8th US History Mid Term Study Guide Ch 1
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| Who built the first pyramids in the Americas and built large stone statues with giant heads? | Olmec
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| Who built large canals? | Maya
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| Who were great warriors who believed in human sacrifices? | Aztec
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| Who had a strong central government and an advanced system of highways to serve the 12 million people? | Inca
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| Who was the North American Society who lived in cliff dwellings for protection from invaders? | Anasazi
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| These were tall woodden poles carved with images of ancestors, animal spirits, and important events? | Totems
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| Who became the most powerful Native American societies because they formed a league, a confederation or alliance that was an early form of government? | Iroquois
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| Where was the center for trade in Africa because of the the salt and gold? | Ghana
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| Who spread Islam throughout West Africa because he travelled on a pilgramage to Mecca and spread his religion and wealth to others? | Mansa Musa
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| Why did the West Africans participate in the slave trade? | Because they could trade slaves for valuable goods from Europe.
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| Who was the great teacher who wanted people to think and question their own beliefs? | Socrates
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| Who wrote The Republic, which describes an ideal society based on justice and fairness for everyone? | Plato
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| Who taught that people should base their lives on reason, or clear and ordered thinking? | Aristotle
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| The first Greek city state to establish Democracy (government by the people) | Athens
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| In this, all citizens participate in government | Direct democracy
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| Where did we get the three part government, term limits for elected officials, written laws that were displayed for the public, the concept of "innocent before proven guilty," and equality of everyone before the law? | Roman law
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| What increased trade with Asia, because the Europeans were exposed to things, like Asian spices and silks, for the first time? | The Crusades
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| Knights ere given land in exchange for military service | Feudalism
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| What spread throughout Europe from diseased rats infected with the plaque? | The Black Death
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| Where did the Renaissance begin? | Italy
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| Who was the famous renaissance artist and sculptor? | Michelangelo
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| Who was an artist, sculptor, as well as an inventor, engineer and a mapmaker. | Leonardo Da Vinci
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