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1
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Why is culture referred to as a blueprint for society?

A

Includes all the things that make up a civilization/group.

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2
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How does culture diffusion occur?

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Contact between groups (in trade and migration)

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3
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Define ethnocentrism.

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Belief ones culture is superior

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4
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What do Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have in common?

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Greek philosophers

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5
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which leader is associated with the expansion of Hellenistic culture?

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ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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6
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Which ancient civilization is associated with the twelve tables and a senate under a republican form of government?

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Roman empire

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Which ancient civilization is associated

with the development of the Phoenician alphabet?

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The Phoenician. They then gave it to the Greeks

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8
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what time period is associated with the formation of guilds and what was is their purpose?

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Middle ages. And they standardized goods.

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9
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which to nations are linked by the Korean “cultural bridge”?

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China and Japan

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10
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How did China’s ethnocentric view of itself as the “middle kingdom” impact its relationship with other cultures?

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Limited contact with outsiders

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11
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which philosophy had the greatest impact on Chinese history and their social order?

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Confucianism

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12
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list the four geographic features that isolated China for centuries.

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mountains(west),Desert(north), jungle (south), ocean (East)

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13
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describe the central beliefs of Taoism

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Harmony with nature

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14
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what common goal shared by followers of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism?

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Establish harmony with nature

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15
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explain why educated people were held in high esteem in ancient china and japan.

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key to success and higher jobs/better jobs/in government.

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16
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describe how the knight’s code of chivalry and the samurai code of Bushido are similar.

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codes of behavior/honor

17
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how were the policies regarding contact with other civilizations in the Ming Dynasty in China and the Tokugawa shogunate in japan similar

A

isolation

18
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why did the Chinese, Japanese, and

Inca develop Terrance farming

A

mountainous topography

19
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why are the Romans, mongols,and the Incas considered to be empires?

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Controlled neighboring people

20
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what factor led to the development of diverse cultures in Africa and south America before their contact with Europe?

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geographic features(mountains?desert)

21
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what element are consistent with a golden age of Muslim culture?

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Peace-no warfare
prosperity-Money
Progress-math,science,art

22
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which religion had the greatest influence over mali and its leader Mansa Musa

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ISlam

23
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which five African kingdoms are associated with developing trans-Sahara trade routes in order to gain wealth and power?

A

Mali, Ghana,Sonca

24
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which region and time period is associated with feudal kings exchanging fiefs(land) for service with lords,knights,peasants,serf?

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time period-middle ages

region-western Europe

25
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why were the spanish conquistador able to conquer Mayan,Aztec,and Incan land rapidly?

A

better weapons /technology

26
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what time period is associated with the invention and use of caravels,astrolabes,and compasses?

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age of exploration

27
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Which ECONOMIC SYSTEM is associated with the taking of colonies to gain vast resources and wealth?

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merchantilism

28
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what is the most notable regarding the development of the Pre-columbian civilization of latin american, the acient kingdoms of Indias Grupta Empire and ancient African trading kingdoms

A

Advanced civilization without contact

29
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what European action led to the destruction of many powerful African kingdoms and increased tribal warfare in Africa?

A

Slave trade hastened decline of Africa

30
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According to supporters of mercantilism, why must a nation posses colonies

A

New markets/sources for materialism(natural resources)

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