History Places to Know

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teotihuacan

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first planned city in the Americas; means “place of the gods”

Question 1

the sun pyramid

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found in the center of teotihuacan (Mesoamerica)

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The Green Serpent Mound

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built by mound builders (1000 BC- 400 AD); found in present day southern Ohio

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Machu Picchu

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constructed by the Incas; retreat for Emperors; located in the Andes

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Silk Road

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first used 2,000 years ago; connected two great civilizations of the period; Rome and China; Silk was carried Westward; gold and silver, wool carried eastward

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The Great Wall

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found in China; built in stages; purpose was to keep enemies from the north from invading

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The Grand Canal

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system of waterways that connected China’s two great rivers- the yellow River and the Yangtze River

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Gobi

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vast desert that covers parts of Mongolia and China

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The Forbidden City

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built by Ming Dynasty; China

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Sea of Japan

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found between Japan and the eastern coast of Asia; Korea and China share the coastline

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Worms, Germany

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in 1122 AD the pope and new German agreed that only the pope could choose bishops but only the king or emperor could give bishops government posts; became known as the Concordat of Worms