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World History and Cultures
Test 2
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History
10th Grade
10/03/2012

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What are the major river valleys in Asia
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*Tigris-Euphrates
*Indus
*Huang He
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Ancient India's greatest contributions to civilization was in the reals of?
Definition
Mathematics
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Caste system
Definition
Strict social structure of India
*The Brahmans
*Princes
*Warriors
*Landowners and Merchants
*Farmers, laborers, servants
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Chou dynasty
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China's longest ruling dynasty
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Menes
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United Upper and Lower Egypt
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Cairo
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Important African city that became an Egyptian center of life and one of the great cities of the Arab world
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Who built the Maurya empire?
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Asoka
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Cush
Definition
Built the greatest ancient civilization in Africa interior
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Genghis Khan
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Started the largest continental empire in history
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Book of the dead
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An important book in the history of Egypt
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Shinto is the oldest surviving religion in?
Definition
Japan
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Who were Edesius and Frumentius?
Definition
Missionaries
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Guptas dynasty
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Inaugurated India's "golden Age"
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Which country is known to have first made paper?
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China
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What is the longest river in the world?
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Nile River
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What is Africa's largest lake?
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Lake Victoria
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What is Africa's highest mountain?
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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What is Japan's highest mountain?
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Mount Fuji
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What is Africa's longest lake?
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Lake Tanganyika
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What is Africa's largest desert?
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Sahara Desert
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Buddhism
Definition
False religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, tries to reach a state of nirvana.
Polytheistic and pantheistic, man must follow the "Middle way"
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Prince Shotoku
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Ruler considered to be the founder of Japanese civilization
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Great Silk Road
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Highway that linked China to the Roman world
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Taj Mahal
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Beautiful building that was built as a tomb for a Mongul ruler's wife
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What territories seceded from India to become independent states?
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Pakistan and Bangladesh
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Samurai
Definition
Term given to the warriors, or knights of feudal Japan
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Cheops
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Great pharaoh whose pyramid is the largest
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Baber
Definition
Established the Mongul Empire in India
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Mansa Musa
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Great ruler of the Mali Empire in Africa
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Mikado
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Emperor of Japan
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Shih Huang Ti
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First emperor of a united China
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Tutanhamen
Definition
Egyptian teenage pharaoh
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Ptolemy
Definition
Alexander's general who ruled Egypt
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What did the Rosetta Stone help solve?
Definition
Helped solve the riddle of Egyptian writing
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What are the Southeast Asian countries that give some measure of freedom to their people?
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Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines
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Taoism
Definition
Pagan religion of the Chinese philosopher Lao-tse
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Hinduism
Definition
Indian belief of reincarnation
polytheistic and pantheistic. Man's goal is the extinction of individual personality to attain oneness with the universal spirit, Brahma
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Chung-kuo
Definition
Ancient name of China
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Hyksos
Definition
Ended the Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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What is the world's oldest living civilization?
Definition
China
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Mizraim
Definition
Ancient name of Egypt
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Marco Polo
Definition
Spent 20 years in the service of Kublai Khan
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What effects have Hinduism and Buddhism had on their people?
Definition
Both pagan religions have kept their people in poverty and cast systems, they treat animals as sacred
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