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Early Civilizations Flashcards

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Civilization: Roads linked to capital city.

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Inca

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Civilization: Fastest communication system.

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Inca

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Civilization: One of the world’s largest city’s.

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Aztec

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Civilization: Worshiped god of war.

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Aztec

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5
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Civilization: People specialized.

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Maya

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Civilization: Produced food surplus.

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Maya

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Civilization: Atlantic to Pacific empire.

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Aztec

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Civilization: Worshiped many gods.

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Maya and Aztec

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Civilization: System of writing.

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Maya

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Civilization: Pyramids

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Maya

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11
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Civilization: Calendar

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Maya

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12
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Civilization: Present day Peru

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Inca

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Civilization: Floating gardens

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Aztec

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14
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Civilization: Terraces

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Aztec and Inca

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15
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Civilization: Farmers

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Maya and Aztec

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Civilization: Conquerors

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Aztec and Inca

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17
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Explorer: Africa

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Zheng He

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18
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Explorer: China, 1405

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Zheng He

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Explorer: East Indies

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Zheng He

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Explorer: magnetic compass

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Zheng He

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Explorer: India

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Zheng He

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Explorer: Red Sea

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Zheng He

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Explorer: Persian Empire

24
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Explorer: coal

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Marco Polo

25
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Explorer: gunpowder

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Marco Polo

26
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Explorer: paper money

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Marco Polo

27
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Explorer: merchant

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Marco Polo

28
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Explorer: silk cloth

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Marco Polo

29
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Explorer: Silk Road

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Marco Polo

30
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Explorer: Venice, 1271

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Marco Polo

31
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Explorer: tea and spices

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Marco Polo

32
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Explorer: sailor

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European explorers: from Scandinavia

34
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European explorers: traveled to Greenland

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Eric the Red

35
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Spoken tale passed from one generation to the next

36
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Age that marked a new beginning in arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world

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Renaissance

37
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Who invented the printing press?

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Johann Gutenberg

38
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Portuguese ruler who took lead in 1420s in developing new trade route to Asia

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Prince Henry the Navigator

39
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Buying and selling of human beings

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Slave trade

40
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Explorer whose ships were blown by storm around southern tip of Africa into Indian Ocean

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Bartolomeu Dias

41
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Who sailed to India in 1497?

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Vasco da Gama

42
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Where did Portuguese merchants settle, buy spices at low prices, and ship them back to Europe?

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Calicut, India

43
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Group of families under one leadership

44
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A gathering

45
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Hut built over a deep hole, lived in by Plains Indians

46
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Land set aside for Native Americans by the government

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Reservation

47
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Party at which the host gives guests gifts

48
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Polished shells hung on strings or woven into belts, highly valued by the Iroquois

49
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Area in the Southwest where Pueblo Indians live

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Southwest Desert Cultural Region

50
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Iroquois building used for shelter

51
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A frame of poles covered by buffalo hides, lived in by Plains Indians while on hunts

52
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Poles lashed together to carry goods

53
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Spanish word for “village” and the name of a group of people who lived in the Southwest Desert Cultural Region

54
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Carved post with animals or other images representing a person’s ancestors, a way to show wealth

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Totem pole

55
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Person people came to when they were not feeling well

56
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Organization that people form which unites them for a particular purpose

57
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Eastern Woodlands, Great Plains, Southwest Desert, and Northwest Coast are all ________ ___________.

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Cultural regions

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