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semester exam Q&A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does “c” mean? | |
| prehistory | the time before writing |
| “the land between the rivers” was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Iraq | |
| people who regularly move from place to place | |
| historian | people who study and write about the human past |
| cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |
| dynasty | a line of rulers that passes power from father to son |
| Re | chief god of the Egyptians, son god |
| embalming | the Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing |
| describe the Nile’s flooding | gentle and dependable |
| monotheism | the belief in one god the basis of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity |
| the Ten Commandments-what are they responsible for forming today? | the moral laws of many nations |
| Israel-what does it mean, who uses the name, where is it? | “one who struggles with god” a name given to the descendants of Jacob it’s a modern-day country where Canaan once was |
| diaspora | |
| the faith of the Israelites | |
| rule of law | the idea that the law should apply to everybody equally |
| direct democracy | everyone decides government matters |
| men in the Spartan army-ages/responsibilities | 7-boys live in barracks, learning to be in the army 20-enter the regular army 30-allowed to return to their homes but remain in the army 60-retire from the army |
| began as an alliance to protect the Greeks from the Persians | |
| Dark Ages (600 BC) | called the “dark ages” because people forgot how to read and write |
| citizens of Greek city-states | free native-born land-owning men |
| Alexander the Great and the Iliad | |
| Peloponnesian War | Sparta .vs. Athens left Greeks divided |
| Aristotle | taught his student to follow the Golden Mean |
| myths (Greece) | religious stories of ancient Greece |
| Homer-the Iliad and the Odyssey | two epics written by Homer that are still studied today Iliad is about the Trojan War |
| Alexandria | |
| philosophers | |
| Plato | |
| Buddhism-why did it become so popular? | |
| Which two religions can trace their beginning to India? | |
| caste system | |
| Krishna | |
| Asoka | |
| Hinduism | |
| Buddhism | |
| monsoons | |
| warlords | |
| tenant farmers | |
| the Period of the Warring States | |
| Marco Polo | |
| Mongols | |
| When preparing for civil service exams... | |
| Forbidden City | |
| Confucian officials and Chinese voyages... | |
| census-what is it? why did the Ming do it? | |
| Italy is... | |
| Hannibal | |
| Octavian became _______________________ | |
| Twelve Tables | |
| when was Rome founded? | |
| Huang He valley | |
| Grand Canal |
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