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Early Civilizations
World History Ms. Joyce
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History
10th Grade
09/06/2007

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Also known as the Neolithic Revolution.
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Agricultural revolution
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What are the five aspects of a civilization?
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1. Advanced cities
2. Specialized Workers
3. Complex institutions
4. Record Keeping
5. advanced technology
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The first civilization was__________
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Mesopotamia
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How can archaelogists use artifacts?
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To determine how people lived.
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How do anthropologists use artifacts?
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To study early culture
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Another word for the ice age is:
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paleolithic age
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True or false? The paleolithic people had advanced tools.
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False
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The paleolithic people were constantly traveling abroad in order to survive...they are called what because of this.`
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hunter-gatherers
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The agricultural revolution spawned 3 basic things:
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farming, animal domestication, and settlement building
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What is the longest river in the world?
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The Nile
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Where were the first Egyptian settlements located?
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Near the Nile
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What is special about the Nile?
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It flood about the time each year.
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The Egyptians first traded with _____.
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Mesopotamia
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The Egyptian culture is unique because the Egyptians __________ culture.
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Kept their own
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The Pharoh's duty was to:
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produce truth and justice in the society.
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Pharohs were buried in pyramids to they could...
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rule after death in the afterlife.
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The Egyptians believed in some _________ gods.
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2,000
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Describe Southern Asia's geography
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Mountains, rivers, wet and dry seasons.
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The Indus River Valley contains two rivers:
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Indus and Ganges
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Monsoons are
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seasonal winds
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What are two things that made the city planning sophisticated for the IRV?
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Complex grid system and citadels.
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What are some theories about the decline of the IRV?
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River destroyed everything, land wore out
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The blue Hindu god is...
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Vishru
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The religion believes that religion is a way of liberating the soul from the disappointments of daily life.
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Hinduism
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The Upanishads are what...
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written discussions about the liberation from suffering.
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moksha is what and who believed in it?
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a perfect understanding of all things and Hinduism
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This religion was NOT based on the casted system...
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Buddhism
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Who founded Buddhism?
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Sidharta Guatama
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This religion has 4 noble truths
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Buddhism
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The way to end all sufferings it to____________
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end all desires
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Both ____ and ____ were developed in India.
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Buddhism and Hinduism
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List 5 geographic features of China...
Definition
deserts, plateaus, mountains, rivers, plains
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True or false: The rivers of Ancient China were very predictable.
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False
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True of false: Women were considered inferior to men in Ancient China.
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True
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