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Mid Term EXAM - 2022 Flashcards

1
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What is the term for the study of society’s interaction with the past?

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History

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What is the term for “land between the rivers” in Greek?

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Mesopotamia

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What is the term for the systems that use canals and dams to bring water from rivers to the fields?

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irrigation

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4
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What is the term for the belief in only one god?

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Monotheism

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5
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What is the term for “great house?’

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Pharaoh

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What is the term for a tablet that enabled the French to decipher hieroglyphics?

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Rosetta Stone

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What is the term for the nomads who used chariots to conquer Egypt around 1660 BC?

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Hyksos

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What is the term for a wind pattern that brings heavy rainfall to India during the summer?

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Monsoons

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What is the term for a pass that provides access to India through the Hindu Kush Mountains?

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Khyber

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10
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What is the term for a title which means “Enlightened One?”

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Buddha

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11
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What is the term for an escape from self, suffering and reincarnation in Buddhism?

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Nirvana

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12
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What is the term for the Greek city and the surrounding countryside?

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Polis

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13
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What is the term for slaves who are owned by Spartan citizens?

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Helots

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14
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What is the term for a Roman army unit with approximately 5000 men?

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Legion

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What is the term for a victory parade held in honor of a victorious Roman commander?

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Triumph

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16
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Who was defeated by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus?

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Pompey

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17
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Where were the first races of human activity found?

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Great Rift Valley

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18
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What did the Assyrians use to increase their power and territory?

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Iron weapons
Battering rams
Fear

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19
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Which innovation developed in Sumer?

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The wheel

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20
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Which of the following was the largest settlement during the Neolithic Revolution?

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Catalhuyuk

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21
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Which development defined the Neolithic Revolution?

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Agriculture

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22
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The term prehistorical refer to what time period?

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Before the development of writing

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What city served as the final Assyrian capital and home to a great library?

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Nineveh

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24
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Who ruled as the first female pharaoh in Egyptian history?

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Hatshepsut

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25
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What was the most important responsibility of an Egyptian pharaoh?

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Preserve maat

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26
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Who united the northern and southern Egyptian kingdom’s around 3100 BC?

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Menes

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27
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What civilization was the first to develop an alphabet?

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Phoenicia

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28
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Who built the first temple in Jerusalem to honor Yahweh?

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Solomon

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29
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What occurred after the collapse of the New Kingdom?

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Assyrians conquered Egypt
Kingdom of Israel emerged in Canaan
Phoenician city states flourished in the Levant

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30
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Why di the Harappan civilization decline around 1700 BC?

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Indus River gradually changed its course

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31
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What river served as the center of the Harappan civilization?

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Indus River

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32
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What pharaoh brought the Egyptian Empire to its largest size ever?

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Thutmose III

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33
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Who led the Egyptian army during the Battle of Kadesh?

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Ramses II

34
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Where did the Hittites form a powerful kingdom?

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Anatolia

35
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Who became known as the Buddha by meditating under a tree to find enlightenment?

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Siddhartha Gautama

36
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What group was excluded from the caste system?

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Pariahs

37
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What empire united the small kingdoms in northern India for the first time?

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Mauryan Empire

38
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What group enjoyed the highest level of respect in the caste system?

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Brahmins

39
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What is Hinduism’s one true being which is manifested in many gods and living things?

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Brahman

40
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What were religious myths written in Sanskrit by the Aryans?

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Vedas

41
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Where did the Romans finally defeat Hannibal?

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Zama

42
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What city was destroyed during the Third Punic War?

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Carthage

43
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What island did Romans and Carthaginians want to control during the First Punic War?

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Sicily

44
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What region rebelled against Persian rule in 499 BC?

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Ionia

45
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Who created the council of Five Hundred in Athens?

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Cleisthenes

46
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Who established the Persian Empire by defeating the Medes around 550 BC?

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Cyrus the Great

47
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Who was assassinated by a group of senators after her was declared dictator for life?

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Julius Caesar

48
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Are primary sources first hand accounts?

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YES

49
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Does AD stand for After Death?

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NO

50
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Is disease a risk associated with agriculture?

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YES

51
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Was King David the first king to unite the Hebrews against the Philistines?

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NO

52
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Did Hatshepsut fight many wars to expand the Egyptian Empire?

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NO

53
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Did the Hittites speak a Semitic language?

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NO

54
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Are clay trade seals the only remnants of Harappan writing?

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YES

55
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Are the Upanishads the written interpretations of the Vedas?

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YES

56
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Did Chandragupta become the first Indian emperor by conquering rival kingdoms?

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YES

57
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Did Asoka turn away from warfare when he converted to Buddhism?

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YES

58
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Did the Olympic Games allow MALE athletes to demonstrate military skills?

A

> S

59
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Is a patriarchal society controlled by women?

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NO

60
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Were strong women valued in Sparta?

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YES

61
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Did the Persians build roads to transport messages, taxes and soldiers?

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YES

62
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Did Themistocles defeat the Persian navy at the Battle of Salamis?

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YES

63
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Did Pericles lead Sparta during the Peloponnesian War?

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NO

64
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Did Athens win the Peloponnesian War?

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NO

65
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Did Alexander the Great conquer Greece at the Battle of Plataea?

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NO

66
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Did the Greek Empire collapse after Alexander the Great was assassinated?

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NO

67
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Were dishonored Roman Legions punished with decimation?

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YES

68
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Did Xerxes march an army through the Alps to invade Roman Territory?

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NO

69
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Did the Romans behead 6,000 slaves after Spartacus was defeated?

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NO

70
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Did Julius Caesar become a victorious military commander in Gaul?

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YES

71
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Who was the Gladiator who escaped and led a slave revolt?

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Spartacus

72
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What was the Athenian victory over the Persians that was led by Darius?

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Marathon

73
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What was Alexander’s greatest victory?

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Gaugumela

74
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What were Sun Tzu’s military treatise’s that are still studied today?

A

Art of War

75
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Who were the mysterious raiders who were defeated by Ramses III?

A

Sea People

76
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What is the name of the famous last stand that ended in defeat for the Greeks?

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Thermopylae

77
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What was a victory for Hannibal and a military disaster for Rome?

A

Cannae

78
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What was a stalemate between Ramses II and the Hittites?

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Kadesh

79
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What is the rebirth of a soul in a new form?

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Reincarnation

80
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Who was the Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens?

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Nebuchadnezzar

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