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Honors World History
Semester 1
35
History
10th Grade
12/14/2013

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Define archeology and anthropology.
Definition

archeology: the study of past societies through an analysis through people.

Anthropology: artifacts and human fossils

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Where do scientists believe modern nhuman first emerged?
Definition
Southern Africa
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What revolution occured in different parts of the world?
Definition
Agricultural Revolution
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What did the Agricultural Revolution enable?
Definition
Specialization of tasks
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What agricultural techniques were developed?
Definition
animal (goat and sheep) domestication, crop domestication
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Where was Mesopotamia located?
Definition
Fertile Crescent, modern day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates
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Why is it called the Fertile Crescent?
Definition
Located between 2 rivers that make growing crops easy
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What did people do to regulate crops?
Definition
irrigation and drain ditches to regulate water
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What is a Ziggurat?
Definition
A stepped tower
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What key inventions did the Sumerians invent?
Definition
wheel, cuneiform writing, math system based on the number 60, calendar
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What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Definition
The first collection of law that regulated peoples' relations
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What is the significance of Hammurabi's Code and what were the punishments based on?

 

Definition
It provided insight to social conditions, and it was based on social classes
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What was the basis of the Phoenicians' prosperity?
Definition
They expanded trade
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What are the Phoenicians' known for today?
Definition
Alphabet based on sound
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Why were the Hebrews important?
Definition
Their religion influenced religion today.
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What holy texts did the Hewbrews use?
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The Hewbrew Bible, modern day Old Testament
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Know that the Assyrians...
Definition
where the first army to use iron weapons.
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What did King Nebuchadnezzar do?
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He united Babylonia.
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What were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Definition
Buildings with canals on the top to allow flowers to grow.
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What did the Hanging Gardens symbolize?
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Nebuchadnezzar had power.
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What is Zoroastrianism?
Definition
Monotheistic religion. Having a heaven/hell, good/evil.
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Who took over the Persian Empire? Using what?
Definition
The Greeks, using their navy.
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After the Greeks, who conquers Egypt?
Definition
Alexander the Great
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Who was the last ruler of Egypt?
Definition
Cleopatra VII
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What was the Rosetta Stone?
Definition
A stone that had the same thing written in different languages.
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Why is the Rosetta Stone significant?
Definition
It allowed historian to translate hyroglyphics.
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Define Caste System.
Definition
Seperation of class based on wealth. It determined a person's occupation and econmic potential, and the position in society.
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What holy texts were used in Hinduism?
Definition
Vedas. Stories passed down from generation to generation orally.
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Define Brahman.
Definition
Hindus believed in the existence of a single force in the universe. a form of ultimate reality, or God.
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Define karma, dharma and Moksha.
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Karma: if good in first life, better in next; bad in first, bug in next.

Dharma: everyone has their duty; father to son, neighbor to neighbor.

Moksha: you have reached Nirvana.

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Define the Mandate of Heaven.
Definition
God has chosen me to be ruler.
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Who developed the Mandate of Heaven?
Definition
The Zhou Dynasty.
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Define Legalism and Toaism.
Definition

Legalism: ruled by a strict government with strict laws. 

Toaism: harmony, natural spirit, good vs. evil. 

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What is filial piety?
Definition
Everyone has their own obligations in life.
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What dynasty adopted Confucianism as its states philosophy?
Definition
The Han Dynasty.
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