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Test 4: Chapters 1-5
1st Quarter Exam
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History
5th Grade
10/02/2013

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Abraham
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a famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible
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Alexander the Great
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the person who first took cotton goods from India to Europe
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Amman
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Jordan
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Ankara
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Turkey
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Arabic
Definition
the most commonly used language in the Middle East
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Aryans
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the group of people who invaded India from the north and developed the caste system
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Baghdad
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Iraq
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Bangladesh
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the country once called East Pakistan
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Beirut
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Lebanon
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Buddha
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means "Enlightened One"
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Christ's coming to earth
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the basis of our dating system
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Cyrus
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allowed the Jews to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem
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Damascus
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Syria
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Gandhi
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an important leader in the struggle for India's independence
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Ganges
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one of India's major rivers
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Hinduism
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the main religion of India
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Hittites
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among the first people to build an empire
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Indus
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the river valley that was the home of India's ancient civilization
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Iran
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the country once called Persia
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Israel
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the country that became a nation in 1948
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Jerusalem
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Israel
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Jonah
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the prophet sent to preach at Ninevah
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Koran
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the holy book of Islam
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Lebanon
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the country known for its cedar trees in ancient times
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Muhammad
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the founder of Islam
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Mumbali (Bombay)
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India's largest city
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Nehru
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India's first prime minister
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New Dehli
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India
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Phoenicians
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most valuable contribution was the alphabnet
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Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia
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Taj Mahal
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built by an Indian ruler as a tomb for his favorite wife
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Tehran
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Iran
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Vasco da Gama
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the first European to reach India by sailing around Africa
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William Carvey
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the "Father of Modern Missions"
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archaeologists
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study ancient cultures
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calico
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the cotton material first made in India
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coins
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first made by the Lydians
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creation of man
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the beginning of history
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cuneiform
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Sumerian writing
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cylinder seal
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used by Sumerians to stamp their documents
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dynasty
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a line of rulers all in the same family
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evolution
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the false idea that man began as an animal
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humanism
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man's attempt to put himself in the place of God
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monsoon
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a seasonal wind that brings rain
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name 3 Sumerian inventions
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wheel, writing, arch
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nirvana
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what Buddhists call the state of being free from suffering
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oil
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the most important natural resource in the Middle East today
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outcasts
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people not belonging to any caste
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place value
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an important math principle developed in India
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reincarnation
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the belief that the soul is reborn into some other man or animal
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the Arabian Peninsula
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the world's largest peninsula
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the Hanging Gardens
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built by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon and was considered a wonder of the ancient world
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what Canaanites are best known for
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their wickedness and making no contributions to the world
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ziggurat
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a temple
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