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Unit 1 world history quiz for stiensburg
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10th Grade
08/20/2013

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Where did civilization began
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Mespotamia
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When did the Mesopotamia show up
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3000 BCE
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Did Mesopotamia have fertile crescent
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yes
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what is worshiping or believing in 2 or more idols or gods
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Polythestic
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Who were the first monotheistic
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Hebrews
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What did most people do in Mespotamia
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Agricultural community
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What makes social class in the Mespotamia
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wealth, land
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How could women own property in a Mespotamia
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If her husband died she got the land
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What was the first MAJOR civilization
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Sumerian
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How many city states in the tigris-Eurphrates Valley were there during the Sumerian time
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12 city states
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What is the system of writing Sumerian
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Cuneiform
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What did they need the cuneiform for?
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they needed it to keep records(transactions, important events that happened)
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When did Ancient Egypt started?
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Several kingdoms around 3000 BCE
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Who was the first true dominated region Egyptian king?
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Narmer
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How many people were there in Egypt
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Around 5 million
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Who were in the upper class system
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Royalty, Religious Leaders
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Who were in the middle class system
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Scribes, Merchant, Artists
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Who were in the lower class system
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Farmer, servants
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Did Egyptians believe in after-life
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yes
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What did the Egyptians wrote with
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hieroglyphics
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What type of government were they
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Theocracy
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When did the Phoenicians started
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1000 BCE
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Who developed the roots of the English alphabet
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Phoenicians
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what did there symbols represent
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sound
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Who developed a system of trade in the Mediterranean
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Phoenicians
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When did the Zoroastrianism started
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600 BCE
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What group empire were the Zoroastrianism
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Persian Empire
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Were the Zoroastrianism believing in one god belief
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yes
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Did the Zoroastrianism belief involve Good VS. Evil system
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yes
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