World History Flashcards

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Polis

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Greek city-states

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Athens and Sparta

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Two traditional enemy city states

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Hatshepsut

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The famous female pharaoh

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Legacy a of Ancient Greek

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Philosophy, astronomy, architecture, democracy

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5
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Aristocracy

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A form of government ruled by the wealthy elite

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Democracy

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Form of government run by the people

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Women in Athens

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Taking care of their children and family,

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Delian leagues

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The alliance between the Greek city states

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Monarchy

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Government run by a king

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Oligarchy

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Government run by a small group of people

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11
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Voting in Athens

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Make land owners

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12
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Pericles

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Was a famous statesmen or politician

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13
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Two Greek genres of Greek plays

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Tragedy and comedy

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Most famous Greek philosophers

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Aristotle Plato and Socrates

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15
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Peloponnesian war

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Sparta won

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16
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Parthenon in the Acropolis

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Dedicated to Athena

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Alexander the Great was a student of

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Aristotle

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18
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Alexander’s empire

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Extended from Macedonia to India

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19
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Hellenistic culture

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Greek, Egyptian, Indian, Persian

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20
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A story about the gods that the Greeks wrote

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Mythology

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21
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The academy

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The name for the cool that Plato founded

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22
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How did

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Poisonous hemlock

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23
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The languages that derived from Latin

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Romance languages

Italian Spanish French Portuguese

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24
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How did the people of Pompeii die

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A volcanic eruption

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Julius Cesar
Held the title of dictator of the time of assassination by the Spanish
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Alaska land bridge
Scholars believe the first people to arrive in America came from
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Maya cities
Well known for their stone temples and palaces
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Maya people
Did not own things it was owned by pachacuti in a upanchi
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What did the clan mother do
Removed members from the council
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Incas kept record of history with
Kepu knots
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All roads in the inca empire lead to
The capital cusco
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Maize
The most important crop of the survival of early Americans
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Inflation
The fast increase of prices
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Diocletian
Divided the Roman empi into two parts
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Constantinople
The city that Constantine made
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How did the incas carry messages to each other
Relay runners
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Maya writing system is
Hieroglyphics
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Israelites reaching cannan
40 years
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Genesis
First book of the Hebrew Bible
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Covenant with God
On agreement
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Nirvana
In Buddhism the release of selfishness
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Epic
Narrative poem that celebrates heroic deeds
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Sinatra gauhama
Made Hinduism
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River civilization of China
Between the yellow river and the yengzi river
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Monsoons
Seasonal winds
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Papyrus
Closest thing to paper | Comes from a plant
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Mummification
Take out all organs except heart and embalmed body humans and pets
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Pharaoh
God like King
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Nile
River that crosses Egypt
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Sumerian writing
Writing system is cuneiform
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Polytheism
Believe in more than one God
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Ziggurat
Massive monument and temple
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Prehistory
Before writing
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Barter economy
The trading of goods and services without money
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Artisan
Skilled worker
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Domestication
Came animals and plants
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Lucy
One of the first hominid discovered in Africa
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Homo habilis
Hominids that use tools
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Hominids
Humans and other creatures that walk upright
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Artifacts
Human made objects
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Buddhism and Hinduism
Believe in sacredness of all life
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Buddhism
Goals to reach nirvana
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HItties
Excellent war years because they discovered iron
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Harappa
In India had a plumbing system scholars cannot decipher for their language
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Hammurabi's code
282 written laws
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Cuneiform
Formal writing
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Mesopotamia
Between two rivers Tigris and Euphrates
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Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural revolution