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Globsl test 1 Flashcards

1
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How do we study the past?

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By using Primary nd Secondary Sources

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2
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What are the two items that historians analyze

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Primary and Secondary sources

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3
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Primary Source

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an item (picture, journal entry, or court document) that is solely from one of the party’s involved

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4
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Secondary Source

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an item that is composed from somebody else who was not involved.

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5
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The study of humans, past, present

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Anthropology

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6
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“What is history but a fable agreed upon.”

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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7
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how do we know about the past

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People always kept records about their cultures and others

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8
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The study of humans, past, and present

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Anthropology

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9
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Often related to the Old Stone age

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Paleolithic Period

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10
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Paleolithic Period

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time period of human ancestors
from around 2 million BCE to 9,000 BCE
they were nomadic
lived in small groups
hunters gatherers
People were dependent entirely on their environment for survival

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Things From this Paleolithic time period

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First sign of religion
first sign of people burying their dead
controlled fire
earliest sign of people building boats to travel across water

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12
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Belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams

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Animism

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13
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Framing marks the period known as

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The Neolithic Period

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14
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Neolithic Period

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The period of time during which the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from nomadic to settled life.

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15
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A.R.C.s stands for

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Ancient River Civilizations

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15
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4 Main A.R.C.s

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Sumer, Early Egypt, Indus, Shang

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16
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Along the Tigris and Euphrates River
In the Middle East

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Sumer

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17
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Along the Nile River

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Early Egypt

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18
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Mainly in modern day Pakistan + India, along the Indus River and other rivers in the area.

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Indus

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19
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Along the Yellow River Huang, In CHina

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Shang

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20
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What is in common between all 4 ARCs (8)

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social structure
water sources
farmland
property
jobs
economy
tools/tech
ruler

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21
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Between the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers

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Mesopotamia

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22
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Greek work meaning middle of rivers

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Mesopotamia

23
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What was the benefits of being between 2 rivers

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Agriculture thriving, surplus of food

24
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Assyria vs Babylon

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military dynasty merchants and agriculture
Animism Supreme God
Master engineer Code of Hammurabi

25
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Mesopotamia contributions

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Palaces, recordkeeping/ writing, cuneiform, Epic of Gilgamesh, math, the bronze age

26
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Public works of Mesopotamia

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Ziggurats (pyramid temples)
Irrigation Canals (advanced technology)

27
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Society and Law in Maesopotamia

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priests ran society and acted as judges

28
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Code of Hammurabi

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harsh law
relationship to Gods
relationship between classes
status of woman

29
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The Babylon Map of the World

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700-500 BCE likely from Southern Iraq

30
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What is the Babylonian map of the world of

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The Mesopotamian World

31
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What was the Babylonian Map done in

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cuneiform

32
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What is above the map

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A description of the different regions and geographic features. It shows the physical world such as the location of cities and canals. It also show’s the mythological world such as the island where “the sun is hidden and nothing can be seen”. and the island that is “beyond the flight of birds”

33
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Downfall of Mesopotamia

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Successors to Sumeria
Amorites or old Babylonians
Hittites
Assyrians
Chaldees or new Babylonians

34
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Decline of Mesopotamia in World History

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ceased to be important after Persian conquest
largely caused by long-term environment damage, decline in food supply

35
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Egypts geography

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centered around the Nile RIver

36
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the Nile floods

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at the same time each year

37
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The Nile flows

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North thus Lower Egypt is to the North

38
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Egypt is protected by deserts

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to the east and west

39
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Also called Pyramid Age
ruling pharaohs built tombs that would last for eternity
building usually started when they took the throne

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The Old Kingdom

40
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Development of hieroglyphics (Old Kingdom)

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probably based on sumerian script
pictographic and Alphabetic elements

41
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Old Kingdom Government

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Upper &Lower Egypt united
Pharaohs have strong central authority and absolute power

42
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Vizier

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was the decline of the Old kingdom

43
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Mesopotamia made a map

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shows land, location, names of places

44
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Middle Kingdom

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Pharaohs restore prosperity and stability

45
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(Middle kingdom) Trades with _________ to the SOuth increases

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Nubians

46
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What Kingdom is it that the cultures of two people begin to mix

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Middle Kingdom

47
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Eventually _________the ________ army occupies____________

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Egyptian army, Nubia

48
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Decline of the Middle Kingdom

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Invaded by the Hyksos from Western Asia

49
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Who adopts Egyptian customs and beliefs

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Hyksos

50
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The New Kingdom

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large empire reaches to the Euphrates River
more contact with other civilizations

51
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(new Kingdom) first known _________ signed with the ______________

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Peace treaty/ Hititties

52
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Female pharaoh who encouraged trade

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Hatshepsut

52
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Very powerful and ruled for 67 years defeated Hitities

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Ramses II

53
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Famous tomb

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King Tut

53
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the 1st monotheist and husband of Nefertiti

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Akhenaton/ Amonhotep IV

54
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What was the decline of the New Kingdom

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power declines after Ramses II, a succession of invaders conquer Egypt ( Sea people, Hyksos, Persians, & Greeks)

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