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History Flashcards

1
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Study of the past

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History

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The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

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Culture

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Study of the past based on what people left behind

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Archaeology

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A part of imprint of something that was once alive

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Fossil

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5
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The study of the Earths physical and cultural features

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Geography

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The natural features of the lands surface

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Landforms

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7
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The pattern of weather conditions in an area over a period of time

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Climate

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8
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Includes all living and non living things that effect life in an area

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Environment

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9
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The time before there was writing

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Prehistory

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10
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An early ancestor of humans

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Hominid

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A relative who lived in the past

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Ancestor

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Any hand held object that has helped someone accomplish a task

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Tool

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13
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First part of the Stone Age

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Paleolithic

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14
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People who hunted to survive

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Hunters/Gatherers

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15
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To move

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Migrate

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16
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Freezing times

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Ice Age

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17
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A strip of land connecting two continents

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Land Bridge

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18
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Middle Stone Age

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Mesolithic Era

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19
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Farming

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Agriculture

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20
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Huge stones used as monuments

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Megaliths

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21
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New Stone Age

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Nedithic Era

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22
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A large area of rich or fertile farm land

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Fertile Cresent

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A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

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Silt

24
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A way of supplying water to an area of land

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Irrigation

25
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More than what is needed

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Surplus

26
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Land with different territories

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Empire

27
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The worship of many gods

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Polytheism

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Performed religious ceremonies

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Priests

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The division of society

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Social Hierarchy

30
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Worlds first system of writing

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Cuneiform

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Writer

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Scribe

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Long poems

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Epics

33
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Society of building

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Architecture

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Pyramid shaped temple tower

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Ziggurat

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Ruler of kingdom/empire

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Monarch

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A set of 282 laws

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Hammurabi’s Code

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Horse drawn cart

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Chariot

38
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A set of letters that can be combined to make words

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Alphabet

39
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Title used by Egyptian rulers

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Pharaoh

40
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Series of rulers from the same family

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Dynasty

41
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Life after death

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Afterlife

42
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Bodies wrapped in cloth

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Mummies

43
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Stone tombs with 4 triangle sides

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Pyramid

44
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Fought Hitties and came to power

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Ramses the Great

45
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Paper like material made from reeds

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Papyrus

46
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Stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

47
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Seasonal wind patterns

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Monsoons

48
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Largest religion in India

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Hinduism

49
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Process of rebirth

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Reincarnation

50
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The effects certain actions have on a soul

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Karma

51
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Going without food

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Fasting

52
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Enlightened one

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The Buddha

53
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Religion based on teachings of Buddha

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Buddhism

54
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State of perfect peace

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Nirvana

55
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People who share religious beliefs

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Missionaries

56
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Study of starts and planets

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Astronomy

57
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Four Noble Truths:

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  1. Suffering and unhappiness apart of life, no one can escape sorrow
  2. Suffering comes from our desires, people cause their own misery because they want things they can’t have
  3. People can overcome desire and ignorance and reach nirvana, reaching nirvana frees from suffering
  4. People can overcome ignorance and desire from following an 8-fold path

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