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Social Studies Exam
Chapter 7 and 8
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06/04/2005

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The Enlightened One
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Buddha
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Most common religion in Present day india
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Hinduism
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The Aryans holiest books are kept in the
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Vedas
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The political system of exchanging land for loyalty and gettung ptortecition from the king
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federalism
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Witch indian ruler formed the mauyra tribe?
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Chandragupta Maurya
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Witch ancient culture used a writing system with pictographs?
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Minoan
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What do people leanr about troy today from?
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Epics of Homer
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Which Greek city state had a military culture?
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Sparta
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The golden age of athens was ended by?
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The Peloponnesian Wars
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An open air market was an?
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Agora
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Which ancient culture used the decimal system?
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Minoan
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What was the common ancestor name?
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Hellen
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What is a caste?
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a group of people that make up a social society
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During the Han Dynast, what was the civil servivce system used for?
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oversee the day to day buisness of the government
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What useful invetion was invented during the Han Dynasty, and till used today?
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seismorgraph
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What is it called when people obey rulers out of fear?
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Legaslism
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A deadly diesese is called?
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plague
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what is reincarnation?
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the beleif the soul live on after death and erturns to life in a new body
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what is sanskirt?
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The language of the Aryans, commonly spoken by the gods.
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What was the holiest books of Hinduism?
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Vedas
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What is enlightenment?
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complete understanding of truth
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what is nirvana?
Definition
state of compete bliss that is free from all pasion, desire, and suffering
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What is the Rajahs
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Indian princes
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What is a turning point?
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a single event leading to an important change
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what us a edict?
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decree
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What is a fresco
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a picture painted on wet plaster
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what is filial piety?
Definition
fulfilling one' dutys to ones parents by being resepectful to them, following there wishes, and carring for tem in there old age.
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What as the silk road?
Definition
overland trade route thats liked china and eruope
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what is mythology?
Definition
colectio of myths or stories. handed down from generation to generation.
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what is stratgic?
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of great importnats
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what is stratgic?
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of great importnats
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what is an acropolis?
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a high city
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what is an oligrachy
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a few peple in a ruling class make decisions for everyone
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what is a barbarian
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a peron who is considered uncicilized or rought mannered
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