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River Civilizations Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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World first economy, based on trade

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Barter economy

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2
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A family of rulers whose right to rule is passed on through the family

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Dynasty

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3
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Identify a ziggurat

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Square temple

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4
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First form of writing, ifentify on tablet

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Cuneiform

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5
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Using pictures as symbols for words

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Hieroglyphics

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6
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Believing in 1 god

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Monotheism

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7
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Believing in 1 or more God

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Polytheism

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8
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Religious government

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Theocracy

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9
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A city that acts like a small country. Political and economic control over surrounding countryside

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City-state

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10
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When a cultural trait, material, object is spread to surrounding lands

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Cultural diffusion

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11
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What’s fertile farming land in Egypt

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Black land

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12
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What is desert non arable land in Egypt

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Red land

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13
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Memorizes and write important text and everyday things

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Scribes

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14
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A leading “founding father”

Dominantly ruled by men

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Patriarch

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15
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Picture of pyramids

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Great pyramids of Giza

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16
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Rosetta Stone

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Used to translate hieroglyphs

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17
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Who found the tomb of Ur and Moab stone inside

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Woolley

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18
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Sargon

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Created first empire

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19
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Created first empire

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Sargon

20
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United upper and lower Egypt

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Menes

21
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Menes

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United upper and lower Egypt

22
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What did Nebuchadnezzar create?

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Hanging gardens of Babylon

23
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Cyrus the great

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After conquering Babylon, Allowed the Jews to return to Israel

24
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Champollion

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Translated hieroglyphics from the Rosetta Stone

25
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Girl pharaoh who dressed as guy, 1st female pharaoh

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Hatshepsut

26
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King tut

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Most complete tomb

27
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Most complete tomb

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King tut

28
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King tuts dad

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Amenhotep

29
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Married to Amenhotep very beautiful

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Nefertiti

30
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Ramses the great

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Reigned the longest

31
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Reigned the longest (pharaoh)

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Ramses the great

32
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The law giver/liberator

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Moses

33
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Moses

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Law giver/liberator

34
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Whag 3 religions did Abraham giveaway to?

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Islam
Judaism
Christianity

35
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Found king tuts tomb

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Howard Carter

36
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What does Mesopotamia mean

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The land between 2 rivers

37
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What is a nickname for Mesopotamia

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The Fertile Crescent

38
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Most important first by the Sumerians

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The wheel

First form of writing (cuneiform)

39
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Why is it called the Neolithic revolution

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Means “new rock” new farming tools were made

40
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What is a nickname for assarian Kings

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Lion kings

41
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What did the Jews write as a result of the Babylonian captivity

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Talmud

Torah

42
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What are the 3 Egyptian time periods and accomplishments

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Old kingdom-great pyramids at Giza
Middle Kingdom:
New kingdom:

43
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Why is the Neolithic revolution possible

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Glacier melted, earth began to warm

44
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Name 3 unique features of the Nile

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Flows south to north
Predictable flooding
Longest river in the world

45
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Strides during Neolithic revolution

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Domestication of animals
Immunity to genetic diseases
First civilizations

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