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World History Flashcards

1
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What were ancient civilizations based around?

A

Fertile river valleys

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2
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What civilizations were around the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers?

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Sumer, Babylon, Assyria

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What civilizations were around the Nile?

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Pharaoh Menes’s Egyptian empire

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4
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What civilizations were around the Yellow River?

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Shang and Zhou Dynasties

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5
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What civilizations were around the Indus?

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ancient Indian civilization

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6
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Who created the first great civilization in Mesopotamia?

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Sumerians

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7
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What did they invent?

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cuneiform

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8
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What was the Sumerians most powerful city-state?

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Ur

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9
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Who unified the regions along the Nile to create the Egyptian empire?

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Pharaoh Menes

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10
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What was the Egyptian empire’s capital?

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Memphis

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11
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What did China’s Shang Dynasty (1750-1040BC) leave behind?

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Intricate metalwork and early written Chinese

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12
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What is the earliest know example of written law?

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The Code of Hamurabi 1700BC

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13
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Early Judaism still influence what?

A

Justice, morality, and ethics

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14
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Greek and Roman civilization passed down ideas on what?

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democracy, national citizenship, arts and sciences

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15
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Julius Caesar made himself what?

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dictator for life

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16
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Who was Julius Caesar’s heir?

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Octavian (Augustus Caesar) the first Roman emperor

17
Q

Who were the advanced civilizations in now Mexico and South America?

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Maya, Inca, and Aztec

18
Q

Who depicted ancient King David?

A

Donatello

19
Q

Who painted the Flagellation?

A

Piero della Francesca

20
Q

Who painted the Sinstine Chapel?

A

Michelangelo

21
Q

Who painted the La Gioconda or the Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo da Vinci

22
Q

Who designed the Chateau du Louvre?

A

Pierre Lescot

23
Q

When was Shakespeare born?

A

1564

24
Q

Who drew the Vitruvian Man?

A

Leonardo da Vinci

25
Q

Which Spanish conquistador vanquished the Aztec Empire?

A

Herman Cortes

26
Q

Who subjugated Puerto Rico?

A

Ponce de Leon

27
Q

Who subjugated Cuba?

A

Diego Velaquez

28
Q

Where did the Industrial Revolution originate?

A

Great Britain in the late eighteenth century

29
Q

In World War I who were the Triple Entente forces?

A

Great Britain, France and Russia

30
Q

What was one factor the US decided to join World War I?

A

The Zimmermann telegram

31
Q

What pact did Hilter violate?

A

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact he did this by invading the Soviet Union in 1941

32
Q

Who were the axis powers in WWII?

A

Germany, Italy, and Japan

33
Q

Who were two major figures in the Chinese civil war?

A

Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong

34
Q

What did the Mexican Constitution of 1917 recognize?

A

labor rights and social orders of the people

35
Q

What concern resulted in the 1980 Iran-Iraq War?

A

The Ayatollah Khomeini adn his Islamic regime might affect the tenuous balance of alliances within the Muslim world

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