GWA Middle East Test Prt. 1 Flashcards

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1
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What continent(s) is the Middle East in?

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Europe, Asia, & Africa

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2
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Define Middle East

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Region between Europe & distant parts of Asia

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3
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What other name is the Middle East referred to

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Near East

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4
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What is the nickname of the Middle East? Why?

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“Crossroads”: Connects 3 continents

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5
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Why is the Middle East so valuable

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1) Oil reserves; 49% comes from M.E.
2) Sea & trade routes; Suez canal built by French & Bosporus strait and Dardanelles

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6
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What region of the M.E. stretches from Turkey to Northern Iran

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Northern Tier

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7
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What region of the M.E. is the World’s largest peninsula

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Arabian Peninsula

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8
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What region of the M.E. stretches eastward from the Mediterranean sea to the Persian Gulf

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Fertile Crescent

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9
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What region of the M.E. is the land area surrounding the Nile River

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Nile Valley

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10
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What region of the M.E. goes from N. Africa and lands along the Mediterranean sea

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The Maghreb (Mag-er-eb)

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11
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When did the world’s first civilization begin

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3500 B.C.

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12
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What does Civitas mean

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City

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13
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Where did the first civilization rise from

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Mesopotamia

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14
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Where is Mesopotamia located today (country)

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Iraq

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15
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What does Mesopotamia mean

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“The Land Between the Rivers”

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What two rivers is Mesopotamia located between

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Tigris & Euphrates River

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17
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What region is Mesopotamia located in

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Fertile Crescent

18
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The 1st civilization developed in southern Mesopotamia, What was it called

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Sumeria

19
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How many independent city-states in Sameria comprised of

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12 (Ex: Ur [The oldest], Lagash, Uruk, Eridu)

20
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What was the one specual feature that each city-state had in Sumeria

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Ziggurat

21
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What was the purpose of a Ziggurat

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Place of worship; Polytheism

22
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What was the religion of Sumer

A

Polytheism

23
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What was the one of the chief gods in Sumer called? Translation?

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Sin/Nanna; “The Moon God”

24
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What was around the base of the Ziggurat

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Bazaar

25
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What was the purpose of a Bazaar

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Marketplace (Barter/trade for goods)

26
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What great inventions did the Sumerians create (3)

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-Sail
-Wagon wheel
-Arch

27
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What was the Sumerian’s writing system called (First writing system in the world)

A

Cuneiform (Sound/Idea)

28
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Those who mastered Cuneiform were called what

A

Scribe

29
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What did Scribes use to sketch their clay tablets

A

Stylus

30
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Who was able to decipher Cuneiform in the 1840’s? Where?

A

Sir Henry Rawlinson (English Archaeologist) in Western Iran Czargos Mt.

31
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What was the rock that was deciphered called

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Behistun rock

32
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Mesopotamia is home to the world’s first Empire around 2350 B.C. During this time, who conquered all 12 Sumerian city-states

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Sargon the Great of Akkad

33
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What did Hammurabi of Babylon do

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In 1709 B.C. he also conquered most of Mesopotamia and gave the world its first set of written laws

34
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What was the world’s first set of written laws called

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Hammurabi’s code

35
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What was one rule of Hammurabi’s code

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-Strike your father, they shall cut your hand (eye for an eye rule)

36
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What is the world’s oldest known literacy work in Mesopotamia

A

The Epic of Gilgamesh

37
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What is the story of The Epic of Gilgamesh about

A

King of Uruk & his travels to the after life

38
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Where was the Egyptian civilization located (which region)

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Nile River

39
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How long is the Nile river

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4160 miles

40
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What were the two areas of Ancient Egypt

A

-Lower Egypt
-Upper Egypt (Bottom part of the river)

41
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Which region of Ancient Egypt did most people settle? Why?

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Lower Egypt; more fertile soil

42
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How long did the Egyptian civilization last

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3100 B.C. - 332 (30) B.C.