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USA, World, and Africa 1

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What were some of the adaptations made in the Old Stone Age that allowed for the evolution of human development?   show
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show The Aryans king  
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show Homo Erectus  
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The use of tools is associated with which human lineage?   show
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What were human beings around the world capable of during the Old Stone Age? pt.1   show
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What were human beings around the world capable of during the Old Stone Age? pt.2   show
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show The development of agriculture techniques, domesticating animals for food consumption, which lead to the development of a more complex society. Food production also started to affect the gender roles.  
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show Humans in Paleolithic era were mainly nomadic. The Neolithic era consisted of the agricultural revolution.  
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show Civilization is defined in terms of urbanization. Urban characteristics include specialized vocation, advances in art and technology, complex political and cultural institutions and the presence of a written language.  
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Which continent is the largest? Which is the 2nd largest?   show
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What is the difference between a prehistoric and historic society   show
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show Had evolved out of 1500 years of Mesopotamian history and was designed to regulate business, deal with feuds, crimes, slavery, adultery, divorce, legitimacy, inheritance, etc. Some crimes included harsh punishments and death.  
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show The Greeks named Kemet Egypt due a temple that was built in honor of King Ptah and when the 1st Greeks came in the 7th century BCE, they referred to the land as “The land of the Temple of Ptah” which was Latinized became Aegyptus,which Egypt is derived  
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show Early Dynastic Period: 3100-2700BCE Old Kingdom: 2700-2200 BCE Middle Kingdom: 2050-1650 BCE New Kingdom: 1550-1100 BCE Post-Empire Period: 1100-30 BCE  
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Define polytheism and monotheism.   show
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Define anthropomorphic?   show
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show The Ankh was the ancient kemet symbol for life.  
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show Osiris (Ausar), Isis (Aset), and Horus (Heru) are related to Christianity through the story of Jesus and the Holy Trinity. The Ankh is similar to the cross in Christianity  
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show Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.  
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Who were the 1st people to grow and weave cotton?   show
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What were some of the speculated causes that ended the Indus civilization?   show
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show Brahmans were the priests, Kshatriyas were the warriors, Vaisyas were the landholders and artisans, and Sudras were the serfs and servants and were usually the darker skinned natives of India.  
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show Sanskirt is a form of writing and all Indo-European languages are related because they all have the same common ancestor. Eight chapters was a great grammar book written in the 4th century and it standardized the language.  
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What is Tamil?   show
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show 1) Brahman religious leaders challenged the king’s pretentions to political absolutism. 2) Men not traditionally associated with religious practices challenged the tradition of religious rites and sacrifices.  
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show Karma is a person’s deeds this/past life/lives affect their present/future lives. Ascetics are where men/women abandoned their material goods for a quest of wisdom and meditation.  
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show The greatest creation of the late Vedic era. It is a collection of 108 essays. The essays deal with ethical questions written between 800 and 300 BCE. This term refers to sitting near the teacher.  
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What is known as ‘China’s sorrow’?   show
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show Was a powerful wife of one of the shang kings. She led troop’s war, owned her estates, and was mother to some of the kings children. When she died, she was buried with 16 sacrificed humans and 6 dogs as well as about 1600 other ritual objects.  
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show 1. Pictographs 2. Ideographs 3.Logographs  
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What is the ‘mandate of heaven’?   show
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Hsia calendar is based on? Developed by?   show
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show Written by Chou described and justified their destruction of the Shang dynasty.  
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The Li Chi is?   show
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Feudalism is?   show
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Which Dynasty abolished human sacrifices?   show
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show The Crossbow and a longer and more powerful Composite bow were developed.  
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Chou Dynasty acomplishments   show
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What is the key feature of Indus civilization?   show
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show 1. Chun Chiu (Spring and Autumn) 2. Shu Ching (Book of History) 3. Shih Ching (Book of Poetry) 4. Li Chi (Book of Rites) 5. I Ching (Book of Change)  
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show Believed that human nature was innately good and that it was moral education that made some people more superior. Taught that people must return to the state of virtue and live the ideal of Jen. When Jen is practiced with Li, then society will return to a  
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Confucianism   show
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Confucianism   show
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show The trouble with the world is that the government does too much for them. Virtue is achieved through natural instinctive qualities. Strive to return to a state before people were corrupted by follies of civilization.  
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show Believed that human nature was evil, that people were naturally selfish, lazy, disobedient, and reluctant to engage in war.  
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How do they differ? And who established each ideology?   show
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show Organized families into mutual surveillance units, imposed harsh punishments, and rewarded informers. Emphasized rule by law. No one was above the law.  
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show 1) The farmers= created wealth, and 2) The soldiers= won wars and made the state more powerful  
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Abraham, Jacob, and Moses, what is their relationship to each other and the Hebrew people?   show
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First Temple Era:   show
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show The transported people completed a new temple with Persian approval in 516 and this is the beginning.  
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What is Monotheism?   show
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show The Tanakh is holy scriptures and the Torah is the first 5 books of the Tanakh (Equivalent to the Old Testiment)  
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show 613  
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Judaism   show
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Judaism   show
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show Greek’s independent city-states and were run by an aristocrat oligarchy.  
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What are Hoplites?   show
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What role or value did Greek women have?   show
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What are Hetairai and Pallakai?   show
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show Athens, Sparta, and 30 other city-states joined together to form a league of protection from the Persians.  
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Who is Socrates and what does he subscribe to?   show
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Who founded the Academy?   show
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Who founded Lyceum?   show
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show The process of questioning and cross-questioning others.  
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Plato and Aristotle subscribe to which philosophies?   show
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The 2 most important city states in Greece were?   show
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show Post Classical civilization after Alexanders Death  
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What are the 3 kingdoms of the Hellenistic empire?   show
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show 1. Stoicism and 2. Epicureanism  
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Stoicism:   show
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Epicureanism:   show
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show 1. Etruscans: Migrated from Asia Minor 2.Greek Colonists and 3. Italic Peoples: Latin, Sables, and others.  
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show hereditary aristocracies that accept civic responsibly  
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show majority of the population, farmers, shepherds, and small merchants  
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show A value system that embraced devotion to the gods and to the members of one’s family, living and dead. The family was a microcosmic state.  
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What role or value did women have in roman society?   show
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How many Punic wars were there?   show
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show plebeians and patricians who favored the common people  
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show plebeians and patricians who favored the senatorial elite  
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Paz Romana is?   show
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show cooperated to subvert the republican system in favor of their personal goals. Monopolized power, built forums, renovated temples, improved roads, financed public games, and kept grain prices low  
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Marc Anthony:   show
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Gaius Julius Caesar:   show
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Marcus Licinius Crassus:   show
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show Gnaeus Pompeius (Pompey the Great):  
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show The greatest poet; master piece of world literature  
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What are some of the things that led to the collapse of the Roman Empire?   show
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What are some of the things that led to the collapse of the Roman Empire?   show
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How was roman civilization divided?   show
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What is the concept of ‘Great Harmony’?   show
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