Midterm World History

Question 1

Cunieform

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Wedge shaped marks on clay tablets used to pay taxes, record laws, prayers, myths, and business contracts.

Question 2

Silt

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A rich deposit that helps fertilize land. The Nile’s yearly floods helped by giving the land silt.

Question 3

Amenhotep IV

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A pharaoh that challenged powerful priests. He worshipped only one god, Aton. He changes the religion in Egypt so after he died everyone went back to their old beliefs.

Question 4

Papyrus

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A paper like material that came from a plant that grew along the banks of the Nile River.

Question 5

Ramsees II

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A pharaoh that ruled for 66 years and is best known for his conquests.

Question 6

Vizier

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A chief minister, to supervise the government. Pharaoh a depended on a vizier.

Question 7

Monsoons

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Seasonal winds that blow from a certain direction for part of the year.

Question 8

Mohenjo Daro

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Possible twin capitals with Harrapa or ruled the area one after the other. Mohenjo Daro had a hilltop structure but no one knows for what purpose. Had an organized city layout and the houses were made out of baked clay. Was abandoned 1900 B.C.

Question 9

Aryans

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Aryan civilization developed during the Vedic Age 1500 - 500 B.C. These people were a group of nomads from Central Asia. These nomads inter-married with local Indus people and called themselves Aryans.

Question 10

Vedas

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A collection of hymns, chants, ritual instructions, and religious teachings. The Vedas contains most of what is known about the Aryans.

Question 11

Brahman

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Single spiritual power that exists beyond their many gods and lives in all things. Aryan beliefs later changed into a notion of Brahman. The r legions that came about later in India were influenced by the notion of Brahman.

Question 11

Sanskrit

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The written language that priests used by 500 B.C.

Question 12

Etruscans

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Were another group of people who migrated to Italy and mainly settled north of Rome.

Question 13

Mahabharata

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A long epic poem that Aryans had a tradition of reciting. Tells of battles and their religious beliefs about the souls immortality and the importance of ones duties.

Question 14

Dictator

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A dictator will have complete control but only for six months. In a time of war, the senate will appoint a dictator.

Question 15

Patricians

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300 members of the senate who were all patricians. Land-holding upper class. Each year, senators nominated 2 consuls from the patrician class.

Question 16

Ramayana

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A long epic poem that Aryans had a tradition of reciting. Teaches values of behavior.

Question 17

Legion

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A basic military unit made up to 5,000 men.

Question 18

Latifundia

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Huge farming estates that were bought from a new class of wealthy Romans that came about from fortunes made in taxes and commerce. Prisoners of wars worked as slaves in the latifundias. This started riot and hurt the small farmers who were then unemployed.

Question 19

Augustus

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Octavian which was Julius Caesar’s grandnephew defeated Antony, Julius Caesar’s chief General, and the senate gave him the name Augustus. Augustus means “exalted one”. He ruled from 31 B.C. - A.D. 14.

Question 20

Caligula

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One of the incompetent rulers. He was considered insane, he appointed his horse as consul.

Question 21

Nero

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One of the incompetent rulers. Considered evil. He persecuted Christians and was blamed for setting a huge fire that destroyed most of Rome.

Question 22

Marcus Aurelius

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One of the good emperors. Was close to being what Plato considered an ideal philosopher/king to be.

Question 23

Karma

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One of the teachings of the Hindu’s. Refers to all the actions of a persons life that affect his or her fate in the next life.

Question 24

Reincarnation

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One of the teachings of the Hindu’s. The rebirth of the soul in another bodily form.

Question 25

Dalits

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Lowest rank in the Aryan social class system. Outcasts.

Question 26

Nebuchadnezzar

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Aggressive ruthless second king to Babylon. He quickly revived Babylon as a power after its first king did so in 625 B.C.

Question 27

Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian writing. A system in which symbols or pictures called hieroglyphs represent objects, concepts, or sounds. Used to record important economic, administrative, and royal information.

Question 28

Virgil

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He wrote the epic poem “The Aeneid”. He wrote it after Augustus came to power. He hope it would inspire patriotism. Story tells how Aeneas escaped Troy and found Rome.

Question 29

Ptolemy

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He stated the earth was the center of the universe which was accepted for almost 1,500 years

Question 30

Beurocracy

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System of government that includes different job functions and levels of authority

Question 31

Zoroaster

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Persian thinker who helped unite the empire. Lived about 600 b.c. Rejected old Persian gods and taught of a single wise god Ahura Mazda who ruled the word

Question 32

Assyrians

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Lived in on the upper Tigris. Learned to forge weapons. Established an empire by 1350 b.c. By 1150 the began expanding their empire across Mesopotamia