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Test Two: Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Flashcards

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1
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Asia’s 3 river valleys were home to what 3 Asian cultures?

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Mesopotamia, India, China

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What continent was the largest out of all 7?

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Asia

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3
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What % of land did Asia cover?

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33%

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4
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Highest point on land?

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Mt. Everist

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Lowest point on land?

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Dead Sea

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India’s land was classified as what, and why?

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Classified as a subcontinent because of its separation from the rest of Asia.

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What Mt. Range separates india from Asia?

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Himalayas

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Earliest known people in Asia (they lived at the Indus river valley)

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Dravidians

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9
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What religion did India have?

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Hinduism

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10
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What is the goal of Hinduism?

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to become one with Brahma

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What happens if you don’t reach brahma?

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Reincarnation

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12
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What is Reincarnation?

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The process of rebirth

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13
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What affects the process of reincarnation?

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Karma (your actions in life)

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14
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What is India’s division of social classes called?

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Cast system

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15
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In India can you switch your place in the Cast System?

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No, the cast you are born in you must stay in.

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What is the top class in the Cast system? And what do the jobs consists of?

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Brahmans: Hindu Priest

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17
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What is the 2nd class in the Cast System

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Princes and Warriors

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18
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What is the 3rd class in the cast system?

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Landowners and merchants

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What is the last class in the cast system?

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Farmers, Laborers, and Servants

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In India if you leave your cast what are you?

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An Outcast, untouchable

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21
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When did the Mauryan Empire rule India?

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321 B.C 184 B.C.

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22
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Asoka ruled what?

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Mauryan Empire

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23
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Founded Buddhism

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Siddhartha Gautama

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What is the goal of Buddhism?

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To reach Nirvana

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25
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What empire reigned from 320 A.D to 535?

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Gupta Empire

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26
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India’s Golden Age

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Gupta Empire

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27
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Babar invaded who? What date?

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India, 1526

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28
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Mogul Empire built what?

A

Taj Mahal (its a big grave)

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29
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Western Section?

A

Pakistan

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30
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Eastern Section?

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Bangladesh

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31
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Contribution of India? (2)

A

Mathematics (specifically Algebra)
Highest quality of steel

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32
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2 main rivers of China?

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Huang He & Yangtze

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33
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World’s oldest living civilization?

A

China (3,500)

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34
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China’s first civilization?

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Huange He Civilization

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35
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When did the Shang Dynasty rule?

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1525-1028 B.C.

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36
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harvesting silk and a system of writing was developed by what Dynasty?

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Shang Dynasty

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37
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China’s longest living dynasty?

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Chou Dynasty (longest ruling shortest sounding name) (pronounced Joe)

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38
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What philosophies were created by the Chou Dynasty?

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Taoism and Confucianism

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39
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Who was first to rule over a united China?

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Shin Huang Ti

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40
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Ch’in Dynasty was known for what structure?

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The great wall of china

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41
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Ch’in Dynasty ruled what time period?

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225-206 B.C.

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42
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What Dynasty ruled at the top of China’s power?

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Han Dynasty

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43
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What was the purpose of the “silk road”?

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To connect China to the Roman world

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44
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What was the Han Dynasty accomplishment?

A

Creating an accurate calendar

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45
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Who conquered China in the 1200’s

A

Genghis Khan

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46
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Descendants of Genghis Khan accomplish what?

A

The Yuan Dynasty

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47
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Mongols

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Largest Continental Empire

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48
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Who traveled through the east during Kublai Khans’s Empire?

A

Marco Polo

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49
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Japan’s 4 main islands?

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Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyusha, and shikoku

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50
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Mt. Fuji is located where?

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Japan

51
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Nippon means? (Japan)

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“Source of the sun”

52
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Japan’s original inhabitants?

A

Ainu

53
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Shinto?

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(Japans) Oldest surviving religion

54
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Clans? What country do they belong to?

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Families that ruled small states in Japan

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A
56
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Founder of Japanese Civilization?

A

Prince Shotoku

57
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Taika or “the great reform” did what?

A

Created a central government

58
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Mikado is what

A

an emperor

59
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When did Mikado lose his ruling power and who did he rule over?

A

The middle ages and Shoguns

60
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Shoguns are what?

A

feudal lords

61
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Who conquered mongols under Kublai Khan in 1259?

A

Korea

62
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How many independent nations made up Southeast Asia?

A

Ten

63
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What destroyed many nations in southeast Asia?

