Finals Flashcards
fWhere is Egypt located?
Northeastern corner of Africa
What did Herodotus call Egypt?
The gift of Nile
What is the heartland of Egypt?
Nile River Valley and Delta
What is the Egyptian currency called
Egyptian Pound
What is the religion of Egyptians
Polytheistic
What is the dominating religion of Egyptians
Muslim
What is the official language of Egypt
Arabic
What was the most important crop to Egyptians
Grain
What are the three seasons in ancient Egyptian farming?
Akhet, Peret, Shemu
What does Akhet, Peret, and Shemu mean and when do they occur?
Akhet - The Inundation (June-Sept)
Peret - The Growing Season (Oct-Feb)
Shemu - The Harvesting Season (March-May)
What does Akhet mean and when do they occur?
The Inundation (June-Sept)
What does Peret mean and when does it occur?
The Growing Season (Oct-Feb)
What does Shemu mean and when does it occur?
The Harvesting Season (March-May)
This is a machine Egyptians used to move water from canals
Shaduf
What animals did the Egyptians keep?
Cattle, goats, pigs, ducks, cows, geese
True or false: The pharaoh got the rich peasants to do the farm work on the rich lands
True
What did the Egyptians bind into the bandages to treat inflammation?
Willow leaves
Enumerate the hieroglyphic numbers
1-9 : stroke
10 : inverted u/hobble for cattle
100 : coil of rope
1000 : lotus plant
10, 000: finger
100, 000: frog
1, 000, 000: a god raising his arms above his head
What is a curved blade used for cutting and harvesting grain, such as wheat and barley
Sickle
A long balancing pole with a weight on one end and a bucket on the other
Shadoof
True or false: The Egyptians invented medical surgery
True
The Egyptians combined soot with a lead mineral called __ to create a black ointment known as __. (Egyptian makeup)
Galena; kohl
What is the North and South of Egypt called?
Memphis and Thebes
What did the ancient Egyptians use to make black ink?
Bee wax, soot, vegetable gum
What does meso mean
middle
Mesoamerica comprise of what modern-day countries?
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
They believed that the will and actions of the Gods could be read in stars, moon, and planets
Mayans
True or false: The Mayans believed in the geocentric model
True
What did Mayans associate Venus with?
War
What temple is designed to observe equinoxes
Chichen Itza
What are the three calendars of the Mayan’s
Haab (Solar Calendar), Tzolkin (Divine Calendar), Long count calendar
What is the haab calendar for and how many days and months does it have?
Agricultural planning; 365 days, divided into 18 months of 20 days
What do you call the one month that only has 5 days in the Haab Calendar
Wayeb
What is the Tzolkin calendar for and how many months and days does it have?
Religious rituals and seeking answers for the future; 260 days with 20 months of 13 days
What is the long count calendar also known as?
Universal Cycle
What are the five cycles of the long count calendar?
Baktun (144, 000), Katun(72, 600), Tun (360), Uinal (20), Kin (1)
The long count calendar starts at?
Dec 22, 2012
What is the religion and culture of Mayans?
Polytheistic
True or false: Mayans made the concept of zero
True
Who were sent by the Sun God Inti to find a suitable place to build an empire
Mana Occlo and Manco Capac
What is the special rod that Mana Occlo and Manco Capac carried?
Tapac-Yauri
The 328-day calendar of Inca’s was used for what?
To mark all the festivals
What is the system where all people worked for the government from once they turn 15 and until they turn 50
Mita System
What is the capital of Inca
Machu Picchu (a sacred site for religious purposes)
What are the three types of doctors that Inca’s had?
Wattuk, Hanpeo, Paqo
What does the Wattuk do?
finds the origin of the diseases
What does the Hanpeo do?
cures the patient using herbs and minerals
What does the Paqo do?
treats the soul
Who are the indigenious people of Mexico and Central America
The Mayans
How many days does it take Venus to revolve around the sun?
584 or 583.92
Who is the Mayan sun god
Kinich Ahau
What is the name given by the Mayan to the underworld
Xibalba
This is the astronomical event when the sun crosses the equator and day and night and everywhere on earth are approximately of equal length
Equinoxes
Where is the Chichen Itza situated at?
Mexico
What put an end to the Mayan cities?
Spanish invasion in the 16th century
What is the value of a shell in Mayan numbering system?
Zero
This is a pyramid in the Lost World Complex at Tikal which faces three other temples
The Great Pyramid
What did pok-a-tok represent
life over death, war, hunting
What is the demise of the Incas?
War, disruption of their trade routes, climate change and deforestation
What is the fall of the Inca empire?
Spread of disease from spaniards (influenza, typhus, diphtheria, chicken pox, measles
What are the main causes of death among the Inca popluation
Influenza and smallpox
What is the staple crop of Mayans?
Maize
True or false: According to te laws of Mayans, health was the result of living according to the laws while the illness was the result of the disobedience of those laws
True
What are red herbal medicines for?
Blood disorders and burns
What is blue herbal medicine for
Neural seditives
What is the yellow herbal medicine for
Diseases of the liver and spleen
Where is the administrative and military center of Inca located at?
Cuzco in Peru
aWho is Mama Occlo?
sister of manco capac, the daughter of the moon
Where did tapac yauri sink?
Pacaritambo cave
Who is the sun of Manco Capac an Mama Occlo
Sinchi Roca
Where is the 328 lunar calendar of inca’s based?
phases of the moon
How did the incas record numerical info?
Quipu
What is an ancient accounting tool for bookkeeping?
Quipu (knot)
What are the mail persons of INca called
Chasquiz
What does Machu Picchu mean
Old Peak
When was the Machu Picchu discovered?
Discovered by Hiram Bingham III in 1911
who is the spanish conquistador who led the conquest of peru
francisco pizarro
