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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Major river way that floods caused famine, but also brought fertile land

A

Yellow River

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2
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Question carved into the bone and bones placed in a fire until they crack

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Scapulimancy

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3
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Agriculture was indigenous invention, pig domestication, millet grown in Huang he Valley

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Neolithic

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4
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Early evidence for well established villages with domestication; used slash and burn technique

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Yangshao

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5
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Period of population consolidation and growth; rice became more widespread, metallurgy

A

Longshan

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6
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Transitional period, shift to cultural complexity, use of bronze

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Erlitou

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7
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Second Chinese dynasty; extensive use of oracle bones, agricultural based, hunting, war and human sacrifice were present

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Shang

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8
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Feudal system of leadership, dukes ruled the land

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Zhou

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9
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Uprising of dukes who were making grabs for land, main period of conflict

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Warring States

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10
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Philosopher born during the warring states, concerned with relationships

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Confucius

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11
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If everyone follows their role, people will live harmoniously

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Confucianism

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12
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How long did the Qin Dynasty last?

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15 years

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13
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What type of ruling did the Qin dynasty have?

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Legalism

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14
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People are evil, the only way to make them behave is strict punishment

A

Legalism

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15
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Why did Shihuangdi burn all of Confucius’ books?

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To purge earlier records and to re-write history

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16
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Archaic site with mound building, increased sedentism, and fired clay

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Poverty Point

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17
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What was the purpose of mounds during the Adeana/Hopewell period?

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Bury dead in small buildings, burn, cover with earth

18
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What was the purpose of mounds during the Mississippian period?

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Bury the dead, used the mounds as a platform for houses

19
Q

What kind of social organization did the Hopwell people have?

A

Bigman

20
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What kind of social organization did the Mississipian people have?

A

Chiefdom

21
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What kind of social organization did Cahokia have?

A

Had many characteristics of a state but not all of them. Generally classified as a chiefdom

22
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What evidence did Cahokia have, making it a state?

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No writing system

23
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What is the social organization in the Pacific Northwest?

A

Chiefdom

24
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What kind of subsistence did the Pacific Northwest depend on?

A

Marine animals

25
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What is the purpose of the Potlach?

A

Show the power of the chief of bigman

26
Q

Chiefs or Bigman groups would give away all their goods, ending up being poor with material wealth, but with rich prestige

A

Potlach

27
Q

Had pithouses based on Hohokam culture, transitioned to Kivas, intense irrigation systems

A

Pueblo/Anasazi

28
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Why was maize domesticated before sedentism?

A

Took a long time for cobs to grow large enough to support sedentism

29
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What types of food did Mesoamerica depend on?

A

Beans, maize, squash

30
Q

Introduction to counting, ball game, pyramids

A

Olmec

31
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What do basalt heads represent?

A

Kings, warriors, or gods

32
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Time of the Maya apex, several other cultures too, all with similarities

A

Classic period

33
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First true city in Mesoamerica, based on obsidian trade, later revered by the Aztecs as the city of the Gods

A

Teotihuacan

34
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Height of Maya civilization; trade with teotihuacan was large political element

A

Classic Maya

35
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Showed writing system based on syllables; recorded king’s lives

A

Steale

36
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What was the importance of mathematics in Mesoamerica?

A

using 0 as a placeholder

37
Q

Capital of Aztec culture

A

Tenochititlan

38
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How was Tenochititlan ruled?

A

By force

39
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Why was there an emphasis on gold in Andean culture?

A

Not because of wealth, but because of the color

40
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What was important about the burials in Sipan?

A

Showed vast difference in wealth and human sacrifice

41
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Large empires in South America, based on potato rather than corn, Split inheritance with the new king gaining right to rule, but not receiving the wealth of the previous king

A

Inca Empire

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