A

Communism

64
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The Gift of the Nile is also known as?

A

The land of Ham

65
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What isthmus conceded Asia?

A

The isthmus of Suez

66
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World’s largest desert?

A

Sahara

67
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Longest river?

A

Nile

68
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Where is the world’s longest river and largest desert located?

A

Egypt

69
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What are Nomes?

A

small divisions or states

70
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Strong rulers of gnomes?

A

Pharaphos

71
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Egypt was divided into?

A

Upper and lower Egypt

72
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“Gift of The Nile” nickname was given by?

A

Greek Historian Herodotus

73
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Famous plant of Egypt?

A

Papyrus

74
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Nile delta (known for) -

A

Triangle shaped, most settlement where located

75
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Hieroglyphics

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Written language of Egypt

76
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Who used what to interpret Hieroglyphics?

A

Jean Francis Champollion Rosetta Stone

77
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Two capitals of ancient Egypt?

A

Memphis and Thebes

78
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Symbol of Egyptian state and society?

A

Pyramid

79
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Who was head of government in Egypt?

A

Pharaoh

80
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Summarize the education system in Egypt:

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  1. Only boys could go
  2. Only for the rich
  3. Grads could get region jobs
81
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What religions did Egypt have? (3)

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Humanism, Naturalism, Polytheism

82
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Goal in life for Egypt people?

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To gain as much wealth and possessions for the after life

83
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The Great Pyramid of Cheops is know as?

A

One of the many wonders of the world, tomb for many pharaohs

84
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What is one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the ancient world?

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Kind Tut’s Tomb

85
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The preservation of the bodies of the dead for the the “afterlife”

A

mummification

86
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Most famous rulers of the Old Kingdom (Egypt) (3)

A

Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

87
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_ Great Pyramids at _____ were built for each Pharaoh. Built in the ___ Kingdom.

A

Blank One: 3
Blank Two: Giza
Blank Three: Old Kingdom

88
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Who had a cat structure built in their likeness, and what was the name of the structure?

A

Khafre’s likeness, The great sphinx

89
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Who was the first ruler of the Middle Kingdom?

A

Mentuhotep

90
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What kingdom did Abraham live in?

A

The Middle Kingdom

91
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Who invaded Egypt from Asia?

A

Hyksos

92
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New kingdom was founded by who?

A

Ahmose The First

93
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Female Pharaoh in the New Kingdom

A

HatSHEpsuts

94
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Who expanded the borders of Egypt the most?

A

Thutmose the third

95
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Who was pharaoh during the Exodus?

A

Amenhotep the second

96
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Who conquered the Later New Kingdom?

A

Alexander the Great

97
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Alexander the Great named what important city in his empire? (hint he was self obsessed)

A

City Name- Alexandria

98
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Who took over egypt after the division?

A

Ptotemy

99
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Capital city of Egypt and center of Egyptian life

A

Cairo

100
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Second largest desert?

A

Kalahari Desert

101
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Most common climate?

A

Savanna

102
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Longest Mt. range

A

Atlas Mts

103
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Mt. Kilimanjaro

A

tallest mt

104
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what is the largest lake, and what river does it feed?

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Lake Victoria, and the nile river

105
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What covers most of the middle east and eastern Africa?

A

The Great Rift Valley

106
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Put descendance

A

of Ham

107
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History shows that Put, or Africa was

A

advanced

108
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Greatest civilization in the interior of ancient history?

A

Cush

109
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Cushite who conquered Egypt

A

Piankhi

110
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Cush was also known as

A

Ethiopia

111
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Who helped save Jeremiah from prison?

A

Ebed Melech

112
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Who was led to christ by Philip?

A

Ethiopian Eunuch

113
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First christian on record?

A

Philip

114
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Who traded extensively with Asia and the Middle East?

A

Put

115
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Who traded gold for slaves?

A

Ghana

116
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Mail ruled after who fell

A

Ghana fell

117
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Greatest ruler of Mail

A

Mansa Musa

118
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Important trade center

A

Timbuktu

119
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Songhai masterd what?

A

trade across the Sahara

120
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Who was the greatest ruler of the Songhai empire?

A

Askia The Great

121
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Who lead the kingdom of Benin

A

King Ewuare

122
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Largest central kingdoms of Africa?

A

Kingdom of Kongo

123
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What was the capital of Kongo

A

Zimbabwe

124
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Animism:

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Natural things and animals are inhabited by spirits

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