History Review Empires Flashcards
The study of the Earth, its people and the environments they live within and how they interact is called?
Geography
Where one place is located in relation to another is called?
Relative
A theme of geography described by the physical features or human characteristics of a certain area is called:
Place
A theme of geography that looks at how people deal with the surroundings in which they live is called?
Human environmental Interaction
A broad area of the Earth or continent that can be identified by its characteristics is called:
Region
The study of the origin and development of people and their societies is called:
anthropology
The way of life of a certain people or society handed down from generation to another is called:
culture
Moving from place to place as they follow game, weather,… is called?
Nomads / movement
A complex, highly organized social order is called:
civilization
The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs is called:
technology
what are the 8 features of a civilization!
- cities
- well organized governments
- complex region
- job specialization
- social classes
6 .art & architecture - Public Works
- Writings
A political unit that includes a city and its surrounding lands and villages is called a?
City states
A group of states/territories controlled by one ruler is called an?
Empire
The “Father of Egyptology” was?
Champollion
The spread of ideas, customs and technologies from one people to another is called:
cultural diffusion
The spiritual man within a man (soul) was called a?
Ka
The Egyptian god of eternal life was?
And the Egytian God of hell is?
Isis
Osiris
Second to the Pharoah, this man handled much of the administration of the Egyptian government:
Vizier
The longest reigning Pharoah to reign in Egypt was?
Ramses ll
The great city of Assyria, conquered by the Medes, and where Jonah was supposed to preach was?
Nivevah
The greatest king of the Persian Empire was?
King Cyrus
The great king of Persia who ordered the Jewish temple to be re-built was:
King Cyrus
Provincial governors of the Persian empire were called?
Satraps
The Persian empire was ultimately conquered by whom?
Greeks (Alexander the Great)
The greatest king of the Babylonian empire was?
Nebuchadnezzar
The first king to put laws of his empire into writing/codified form:
Hammurabi
The founder of the kingdom of Babylon was?
Nimrod
This man was called upon to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream:
Daniel
Many Babylonians had a strong belief in this “special” science:
Astrology
The early Israelite government was this type:
patriarchal
The specific laws of the Jewish/Christian faith are laid out in the:
ten commandments
The principal religious text of the Jewish faith is the?
torah
The first king to be anointed by the Israelite nation was:
Saul
This Babylonian king destroyed the first temple?
Nebuchadnezzar
Social grouping where people are born into a social class they cannot get out of is called a?
caste system
Shrines built to worship/honor Buddha are called?
stupas
Perhaps the most prominent dynasty in the Golden age of India were the:
Gupta
A family structure whereby several generations of one family live in one dwelling place is called a?
joint family
The lowest level of the caste system in India is called:
untouchables
Know Themes of Geography!
location (relative, absolute)
place
human environmental interaction
movement
region
What are the two reasons why the Egyptian nobility/royalty often married within their own immediate family.
to keep the blood pure
to keep the money in the family (money goes down woman side)
The ancient Chinese philosophy focusing upon human interaction, social order and good government is called?
confucianism
This Chinese philosophy stresses man’s communion with the natural environment around him?
daosim
Respect for parents and those older than yourself is called:
fillia piety
What is the Pentateuch?
the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy).
