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World Civ - Semester 1
Study guide for the first semester exam in world civ. (88 reg. questions with 12 roman numeral questions)
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History
10th Grade
12/15/2009

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When societies are able to provide for their own food and security, their...
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culture fluorishes
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Liberals
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Thought people should be as free as possible and focused on civil liberties
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Conservatives
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Focused on keeping tradition and stability
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Roman numeral for 10
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X
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Australopithicines
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Earliest human-like creatures
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From which continent did humanity spread from?
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Africa
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Two rivers that ran through Mesopotamia
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Tigris + Euphrates
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After the last Ice Age, people in (blank) came to (blank) by using a (blank)
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Asia, America, landbridge
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Code of Hammurabi
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first code of laws, system of strict justice
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Social pyramid in ancient Egypt
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1. Pharoah godking at the top
2. Nobles and priests
3. merchants, artisans, scribes, tax collectors
4. peasants and farmers
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Roman numeral for 40
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XL
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How many major kingdoms/time periods are used to divide ancient Egypt?
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3 (Old, middle, and new kingdoms)
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Caste system
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categorial system that determined a person's place in society in ancient India, still in use today in some areas
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Indus River
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major river in India supporting a rising Hindu culture
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Sparta believed this to be the most important factor to their civilization
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War
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Greek city-states held a diverse set of cultures because of this
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Geographic isolation by mountains and islands
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Patricians
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Rome's ruling (first) class
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Plebiens
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Rome's working (common) class
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12 Tables
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Rome's first set of laws
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The ancient empire mostly responsible for the spread of Christianity
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Rome (under Constantine)
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Monotheism
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Believing in one god
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Muslim house of worship
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mosque
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Christanity began as a religious movement within this relgion
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Judaism
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This modern religion has the most followers
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Christianity
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World's oldest organized religion
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Hindu
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Polytheism
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believing in more than one god
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Modern numeral for CD
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400
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A society's culture fluorishes when..
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their food and security is taken care of
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The Caste system was used in this country
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India
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Who was at the bottom of the Caste system?
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Untouchables
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Who was the emporer that spread Christianity?
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Constantine
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The landbridge connected these two continents
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Asia and North America
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This religion has the least amount of followers (BIG 5)
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Judaism
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2nd most followers of the religions
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Islam
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Abu Bakr
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named caliph after Muhammad's death
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Five pillars of Islam
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belief, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage
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Mansa Musa
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doubled the size of Mali, converted to Islam, made the famous pilgrimage to Mecca
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Ancient Mali's most lucrative natural resource
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Gold (and salt)
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Bushido
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way of the warrior, loyal to owner
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Confucious
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considered the most important ancient Chinese philosopher
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Important invention by the T'ang dynasty in China
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gunpowder
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Two groups that adopted the idea of gunpowder
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the Mongols and the Europeans
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3 major elements that shape modern European culture
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Germanic people, Roman legacy, Christianity
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This killed 2/3 of Europe's population
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bubonic plague (black plague)
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Joan of Arc
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a woman, helped France win the 100 Years War, had visions from God
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Magna Carta
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signed by King John in 1215, rights of kings and citizens are not absolute
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Great Schism
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Two popes were both in office (one French, one Italian) and they each claimed the other was the antichrist, lasted for 40 years
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Commercial Revolution- what was it and where did it take place?
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change from a barter to a money economy, took place in Italy
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Crusades concerned holy warriors for these two major religions
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Islam and Christianity
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Rebirth of classical thought
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Renaissance
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Renaissance began in this country
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Italy
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Medici family
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funded much of the Italian Renaissance
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The individual was the (blank) during the Renaissance
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center and measure of all things
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3 most important High Renaissance artists
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Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
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Martin Luther
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wrote the 95 Theses, pretty much founded Protestantism
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Indulgences
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things you could buy to get rid of your sin, Martin Luther didn't like them
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started the Anglican church to get a divorce
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King Henty VIII
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God, glory, and gold
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reasons for European exploration to new places
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The caravel, astrolabe, and mapmaking used by the Europeans were taken from this group of people
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Arabs
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Practice of mapmaking
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Cartography
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