both believe in one diety, Hindus believes in Brahma and Buddhists believe in Buddha. They place their belief on works. The result is spiritual darkness for the people of Asia.

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