Review for Social Studies Final
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| The knowledge belief, customs, and values of a group of people | Culture
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| A prat or imprint of something that was once alive | Fossil
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| An object created & used by humans | Artifact
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| Is the time before there was writing | Prehistory
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| A community of people who share a common culture | Society
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| A mixture of fertile soil that can make ideal soil for farming | Silt
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| A way of supplying water to an area of land | Irrigation
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| The worship of many gods | Polytheism
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| Long poems that tell the stories of heroes | Epics
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| The Science of building | Architecture
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| A pyramid shaped temple in Sumer | Ziggurat
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| Strong rapids | Cataracts
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| Triangle shaped area of land made of soil by a river | Delta
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| A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty
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| A rich powerful person | Noble
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| A specialty treated body wrapped in cloth for preservation | Mummies
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| A huge triangular shaped tomb built by the Egyptians. | Pyramid
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| Paths followed by traders | Trade Routes
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| One of the first woman rulers, dressed as a man | Queen Hatshepsut
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| Egyptians writing system | Hieroglyphics
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| A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics | Rosetta Stone
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| A tall, four-sided pilar that is pointed on the top | Obelisk
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| A large landmass that is smaller than a continent | Subcontinent
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| Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet & dry seasons | Monsoons
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| The most important language of ancient India | Sanskirt
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| The largest religion in India today | Hinduism
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| The effects that good or bad actions have on a persons soul | Karma
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| Going without food | Fasting
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| Nirvana | A state of perfect peace
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| The focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas | Meditation
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| People who work to spread their beliefs | Missionaries
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| A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha | Buddhism
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| A shot to help heal someone | Inoculation
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| The study of the stars & planets | Astronomy
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| Used to predict the future | Oracle Bones
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| People of high rank | Lords
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| Farmers with small farms | Peasants
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| The belief that people were bad by nature and need to be controlled | Legalism
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| A barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier | Great Wall of China
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| Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day | Sundial
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| The practice of serting needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease of relive pain | Acupuncture
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| A soft bright, highly valued fabric | Silk
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| A 4,000 mile long network of trade routes | Silk Road
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| The Greek word for city-state | Polis
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| A high hill | Acropolis
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| A type of government in which people rule themselves | Democracy
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| Rich landowners | Aristocrats
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| People who have the right to participate in government | Citizens
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| A leader who held power through the use of force | Tyrant
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| A government in which only a few people have power | Oligarchy
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| Greek like | Hellenistic
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| Rulers with almost absolute power | Dictators
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| People elect leaders to govern | Republic
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| Common people | Plebeians (pee-ons)
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| Nobles | Patricians
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| Officials | Magistrates
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| The two most powerful magistrates in Rome | Consuls
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| a council of wealthy & powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders | Roman Senate
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| To prohibit | Veto
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| The Roman's language | Latin
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| A method to balance power | Checks and Balances
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| Rome's public meeting place | Forum
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| A religion was based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth | Christianity
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| A type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross | Crucifixion
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| Were religious men who lived apart from society in isolated islands | Monks
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| Communities of monks | Monasteries
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| The worship of one god | Monotheism
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