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Social Studies Final Flashcards

1
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scale

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a relationship between real size and size used on a map

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2
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map grid

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intersecting lines used to plot a location

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3
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physical map

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shows physical features of the land and height of land above sea level

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political map

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shows country names and borders and names of cities

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5
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contour lines

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shows height above sea level using lines of elevation

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timeline

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shows events from history in the order they happened

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7
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precipitation

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water that falls to the earths surface in the form of sleet, hail, rain, or snow

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8
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government

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helps control a group of people-provides laws and consequences

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trade

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allows a city to obtain things they need and don’t have

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10
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religion

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provides a belief system

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11
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written records

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allows a city to record their existence and preserve it

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Science/Art/Technology

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shows that a civilization can create and invent to better their lives

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13
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jobs & skills

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allows people to sustain in life in a civilization and produce needed material

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14
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cities and architecture

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provides places to live, worship, entertain, and govern

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15
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hunters & gatherers

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carried all they owned-moved constantly to follow food

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16
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out of Africa theory

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theory that humans originated in Africa and migrated to other parts of the world

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17
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domestication

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the taming of animals and plants to serve humans

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18
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river valleys

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areas of fertile soil and protective mountains and water where early civilizations settled

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19
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specilization

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branching into obs other than farming to serve the growing community

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20
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surplus

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more than what is needed

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21
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farming

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the planting and harvesting of seeds and food to sustain life in one place. Allowed humans to settle in one place instead of following food

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22
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what continent is Mesopotamia located on

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Asia (it is in Asia Minor)

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23
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What does Mesopotamia mean

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land between two rivers

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24
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what present day country is mesopotamia

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iraq

25
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was Mesopotamia monotheistic or polytheistic

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polytheistic

26
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scribe

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one who is trained to write for a living

27
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ziggurat

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a brick-platform, step pyramid to honor the gods

28
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sumerians

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the citizens of the first civilization of summer

29
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How many laws were in hammurabis code

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300 laws

30
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gilgamesh

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the king of Uruk who learned that you can’t live forever except in peoples memories

31
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cuneiform

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wedge-shaped symbols that make up the writting system of sumer

32
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fertile crescent

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an area of fertile land between the Med. sea, taurus + Zagros Mountains, red sea and persian gulf

33
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where is egypt located

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africa

34
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what is the main river in egypt

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the nile

35
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was egypt monotheistic or polytheistic

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polytheistic

36
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pharaoh

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a single ruler of egypt. Head of the family dynasty

37
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mummification

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a proccess of preserving a body for the afterlife

38
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hieroglyphics

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the pictoral writing of the egyptians-only scribes learned

39
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Rosetta stone

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cracked the code of hieroglyphs and helped decipher the symbols

40
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book of the dead

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a set of scrolls that acts as a guide to the afterlife

41
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pyramid

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a large triangle shaped figure with four sides and a square base where mummies were often burried

42
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valley of the kings

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an area of the west side of the nile where pharohs were burried

43
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howard and lord carnavon

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discovered and excavated king tuts tomb

44
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what continent was greece located on

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europe

45
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what are the three main seas of greece

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Aegaen, Med., Ionian

46
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Mount Olympus

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the home of the greek gods

47
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sparta

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a strict military city-state in Greece-all boys and girls were trained

48
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Athens

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A democratic city-state-valued education and physical phrases

49
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Alexander the Great

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ruler of Greece who expanded the empire and established the worlds first library

50
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socrates

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a philosopher

51
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was greece monotheistic or polytheistic

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polytheistic

52
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homer

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a greek blind poet wh wrote the iliad and the odyssey

53
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parthenon

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a temple in athens to honor athena-built on the acropolis

54
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peloponnesian war

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a civil war between sparta and athens over athens’ growing power

55
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democracy

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a government by the peolpe in which citizens vote

56
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oligarchy

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a government ruled by a small group of aristocrats (upper class)

57
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monarchy

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a government ruled by a king or queen

58
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what continent is rome located on

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europe

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