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History final
Study for history final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Guru | Thinker and teachers |
| Issue | Problem or subject to disscussed ordecided |
| Brahman | The first is that there is one supreme consciousness, spiritual force or god |
| Reincarnation | Is the rebirth of a soul in a new body |
| Karma | Is the effect of a person's actions in this and in previous lives |
| Dharma | Is a person's duty or what is right |
| Ahimsa | Avoiding doing harm to any living thing, truthfulness, and moderation and self control |
| Moksha | Liberation from reincarnation |
| Devote | To set aside for a purpose |
| Jati | Birth group |
| Loess | A fine dustlike material that can form soil |
| Dikes | Walls to hold back water |
| Oracle bones | Animal bones or turtles shells carved with written characters that the Shang kings used to try to tell the future |
| Inerpret | To explain give the meaning of |
| Pictographs | Pictures that represent words or ideas |
| Logograph | A written character that represents a completewords or phrases |
| Challenge | Something that is difficult or demanding to do |
| Mandate of Heaven | Right to rule |
| Survive | To last, to continue to live |
| Warlads | Military rulers of small to live |
| Minor | Not serious, not important |
| Chaos | Total disorder and confusion |
| Philosophy | A set of beliefs about the world and how to live |
| Income | Payments of money |
| Stable | Able to last not likely to fall apart |
| Filial piety | The devotionof children to their parents |
| Eventual | Final |
| Polis | City-state |
| Citizens | Members of a city-state who had legal rights |
| Acropolis | High city |
| Politics | The artand practice of government |
| Aritocracy | A hereditary class of rulers |
| Exclude | To shut out keep from participating |
| What is the meaning of Yin Yang in balance? | Is key to harmony in the universe |
| Subcontinent | A large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the cintinent |
| River system | A amin river and all of the other rivers and streams that drain into it |
| Monsoons | Seasonal winds |
| Achievemenr T | Accomplishment that requires effort or skill |
| Granary | Special building used to hold grain |
| Citadel | Fortified area |
| Evidence | Information used to prove something |
| Commerce | The buying and selling of goods and services |
| Ivory | A hard white material |
| Ebony | Dark black wood |
| Rely | To produce, create |
| Interdependence | Dependence by each country of group on the other |
| Generate | To depend, trust |
| Meroitic script | One of the world's first alphabet |
| Hieroglyphics | A drawing or symbole that represents a word or a sound |
| Papyrus | Material very similar to paper |
| Survived | To last, to continue to live |
| Pyramid | Structure with triangular sides |
| Sculpture | To build or a statue or other free-stansing piece of art made of clay, stone, or other material |
| Comstruct | To build or put together |
| Anatomy | The study of the structure of the body and its organs |
| Cataract | Groups of rocky rapids |
| Delta | An area of sediment-soil or minerals carried bt water-deposited at the mouth of a river |
| Artisans | Skilled workers who prectice a handcraft |
| Pharaoh | King of a united Egypt |
| Dynasty | A rulling family who passed down their power in their family |
| Enviromental | Having to do with natural surroundings |
| Bureaucracy | A system of offices and officials that handle the business of government |
| Devotion | Dedication loyalty |
| Mummy | A body preserved by a special process |
| Import | A good or service sold within a country that produced in another country |
| Export | A good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country is borders |
| Navigation | The art of steering a ship from place to place |
| Profit | To make a gain |
| Colony | An area ruled by a distant country |
| Cultural diffusion | The spreading of cultural traits from one refion to another |
| Alphabet | A small set of letters or symbols each of wich stands for a single sound |
| Veda | A collection of hundreds, and even thousands, of sacred hymns |
| Varna | Grouping based on one's skill |
| Status | Position in society |
| Caste | A fixed social class into which a person is born |
| Migrated | To move from one region to another in order to live there |
| What are Pheonicians? | Seafaring traders from the eastern Mediterranean known for trade and shipping. |
| Were did Pheonocians develope? | Along the coast of present-day Lebanon. |
| What their government? | Independent city-states, each ruled by a king. |
| How does the Pheonician's geography and farming look like? | Rocky land and mountains limited farming, so they focused on trade. |
| What are good the Pheonicians made? | Purple dye, glass, textiles, jewelry. |
| What are Pheonician's luxury goods? | Expensive, high-quality items (like purple cloth); sold to rich people and nobles. |
| What imports and exports did Pheonicians did? | Imported raw materials (metals, wood); exported finished goods. |
| What are evindence of Pheonician's sailing skills? | Maps show trade routes across the Mediterranean. |
| What are evidence of Pheonician's navigation skills? | Used stars and coastline landmarks. |
| What is evidence of Pheonician's exploration and why did they travel? | Traveled across the Mediterranean for trade and resources |
| What are the colonies of Pheonicia? | Established trading settlements (colonies) along coasts. |
| What was Carthage? Who would eventually try to conquer Carthage? | A powerful Phoenician colony; later fought by Rome. |
| How did Pheonicia practice cultural diffusion? | Spread ideas, goods, and alphabet through trade. |
| How was Pheonicia's alphabet impotant for Pheonicia? | Made reading/writing simpler for trade |
| How did Pheonicia influence other places? | Greek and Roman alphabets were based on Phoenician alphabet. |
| What are the two main sources of the Nile? | White Nile and Blue Nile. |
| How were cataracts a natural defense system? | Rapids made invasion by boat difficult. |
| What is silt? How does the Nile help produce silt? | Fertile soil left behind after flooding. |
| What does Kemet mean? | Black Land” (fertile soil). |
| What happened during the times when the Nile would flood? Were the floods in the Nile unpredictable? | Yes—regular and helpful for farming. |
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