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1
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Chinampas were made by who?

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Aztecs

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2
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Capitol of Inca Empire

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Cuzco

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3
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Knotted strings used for record keeping

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Quipu

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4
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Most NAs originally came during when?

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Last Ice Age

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5
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NA tribe in Maryland

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Piscataway

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6
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NA political leader who made Iroquois peaceful union

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Dekanawidah

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7
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NA in the Artic

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Inuit

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8
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NA woman who became a saint in October 2012

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Kateri Tekakwitha

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9
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Pocahontas came from where?

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Virginia

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10
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Olmecs are partially known for what?

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Creation and movement of 40 ton stone heads

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11
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Artificial islands used for growing crops

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Chinampas

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12
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Common mesoamerican civilization characteristics

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Chocolate, ball courts, calendar

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13
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Ancient people famous for sailing and writing

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Phoenicians

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14
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Son of Abraham, almost sacrificed on Mt.Moriah

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Isaac

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15
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Once the Capitol of Assyria, the city was rebuilt by Saddam Hussim

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Nineveh

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16
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Persian administrative officials

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Satraps

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17
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Hebrew Scriptures are also known as

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Old Testament

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18
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Captains of the Jewish people under Deborah

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Barak

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19
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Most sacred part of the Hebrew Scriptures to the Jews

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Torah

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20
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Term that refers to the spread of Jewish people

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Diaspora

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21
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Hebrew patriarch who was sold by his brothers, became Egyptian vizier because of his ability to interpret dreams

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Joseph

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22
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Binding agreement with God

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Covenant

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23
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Woman who became a Jewish judge

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Deborah

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24
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Jewish leader who led the Israelites from Egypt to the land of Canaan

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Moses

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25
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The found of the Israelite nation who brought his family from the city of Ur to the land of Israel

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Abraham

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26
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the people and the animals sailed on their boat for how long?

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One week

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27
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the person who survives the Great Flood

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Utnapishtim

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28
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Sumerians developed a form of writing used in the ancient world until the time of Christ. This was known as what?

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Cuneiform

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29
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One of the Sumerians greatest accomplishments

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Invention of the wheel

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30
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The area of Mesopotamia is located around what rivers in the ancient world

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Tigris and Euphrates

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31
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Sumerian temples in the shape of stair stepped pyramids

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Ziggurats

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32
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Sumerian story of the Great Flood

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Epic of Gilgamesh

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33
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Oldest civilization in the Middle East

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Sumer

34
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City known for its “Hanging Gardens”

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Babylon

35
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Author of one of the most famous law codes in the ancient world

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Hammurabi

36
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Civilization that conquered Greece and Crete about 1450 BC

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Mycenae

37
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Book that told about the Trojan War

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Illiad

38
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Archaeologist who believed the story of the Trojan Wr and found Troy in Turkey

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Heinrich Schliemann

39
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Leader who rebuilt Athens after the Persian war

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Pericles

40
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Student of Plato, taught Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

41
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Philosopher who taught Plato and was executed for this ideas

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Socrates

42
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Temple to the Goddess Athena

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Parthenon

43
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Greek historian who was concerned about avoiding bias

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Thucydides

44
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Philosopher who found the circumference of the Earth

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Eratosthenes

45
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Ultimate goal of Hinduism

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Moskva

46
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Turkish kingdom in northern India

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Dehlisultanate

47
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First Mughal emperor of India

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Babur

48
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Sun was the center of the solar system was discovered by who?

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Aristarchus

49
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Most important military Greek hero of the Trojan War

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Achilles

50
Q

Most well known faces of India

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Mother Theresa and Ghandi

51
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Earliest civilization of India had these two cities

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Harappa And Dholavira

52
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Started conquering around 1500 BC

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Aryans

53
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Built the Taj Mahal

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Timur the Lame

54
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Encouraged good relations between Hindus and Muslims

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Akbar the Great

55
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First woman prime minister of India

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Indira Ghandi

56
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First woman president of India

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Prathiba Patil

57
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Hindu term for the religious and social duties of a person

A

Dharma

58
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Muslim people of Central Asia who conquered most of India

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Mongols

59
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Founder of the first great Hindu empire in India who defeated the Greeks and India

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Chandragupta Maurya

60
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Greatest ruler of the Mughal empire who worked to improve relations between Muslims and Hindus

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Akbar

61
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Descendants of the people of the Indus Valley civilization are thought to include

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Dravidians and Tamil

62
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English queen who became empress of India

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Victoria

63
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Ahimsa is the Hindu term for

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Nonviolence

64
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The Indus Valley civilization included a large number of cities including this which is the largest

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Dholavira

65
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Merchants and craftsmen are in this caste

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Vaisyas

66
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The holy river of Hinduism in which Hindus hope to bathe in at least once in their lifetime

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Ganges

67
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Satyagraha means

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Insistence on truth, soul force, nonviolent resistance

68
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Considered one of the greatest emperors of the Hindu Empire, this Maurya leader gave up killing after the battle of Kalinga, became a Buddhist, and spread Buddhist teachings throughout India

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Asoka

69
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It is probable that the Aryans were able to conquer the Indus Valley civilization because

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Climatic conditions such as drought

70
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Language of the ancient Aryans

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Sanskrit

71
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Oldest known dynasty in China who’s story is told in ancient texts

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Xia dynasty

72
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One of the ancient texts of China that tells the story of the first dynasty

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The bamboo Annals

73
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Son of Akenaton, died young, richest tomb discovered

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Tutankhamen

74
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Pharoah, attempted monotheism, happy family life, wife was Nefertiti

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Akhenaton

75
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Deciphered the Rosetta Stone

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Jean Champollion

76
Q

How old was Lucy? Who found her?

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1.2 million years old, Leakey family

77
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When and where was the oldest skeleton found? By who?

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3.3 million years old, was found in Ethiopia by Donald Johansen

78
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Hominids began when? Where?

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4 million years ago in Africa

79
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Long reign, extended Egypt into Mesopotamia

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Ramses the second

80
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Woman who rules as a man. Expanded trade and influence.

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Hatshepsut

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