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Mid Term Review Flashcards

1
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Why has climate changed?

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Unknown

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2
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Mesopotamian’s felt man was in gods image or god was in mans image?

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They felt that god was conceived in mans image.

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What number did the Mesopotamian’s use as a base?

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60

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4
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What was Mesopotamian religion like?

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Dark and pessimistic

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What people ruled the kingdom rose around Babylon after 2000 BC?

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Amorites

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6
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Who was the greatest Babylon king?

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Hammurabi

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When did Hammurabi rule?

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1792-1750 BC

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8
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What is the oldest law code?

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Hammurabi’s

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9
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What was the Egyptian writing system called?

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Hieroglyphics

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10
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When were the pyramids built?

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2700-2500 BC; during the Old Kingdom

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What does the concept of Ma’at say?

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a kind of cosmic harmony existed and there was a proper relationship for all things within that harmony

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12
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When was the Egyptian New Kingdom formed?

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After the Egyptians expelled the Hyksos

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13
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Who was the battle of Qadesh between and when was it?

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Egyptians and Hittites; 13th century BC

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14
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What is is it called when you believe there are many gods but choose to worship one?

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Henotheism

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15
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What religions are the earliest examples of henotheism?

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Akhenaten & Atenism

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16
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Why was the Old Testament written?

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To trace the development of a covenant between God and the Hebrews

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17
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Who was Cryrus the Great?

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He was a Persian emperor in mid 6th century BC

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18
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What did Cyrus the Great do?

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He unified the Persians and conquered the Neo-Babylonians

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19
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What was the first indisputably monotheistic religion?

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The religion of the Hebrews

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20
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Who was part of the book of Psalms written by?

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King David

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21
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What does Moses’ Law emphasize?

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Moral purity and holiness

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22
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When did the Hebrews become known as the Jews?

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During the Babylon captivity

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23
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Who defeated the Hebrew Kingdom of Judah?

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Neo-Babylonians

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24
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When was Judah defeated?

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Between 598 & 586 BC

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25
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What are the Assyrians famous for?

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Using deliberate cruelty, including impalement, flaying, and mass deportation

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26
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Why did the Assyrians use deliberate cruelty?

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To assemble their empire

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27
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What people are linked the legend of Atlantis?

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Minoan civilization

28
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What legend also comes from Minoan civilization?

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The Minotaur

29
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Where did Mycenaean’s build their cities?

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Hilltops

30
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When was Mycenaean Greece destroyed; by who?

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1200 BC, possibly by Dorians

31
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When was the Greek Dark Age?

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Approximately 1200-800 BC

32
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What is the word for city state?

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Polis

33
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What influenced the development of the Greek polis?

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Geography

34
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When did the Polis emerge?

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800 BC

35
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What war was homers epics based on?

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The Trojan War

36
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What books did Homer write?

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The Iliad and Odyssey

37
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Who provided the basis for most Greek Culture?

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Homer

38
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Spartan culture was based on?

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Military state

39
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Who are the founders of the discipline of history?

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Herodotus and Thucydides

40
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Who were two of the most important figures of Athenian democracy?

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Cleisthenes and Pericles

41
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Who were the Olympic games in honor of?

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Zeus

42
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What do Draco, Solon, Peisistratus, and Cleisthenes have in common?

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Their activity in politics and law

43
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Why did the Persian King Darius decide to invade Greece in 490 BC?

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Athens had aided the Greek cities in Asia MMinor in a revolt against Persian rule

44
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What battle was fought in 490 BC?

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The Battle of Thermoylae

45
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What was age saw a flowering of democracy an artistic and literary genius?

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The age of Pericles; a Golden Age

46
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What did Leonidas’ self-sacrifice at Thermopylae do?

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Set a moral example for the rest of the Greeks and probably saved Western civilization

47
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What did the Greeks victory in the Persian Wars mean?

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It ensured that the Greek states could remain free

48
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What was in the Greeks diet?

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Wine, olives, and bread

49
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What were Greeks heavy infantrymen called?

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Hoplites

50
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What is a Greek military formation?

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A phalanx

51
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What was ancient religion primarily about?

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Pleasing the gods and keeping them from harming people

52
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What was the Greek alphabet and the modern alphabet derived from?

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The alphabet used by the Phoenicians

53
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What is a “satrap”?

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A Persian provincial govenor

54
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What is zorastrianism?

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A form of ethical dualism

55
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What three woman were important in the Hebrew Bible?

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Deborah, Esther, Ruth

56
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What was the writing system used by the Minoans?

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Linear B

57
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What is the government run by the best?

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Aristocracy

58
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Who united the Persians and when?

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Cyrus II; 6th c. BC

59
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When was the Little Ice Age?

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AD 1550-1850

60
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Why were the Ionians important?

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They invented rational philosophy

61
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Who were the first three Hebrew Patriarchs?

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Abraham, Issac, and Jacob

62
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What is the government by the few (rich)?

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Oligarchy

63
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When were the first Olympic games held?

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776 BC

64
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When was the Peloponnesian War fought?

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Between 431 and 404 BC

65
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What was the principle city of Mycenaean Civilization?

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Mycenae

66
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What was Thera?

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A volcanic island in the Aegean that exploded in the 17th c. BC and caused massive damage and loss of life

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