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Test 2 Flashcards

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1
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Three major river valleys in Asia are the Tigris-Euphrates, Huang He and _______.

A

Indus

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What is the strict social structure of India called?

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caste system

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3
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What was China’s longest ruling dynasty?

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Chou

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4
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Who built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa’s interior?

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Cush

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5
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Who built the Maurya Empire?

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Asoka

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6
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What important African trading center became a famous center for learning and culture?

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Timbuktu

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7
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What important African city became and Egyptian center of life and one of the great cities of the Arab world?

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Cairo

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8
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Who united Upper and Lower Egypt into one nation?

A

Menes

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9
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Ancient India made its greatest contributions to civilization in the realm of _______.

A

mathematics

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10
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Who started the largest continental empire in history?

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Genghis Khan

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11
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The Book of the Dead is important in the history of _______.

A

Egypt

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12
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Who were Edesius and Frumentius?

A

missionaries

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13
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Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in ______.

A

Japan

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14
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Which country is known to have first made paper?

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China

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15
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What dynasty inaugurated India’s “golden age”?

A

Guptas

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16
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What is the longest river in the world?

A

Nile River

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17
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What is Africa’s largest lake?

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Lake Victoria

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18
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What is Africa’s highest mountain?

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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19
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What is Japan’s most famous mountain?

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Mount Fuji

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20
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What is Africa’s longest lake?

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Lake Tanganyika

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21
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What is Africa’s largest desert?

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Sahara Desert

22
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What false religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, tries to reach a state of “nirvana”?

A

Buddhism

23
Q

What ruler is considered the founder of Japanese civilization?

A

Prince Shotoku

24
Q

Who was the Frenchman who was able to decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosetta Stone?

A

Champollion

25
Q

What best symbolizes the Egyptian conception of state and society?

A

pyramid

26
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Who was the Egyptian female pharaoh that ruled jointly with her nephew?

A

Hatshepsut

27
Q

What highway linked China to the Roman world?

A

Great Silk Road

28
Q

What is the largest rift in the earth’s surface?

A

Great Rift Valley

29
Q

What beautiful building was built as a tomb for a Mogul ruler’s wife?

A

Taj Mahal

30
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What two territories seceded from India to become independent states?

A

Pakistan and Bangladesh

31
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What term was given to the warriors, or knights, of feudal Japan?

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samurai

32
Q

Who wrote the oldest surviving hymn?

A

Clement

33
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The great pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest.

A

Cheops

34
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The emperor of Japan.

A

Mikado

35
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Who was the first emperor of a united China?

A

Shih Huang Ti

36
Q

The Egyptian teenage pharaoh.

A

Tutankhamen

37
Q

Who was the great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa?

A

Mansa Musa

38
Q

Who established the Mogul Empire in India?

A

Babar

39
Q

Who is the Greek “Father of History”?

A

Herodotus

40
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Who is remembered for carrying Jesus’ cross?

A

Simon of Cyrene

41
Q

The Rosetta Stone helped solve the riddle of _______ writing.

A

Egyptian

42
Q

Alexander’s general Ptolemy was given _______ to rule.

A

Egypt

43
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Malaysia, Singapore, and the ________ are Southeast Asian countries that give some measure of freedom to their people.

A

Philippines

44
Q

Taoism was the pagan religion of the Chinese philosopher _______.

A

Lao-tse

45
Q

Marco Polo spent 20 years in the service of the _________.

A

Kublai Khan

46
Q

________ is an Indian religion of reincarnation.

A

Hinduism

47
Q

Chung-kuo is an ancient name of ______.

A

China

48
Q

The Hyksos ended the _______Kingdom of Egypt.

A

Middle

49
Q

______ is the world’s oldest living civilization.

A

China

50
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Mizraim is an ancient name of _______.

A

Egypt

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