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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Records made during the time being studied

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Primary sources

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2
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Records made to explain primary sources

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Secondary sources

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3
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The idea that God has planned all of human history

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Divine Province

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4
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Be fruitful and replenish the earth

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Creation Mandate

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5
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What is the goal of human history

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Redemption in Christ

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6
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Earliest form of writing

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Cuneiform

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7
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Land between 2 rivers

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Mesopotamia

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8
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Belief in one god

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Monotheism

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9
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What are the Egyptian kingdoms

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Old, middle, and new

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10
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Which kingdom is known as the age of pharaohs

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Old kingdom

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11
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Under whose rule did Babylon reach its peak

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Nebuchadnezzar

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12
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Jewish dispersion

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Diaspora

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13
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First woman ruler of Egypt

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Hatshepsut

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14
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Poet of the Greek dark ages/ wrote Iliad and Oddysey

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Homer

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15
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What island was the center of Minoan civilization

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Crete

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16
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What four forms of government were adopted by the Greeks

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Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy

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17
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Father of History

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Herodotus

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18
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Basic political unit of Greece

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Polis

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19
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A fortified hill

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Acropolis

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20
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League of Greek city-states led by Sparta

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Peloponnesian league

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21
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Who fought in the peloponnesian war

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Athens and Sparta

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22
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Which emperor conquered the near east and spread Greek culture

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Alexander

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23
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Formal study of human thought and culture

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Humanities

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24
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“Know thyself”

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Socrates

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25
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“Our sea” referring to the Mediterranean

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Mare Nostrum

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26
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What year was Rome founded

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509 BC

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27
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2 forms of Roman government

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Monarchy and republic

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28
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Roman social classes

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Patricians and plebeians

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29
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3 rulers of triumvirate

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Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar

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30
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Caesar’s assasination

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“Ides” of March

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31
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Where did Rome begin

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Tiber River and Apennine Mts.

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32
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What does crossing the rubicon mean

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Making a fateful decision in which there is no turning back

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33
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North African city that rivaled Rome for trade

34
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What happened at the Battle of Zama

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Scipio defeated Hannibal

35
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Who established a calendar that our own is based on

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Julius Caesar

36
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Fall of Rome

37
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First official Christian persecution

38
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Last and most widespread persecution

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Diocletian

39
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Made Christianity official religion of Rome

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Theodosius

40
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Capital of East Roman Empire/ Byzantine

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Constantinople

41
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Octavian

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Julius Caesar

42
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Destroyed Jerusalem

43
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Roman peace- period under Octavian with peace and prosperity

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Pax Romana

44
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Made Christianity legal

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Edict of Milan

45
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Be happy

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Epicureanism

46
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Goal of Justinian’s reign

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Restore Roman Empire’s greatness

47
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Justinian’s wife

48
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Constantinople’s biggest commercial rival

49
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Center of Russian state

50
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“The wise”

51
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Largest group in Russia; ancestors played a major role in establishing the Russian state

52
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Central discipline taught by Koran

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Belief in one god

53
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Pillars of Islam

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Shahada, salat, zakat, sawm, hajj

54
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Last and greatest of Allahs prophets

55
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Arab nomads

56
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God of Islam

57
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Tower in mosque in which muezzin calls Muslims to prayer

58
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Person who calls Muslims to prayer

59
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Submission to Allah

60
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Submitter to Allah

61
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Stopped Muslim advance into Europe

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Battle of Tours

62
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Poet of Augustan Age

63
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First Caliph

64
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Josephus

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Jewish historian

65
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Prince of Moscow

66
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First shogun

67
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According to legend he is the first emperor of Japan

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Jimmu Tenno

68
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Spread Buddhism- Indian ruler

69
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Most successful Mughal ruler

70
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Chinese emperor who conquered Russia and moved into Hungary and Poland- “Golden Horde”

71
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Completed conquests of China; established yuan dynasty

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Kublai Khan

72
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Mongolian leader who destroyed Deli

73
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Founder of mauryan empire

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Chandragupta

74
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Made Buddhism the favored religion in China

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Prince Shotoku

75
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Lasted from 322 BC to 185 BC and was ruled by Chandragupta- militaristic empire

76
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4th century Indian empire under which India had perhaps its greatest era of prosperity and achievements

77
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“Do unto others as you would want others to do to you”

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Confucianism

78
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harmony with nature- “the weak will overcome the strong and the soft will overcome the hard

79
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Built on works and moral behavior; founded by siddharth Gautama- 4 noble truths

80
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Brahman- Indian religion with a unifying influence

81
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Originally a form of nature worship that focuses on the way of the gods

82
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Conduct and code of samurai; the way of the warrior

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