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World History Semester 1 Final Flashcards

1
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What year was the Trojan War?

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Between 3000 and 1000 BC

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2
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Who fought in the Trojan War?

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Troy and Greece

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Who won the Trojan War

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The Greeks

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What was the Trojan war fought over?

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The Trojan king, Paris, kidnapped a Greek Kings wife.

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5
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What was won in the Trojan war?

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The kidnapped wife

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When was the Peloponnesian war fought?

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431 bc

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Who fought in the Peloponnesian war?

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Athens and Sparta?

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Who won the Peloponnesian war?

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Sparta

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What was fought over in the Peloponnesian war?

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Athenian control over the Delian League.

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What was won in the Peloponnesian war?

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Sparta became the most powerful City-State.

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When were the Punic wars fought?

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264-146 bc

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12
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Who fought in the Punic wars?

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Rome and Carthage

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13
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Who won the Punic wars?

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Rome

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14
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What were the Punic Wars fought over?

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Control over islands like Cyprus

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15
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What was won in the Punic wars?

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Rome gained much of the Western Mediterranean.

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16
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What is Monotheism?

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Belief in only one god

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17
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What is a Polis

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A Greek City-state

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18
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What is cultural diffusion?

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The spreading or merging of different cultural ideas.

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What is a Dictatorship?

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Someone ruling with absolute power.

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What is a Phalanx?

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An Ancient Greek fighting formation.

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What is a Republic?

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Supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives.

22
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Who was Paul?

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An apostle who spread Christianity through the Roman Empire.

23
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Who is the Pope?

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The father or leader of the Christian Church.

24
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What was the importance of Byzantium?

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Where the Roman Capitol was moved to, renamed to Constantinople.

25
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What is a Monarchy?

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Kings or monarch ruled in government.

26
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What is an aristocracy?

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A government ruled by a small group of Noble, wealthy, land-owning families. (“Ruled by the best”)

27
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What is an Oligarchy?

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A government ruled by a few powerful people. (“Ruled by a <privileged> few”)</privileged>

28
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What is the Neolithic Revolution?

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The birth of Agriculture.

29
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What is an Artifact?

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Remains like tools jewelry and other human made objects.

30
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What does prehistoric mean?

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Before written records.

31
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What was Domestication?

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Taming of animals.

32
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What is a Nomad?

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Someone who wanders from place to place; no permeant settlement.

33
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Agricultural?

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Growing crops and rearing animals for food.

34
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What is papyrus?

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Egyptian invented paper.

35
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What was the Fertile Crescent?

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A bend in the River Nile where the Egyptians grew things.

36
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What was the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley?

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Where Mesopotamia was located.

37
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What is the Torah?

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The first five books of the Hebrew scripture.

38
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Egyptian Civilization?

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An ancient civilization in modern day Egypt. Worshipped ancient Egyptian gods and wrote with Hieroglyphics.

39
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The Nile River?

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A river that ran through Egypt and was used by Egyptians for many things.

40
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What is a City State?

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Each city and the surrounding land it controlled.

41
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What is Sumer?

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A City-State in Mesopotamia.

42
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What is Theocracy?

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When priests rule in the name of god.

43
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What are Pyramids?

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Big, triangular, tombs, Egyptians built for their kings.

44
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What is a Dynasty?

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Series of rulers from the same family.

45
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What was mummification?

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How Egyptians readied their dead for the after life.

46
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What was the code of Hammurabi?

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An eye for and eye.

47
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What is the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

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It was how we deciphered the ancient Egyptian language.

48
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Sparta?

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A military centered City-State in Greece. Lived a very harsh military style life.

49
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Athens

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A city-state in Greece, named after the Greek Godess Athena.

50
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What was the Colosseum?

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Roman arena. Gladiators fought here. Made to distract Roman’s from their bad living conditions.

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