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Quarter Exam; Chapters 1-9 Flashcards

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Map of the world

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Alps       
Andes
Appalachians
Mt. Ararat
Atlas Mts.
Mt. Elbrus
Mt. Everest
Mt. Fuji
Great Dividing Range
Himalayas
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Matterhorn
Mt. McKinley
Mont Blanc
Rockies
Urals
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Map of Africa

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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Horn of Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Drakensburg Mountians
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Map of Asia

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China
India
Japan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
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Capital of China

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Beijing

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5
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Capital of India

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New Delhi

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Capital of Iraq

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Baghdad

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7
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Capital of Israel

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Jerusalem

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8
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Capital of Japan

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Tokyo

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9
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Capital of South Korea

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Seoul

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10
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Capital of Syria

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Damascus

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Capital of Taiwan

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Taipei

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Capital of Thailand

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Bangkok

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13
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Capital of Turkey

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Ankara

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14
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Capital of Egypt

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Cairo

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15
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Capital of Sudan

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Khartoum

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16
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Capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Kinshasa

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17
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Capital of Ethiopia

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Addis Ababa

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18
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Capital of Kenya

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Nairobi

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19
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Capital of South Africa

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Cape Town

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20
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Capital of Tanzania

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Dar es Salaam

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21
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Africa’s highest mountain

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

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22
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location of Barbary Coast

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Mediterranean Sea

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23
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fourth largest island in the world

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Madagascar

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24
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leader of the Chinese Communists

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Mao Tse-tung

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25
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“Father of American Missions”

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Adoniram Judson

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26
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only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt

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Hatshepsut

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greatest missionary-explorer of Africa

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David Livingstone

28
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“Father of Faith Missions”

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Hudson Taylor

29
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first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel

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Hudson Taylor

30
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righteous Batswana chief

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Khama

31
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first black president of South AFrica

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Nelson Mandela

32
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first known African Christian

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Ethiopian eunuch

33
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“Queen of Cannibals”

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Mary Slessor

34
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key to understanding hieroglyphics

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Rosetta Stone

35
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famous center of learning in Africa

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Timbuktu

36
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Egyptian device for irrigating crops

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shadoof

37
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“Land of the Rising Sun”

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Japan

38
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“Spice Islands”

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Indonesia

39
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the river valley where the Indian civilization began

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Indus

40
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location of Serengeti National Park

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Tanzania

41
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belief that when a person dies his soul is reborn in some other newborn man or animal

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reincarnation

42
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short descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Pygmies

43
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once called Persia

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Iran

44
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2 African countries that were never colonies of Europe

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Liberia and Ethiopia

45
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largest country in Africa

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Sudan

46
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largest city in Africa

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Cairo

47
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world’s largest swamp

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Sudd

48
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second largest freshwater lake in the world

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Lake Victoria

49
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structure built to control flooding of the Nile

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Answan High Dam

50
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body of water connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

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Strait of Gibraltar

51
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waterway separating Africa and Asia

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Suez Canal

52
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false idea that man began as an animal

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evolution

53
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Middle East’s most important natural resource today

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oil

54
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the event that divides B.C. and A.D.

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Christ’s coming to earth

55
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language spoken by most people in the Middle East today

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Arabic

56
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the man that God called out of Ur

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Abraham

57
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the religion that did NOT begin in the Middle East

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Hinduism

58
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Sumerian wedge-shaped writing

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cuneiform

59
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who invented writing and the wheel

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Sumerians

60
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no great accomplishments

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Canaanites

61
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known for the Hanging Gardens

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Babylonians

62
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known for alphabet

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Phoenicians

63
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known for coins

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Lydians

64
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known for being early empire builders

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Hittites

65
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first known African Christian

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Ethiopian Eunuch

Old World History (4 decks)

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