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world history Flashcards

1
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What verse in Genesis describes what man created to accomplish?

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Genesis 1:28

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2
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What are the two Basic kinds of resources available to historians ?

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primary and secondary records

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What is the Bible’s table of Nations and where in Genesis is it located?

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The descendants of shem, ham, and japheth are listed according to the nations from families.It is found in Genesis 10 .

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4
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What is Civilization ?

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Latin word civil meaning “City” refers to human culture

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5
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What term refers to a system of rules, regulations and accountability that governs those living in a city?

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Artifacts

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6
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A complex culture institution in which humans share core values and a desire to improve the quality of their existence is known as a?

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City

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7
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What can be defined as the physical and mental environment developed through human thought and labor ?

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Culture

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8
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What term means the belief in one God ?

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monotheism

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9
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the belief in many gods is known as what?

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Polytheism

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10
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From what planet did the Egyptians develop paper?

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Papyrus

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11
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What Greek word means the land between the rivers?

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Mesopotamia

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12
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Which period of Egyptian history is known as the age of pharaohs ?

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Old Kingdom

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13
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What city was not the only capital of the Assyrian Empire but also the city where Jonah preached?

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Nineveh

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14
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The Persian ruled the ancient world until the Rival of ?

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Alexander the Great

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15
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Name the Greek philosopher and Mathematician of 6th Century BC who concluded that the Universe could be explained in mathematical terms?

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Pythagora

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16
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Who was the author of the iliad and The Odyssey?

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Homer

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17
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What City-state is the leader of the Delian League?

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Athens

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18
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Who is the author of the Republic?

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plato

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19
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“no thyself .”

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socrates

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20
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historian of the Peloponnesian War?

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thucydides

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21
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Astronomer and geographer?

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eratosthenes

22
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What is the North America City that rivaled Rome for Mediterranean trade ?

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carthage

23
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Which Empire legalized Christianity ?

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Constantine

24
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What Rome engineering of accomplishment supplied water to the cities?

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aqueducts

25
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What was a period of peace and prosperity in Rome history called?

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pax romana

26
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What decree ended persecution in legalized Christianity?

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Edict of milan

27
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Who promoted the theory that Earth was a center of the universe?

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Ptolemy

28
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Who is a member of the triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Pompeii?

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crassus

29
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established a calendar that is the basis of Our Own?

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Julius Caesar

30
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Rome Emperor during the last and most widespread Roman persecution?

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Diocletian

31
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Which religion threatened the Byzantine Empire through the invasion of the Turkish peoples?

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islam

32
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What are the best examples of Muslim architecture?

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Mosques

33
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Provide another name for the title that Constantinope has been known as.

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New Rome and second Rome

34
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Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to what city?

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Mecca

35
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What is the term that deprives an individual of the sacraments and excluding him from The Fellowship of the church?

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excommunicate

36
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Whose Army brought about the end of the Byzantine Empire by sacking Constantinople?

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ottoman turks

37
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What Byzantine decorations are used tiny pieces of glass of stone and wet cement or plaster?

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mesaics

38
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“Holy war.”

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jihad

39
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First caliph.

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Abu Bakr

40
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Established the first ruling Dynasty in Russia .

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rurik

41
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Who were the American Indian religious leaders ?

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shamans or medicine men

42
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What Indian civilization settled on cuzco?

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Inca

43
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Give the name of the city that sought to become influential in the Mayan classic period.

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Tikal

44
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The Mayans created a precise Long Count

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name for the precise calendar

45
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A group of several families that shared common Customs were called a .

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tribe

46
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Built villages out of sun-dried brick

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pueblo

47
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Known for its peaceful culture

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Hopi

48
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Famous landmark in southern ohio

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hopewell

49
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“The venice of the new world”

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tenochtitlan

50
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Name of possible ice of land bridge allowing people to come to north america via Asia

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Beringia

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