Test Two: Chapters 4, 5, & 6 Flashcards
1
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Asia’s 3 river valleys were home to what 3 Asian cultures?
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Mesopotamia, India, China
2
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What continent was the largest out of all 7?
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Asia
3
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What % of land did Asia cover?
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33%
4
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Highest point on land?
A
Mt. Everist
5
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Lowest point on land?
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Dead Sea
6
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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.
7
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What Mt. Range separates india from Asia?
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Himalayas
8
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Earliest known people in Asia (they lived at the Indus river valley)
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Dravidians
9
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What religion did India have?
A
Hinduism
10
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What is the goal of Hinduism?
A
to become one with Brahma
11
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What happens if you don’t reach brahma?
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Reincarnation
12
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What is Reincarnation?
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The process of rebirth
13
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What affects the process of reincarnation?
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Karma (your actions in life)
14
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What is India’s division of social classes called?
A
Cast system
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.
16
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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
17
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What is the 2nd class in the Cast System
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Princes and Warriors
18
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What is the 3rd class in the cast system?
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Landowners and merchants
19
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What is the last class in the cast system?
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Farmers, Laborers, and Servants
20
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In India if you leave your cast what are you?
A
An Outcast, untouchable
21
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When did the Mauryan Empire rule India?
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321 B.C 184 B.C.
22
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Asoka ruled what?
A
Mauryan Empire
23
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Founded Buddhism
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Siddhartha Gautama
24
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What is the goal of Buddhism?
A
To reach Nirvana
25
What empire reigned from 320 A.D to 535?
Gupta Empire
26
India's Golden Age
Gupta Empire
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Babar invaded who? What date?
India, 1526
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Mogul Empire built what?
Taj Mahal (its a big grave)
29
Western Section?
Pakistan
30
Eastern Section?
Bangladesh
31
Contribution of India? (2)
Mathematics (specifically Algebra)
Highest quality of steel
32
2 main rivers of China?
Huang He & Yangtze
33
World's oldest living civilization?
China (3,500)
34
China's first civilization?
Huange He Civilization
35
When did the Shang Dynasty rule?
1525-1028 B.C.
36
harvesting silk and a system of writing was developed by what Dynasty?
Shang Dynasty
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China's longest living dynasty?
Chou Dynasty (longest ruling shortest sounding name) (pronounced Joe)
38
What philosophies were created by the Chou Dynasty?
Taoism and Confucianism
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Who was first to rule over a united China?
Shin Huang Ti
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Ch'in Dynasty was known for what structure?
The great wall of china
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Ch'in Dynasty ruled what time period?
225-206 B.C.
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What Dynasty ruled at the top of China's power?
Han Dynasty
43
What was the purpose of the "silk road"?
To connect China to the Roman world
44
What was the Han Dynasty accomplishment?
Creating an accurate calendar
45
Who conquered China in the 1200's
Genghis Khan
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Descendants of Genghis Khan accomplish what?
The Yuan Dynasty
47
Mongols
Largest Continental Empire
48
Who traveled through the east during Kublai Khans's Empire?
Marco Polo
49
Japan's 4 main islands?
Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyusha, and shikoku
50
Mt. Fuji is located where?
Japan
51
Nippon means? (Japan)
"Source of the sun"
52
Japan's original inhabitants?
Ainu
53
Shinto?
(Japans) Oldest surviving religion
54
Clans? What country do they belong to?
Families that ruled small states in Japan
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Founder of Japanese Civilization?
Prince Shotoku
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Taika or "the great reform" did what?
Created a central government
58
Mikado is what
an emperor
59
When did Mikado lose his ruling power and who did he rule over?
The middle ages and Shoguns
60
Shoguns are what?
feudal lords
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Who conquered mongols under Kublai Khan in 1259?
Korea
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How many independent nations made up Southeast Asia?
Ten
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What destroyed many nations in southeast Asia?
Communism
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The Gift of the Nile is also known as?
The land of Ham
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What isthmus conceded Asia?
The isthmus of Suez
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World's largest desert?
Sahara
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Longest river?
Nile
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Where is the world's longest river and largest desert located?
Egypt
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What are Nomes?
small divisions or states
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Strong rulers of gnomes?
Pharaphos
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Egypt was divided into?
Upper and lower Egypt
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"Gift of The Nile" nickname was given by?
Greek Historian Herodotus
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Famous plant of Egypt?
Papyrus
74
Nile delta (known for) -
Triangle shaped, most settlement where located
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Hieroglyphics
Written language of Egypt
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Who used what to interpret Hieroglyphics?
Jean Francis Champollion Rosetta Stone
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Two capitals of ancient Egypt?
Memphis and Thebes
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Symbol of Egyptian state and society?
Pyramid
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Who was head of government in Egypt?
Pharaoh
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Summarize the education system in Egypt:
1. Only boys could go
2. Only for the rich
3. Grads could get region jobs
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What religions did Egypt have? (3)
Humanism, Naturalism, Polytheism
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Goal in life for Egypt people?
To gain as much wealth and possessions for the after life
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The Great Pyramid of Cheops is know as?
One of the many wonders of the world, tomb for many pharaohs
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What is one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the ancient world?
Kind Tut's Tomb
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The preservation of the bodies of the dead for the the "afterlife"
mummification
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Most famous rulers of the Old Kingdom (Egypt) (3)
Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure
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_ Great Pyramids at _____ were built for each Pharaoh. Built in the ___ Kingdom.
Blank One: 3
Blank Two: Giza
Blank Three: Old Kingdom
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Who had a cat structure built in their likeness, and what was the name of the structure?
Khafre's likeness, The great sphinx
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Who was the first ruler of the Middle Kingdom?
Mentuhotep
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What kingdom did Abraham live in?
The Middle Kingdom
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Who invaded Egypt from Asia?
Hyksos
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New kingdom was founded by who?
Ahmose The First
93
Female Pharaoh in the New Kingdom
HatSHEpsuts
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Who expanded the borders of Egypt the most?
Thutmose the third
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Who was pharaoh during the Exodus?
Amenhotep the second
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Who conquered the Later New Kingdom?
Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great named what important city in his empire? (hint he was self obsessed)
City Name- Alexandria
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Who took over egypt after the division?
Ptotemy
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Capital city of Egypt and center of Egyptian life
Cairo
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Second largest desert?
Kalahari Desert
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Most common climate?
Savanna
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Longest Mt. range
Atlas Mts
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
tallest mt
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what is the largest lake, and what river does it feed?
Lake Victoria, and the nile river
105
What covers most of the middle east and eastern Africa?
The Great Rift Valley
106
Put descendance
of Ham
107
History shows that Put, or Africa was
advanced
108
Greatest civilization in the interior of ancient history?
Cush
109
Cushite who conquered Egypt
Piankhi
110
Cush was also known as
Ethiopia
111
Who helped save Jeremiah from prison?
Ebed Melech
112
Who was led to christ by Philip?
Ethiopian Eunuch
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First christian on record?
Philip
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Who traded extensively with Asia and the Middle East?
Put
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Who traded gold for slaves?
Ghana
116
Mail ruled after who fell
Ghana fell
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Greatest ruler of Mail
Mansa Musa
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Important trade center
Timbuktu
119
Songhai masterd what?
trade across the Sahara
120
Who was the greatest ruler of the Songhai empire?
Askia The Great
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Who lead the kingdom of Benin
King Ewuare
122
Largest central kingdoms of Africa?
Kingdom of Kongo
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What was the capital of Kongo
Zimbabwe
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Animism:
Natural things and animals are inhabited by spirits
