Global History Final Exam

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Define Polytheism: The worshiping of Many Gods
Define Civilization: A complex highly organized social order with cities
Define Cultural Diffusion: Goods and ideas shared b/t people
Archeology: study of early people through physical remains
Artifact: Object made by human beings
Empire: Group of states or territories controlled by 1 ruler
Nomad: person who moves from place to place in order to fulfill their needs
Artisan: Skilled craft worker
Geography: Study of people, lives, and resources
Technology: Tools, and skills people use to meet their basic needs
Religion, Music, Traditions, Clothing and foods are all aspects of what?: Culture
Who was the very first king of the very first Egyptian dynasty who also united upper and lower Egypt?: Menes
Silt: The suspended materials in the water
Delta: Triangular "mouth" of a river
Egypt has a ____+_____ climate (Fill in the blanks): Hot + Dry
What is the Annual Innundation?: The annual innundation is the yearly flood of the nile river
What are cataracts, and how many does the Nile River have?: Cataracts are waterfalls, and the Nile has 6
What is located on/near one of the 6 cataracts, that was originally built by Ramses II?: Abu Simbel
What is the mouth of the Nile?: The Mediterranian Sea
Who was Herodotus?: A greek historian who was considered the 1st historian
Define Dynasty: People of one family Ruling
In relation to Egypt, what is one of the 7 wonders of the world, and when was it built?: The Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, built in 2500b.c
Who was King Tut?: A pharoh that died at a very young age. His tomb was the only one found with almost all of its "riches" unrobbed
What is bureacrat?: Someone who works for the Government
What substance would help to preserve a body in ancient Egypt?: Natron
When a body was mummified, where were the organs placed?: In Canopic Jars
What did the tops of the Canopic jars Represent?: The tops of the Canopic jars represented gods
What was the Rosetta Stone?: The Rosetta stone had things written on it in three diferent languages, Heiroglyphics, demotic, Greek. It was what they used to deciper Heiroglyphics
Who Deciphered the Rosetta stone?: Champollion deciphered the rosetta stone
What are Giant Sheets of ice more commonly known as?: Glaciers
Who was Howard Carver?: Howard carver uncovered King Tut's tomb in 1922
What does the root "potam" mean?: The root means River
Where was Sumer located in relation to Mesopotamia?: Located towards the southern part of Mesopotamia
How were writing systems Developed?: _____ _____, were developed by things at hand
What is a Monarchy?: Rule by a King or Queen
What is a theocracy?: Rule by the People
What is Debt Slavery?: When you dont have enough money, you either sell your self into it, or your children into it, to get out of debt
What is an Epic?: A long narative poem
What was the Previous economy of Egypt, and what was it next?: Barter economy to a Money Economy
The sumerians were the first to make what 3 things?: Wheel/Wagon, the plow, and beer
Sumerians tok one invention, to another level and made it another invention. What was it first, and what was it improved to be?: First it was the wagon wheel, then it was improved on to make the pottery wheel
Ciuneiform was the writing of what place?: Egypt
What shape is Ciuneiform, and what is used when writing?: Wedge shaped, and a stylus is used
What is bronze made out of??: Copper and Tin
What are ziggurats, and what is a description of one?: Temples, with wide steps and a flat top
Sumerians were the first to use the__?__: Arch
What was the Key Stone?: The middle stone that keeps an arch together
Sumerians based the math system on __?__: 60 minutes
Sumerians stated that there are _____ degrees in a circle: 360
Why does it seem like there is more sky in mesopotamia?: In mesopotamia, it is more flat so therefore it seems as if there is more sky unlike places where its not as flat
The sundial was invented by the _____?: Sumerians
What does proliferation mean?: To grow
What did mesopotamians write on?: Clay Slabs
How in one way, was the burning of ancient cities good for archeologists today?: When cities were burned, the clay slabes were baked, and pices could then be found by modern day archeologists
What is a law?: An extremely enforced rule for people to follow
What is a Rule?: Something to keep things in order in a city or a town.
What was the date of Hammurabi?: 1790b.c
What is the Code of Hammurabi?: The first ever set of law codes
Who was Sargon?: The First empire builder
How many laws were contained in the Code of Hammurabi?: 282 laws
What do Criminal Laws have to do with?: Theft, Murder, assult
What do Civil laws have to do with?: Inheritance, marriage, divorce, and taxes
Under Hammurabi's code, what was expected of women?: Women were expected to live in her husbands home and to be dependent on him
What is Stenography?: A shorthand way of writing
What does "gadded" mean?: Wondering around from place to place in search of pleasure and entertainment
King Assurbanipal founded one of the first what?: Libraries
For 500 years, the Assyrians terrorized what two places?: Babylon and the Fertile Crescent region
What was the capital of the Assyrians?: Nineveh
What was the major thing the assirians were known for?: They had the most efficient and powerfull army. They awere the cruelest of all people
Who conquered the Assyrians?: The Chaldeans
When did the Chaldeans conquer the assyrians?: In 612 b.c
What was the capitol of the Hittites?: Hattusas
What were the dates of the Hittites?: 2000- 950 bc
The Hittites were the first to do what?: To smelt Iron and make wa pons (otherwise known as the "Iron Age")
What were lyons always associated with?: Royalty
What were the dates of the Phoenecians?: 1400-400 bc
The Phoenicians came up with 22 ___?___ in the alphabet: Consonants
The phoenicians were the greatest what?: Sailors/Traders
The phoenicians came up with the dye called..?: Tyrian purple

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