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World History 1 A
World History 1 A final exam
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9th Grade
01/06/2010
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Ethiopia
 Definition
What is Axum called today?
Term
Land between the rivers
The fertile crescent
Cradle of civilization
 Definition
What are the phrases that refer to Mesopotamea?
Term
Iraq
 Definition
What is Mesopotamia called today?
Term
Ur
 Definition
What was the capital of Mesopotamia?
Term
Tigris and Euphrates
 Definition
Which rivers did Mesopotamia lie between?
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Lebanon
 Definition
What is Phoenicia called today?
Term
Byblos
 Definition
What was the capital of Phoenicia?
Term
Iran
 Definition
What is Persia called today?
Term
Persepolis
 Definition
What was the capital of Persia?
Term
Zagros
 Definition
What is the name of the mountains in Persia?
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Blue Nile
 Definition
Name the river in Axum.
Term
Ethiopian Highlands
 Definition
Name the mountains in Axum.
Term
Dodoma
 Definition
What is the capital of Tanzania?
Term
Rufiji
 Definition
Name Tanzania's main river.
Term
Kilimanjaro
 Definition
Name Tanzania's mountain.
Term
Litani
 Definition
Phoenicia's main river
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Lebanon
 Definition
Phoenicia's mountains
Term
Mt. Sinai
 Definition
Mountains in Egypt
Term
Mt. Nuba
 Definition
Mountains in Nubia
Term
Mt. Hermon
 Definition
Mountains in Israel
Term
Kemet
Coptic
 Definition
Other names for Egypt
Term
Memphis
 Definition
Capital of Egypt
Term
Nile
 Definition
Egyptian and Nubian river
Term
Kush
Punt
Land of the Bow
 Definition
Other names for Nubia
Term
the Sudan
 Definition
What is Nubia called today?
Term
Kerma
 Definition
Capital of Nubia
Term
The Holy Land
The Promised Land
The Land of Milk and Honey
Canaan
 Definition
Phrases that refer to Isreal
Term
The State of Israel
 Definition
What is Canaan called today?
Term
Jerusalem
 Definition
Capital of Israel
Term
The Jordan River
 Definition
River in Canaan
Term
Riyadh
 Definition
Capital of Arabia
Term
Asia Minor
The Ottoman Empire
 Definition
Other names for Anatolia
Term
Turkey
 Definition
What is Anatolia called today?
Term
Ankara
 Definition
Anatolia's capital
Term
Anatolia / Asia Minor / Turkey
 Definition
Where is Troy located?
Term
Kizalrmak
 Definition
River in Anatolia
Term
Mt. Arawat
 Definition
Mountain in Anatolia
Term
Ge'ez
 Definition
Ancient language of Tanzania
Term
Swahili
 Definition
Axum language
Term
cuneiform
 Definition
Sumerian writing system
Term
wedge
 Definition
shape used in Sumerian writing
Term
stylus
 Definition
Sumerian writing utensil
Term
Gilgamesh
 Definition
Famous Sumerian epic
Term
demotic
hieroglyphics
 Definition
Egyptian writing
Term
Noblin
 Definition
Nubian language
Term
Hebrew
 Definition
Canaan language
Term
Arabic
 Definition
Saudi Arabian language
Term
The 10 Commandments
 Definition
Famous Israeli literaure
Term
Vedas
 Definition
Indian ancient, holy writing
Term
Mahabharata
 Definition
Famous Indian epic
Term
Kalidasa
 Definition
Famous Indian author
Term
characters
calligraphy
 Definition
Chinese writing
Term
Mycenae and Troy
 Definition
What groups fought in the Trojan War?
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Mycanae
 Definition
Who won the Trojan War?
Term
the kidnapping of Helen of Troy
 Definition
What was the cause of the Trojan War?
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Helen of Troy
 Definition
Whose face 'launched a thousand ships'?
Term
Mary and Louis Leakey (Br.)
 Definition
Who discovered early human remains in Tanzania in the 1930s?
Term
Howard Carter (Br.)
 Definition
Who discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922?
Term
Donald Johanson
 Definition
Who discovered and named early human remains,Lucy, in Ethiopia in 1974?
Term
Zoroasterism
 Definition
Persian religion
Term
Zoroaster
 Definition
Founder of Zoroasterism
Term
Christianity
 Definition
Which religion began in Israel?
Term
Islam
 Definition
Arabian religion
Term
Muhammed
 Definition
Founder of Islam
Term
Muslims
 Definition
Followers of Islam
Term
Hinduism
Buddhism
 Definition
India's religion
Term
Buddha, The Enlightened One
 Definition
Founder of Buddhism
Term
(Father) Abraham
 Definition
Founder of Judaism
Term
Confucious
 Definition
Founder of Confucianism
Term
Zen Buddhism
Shintoism
 Definition
Japan's religions
Term
Christianity
 Definition
Which religion grew out of Judaism?
Term
(Roman) Catholic
 Definition
Which official church was headquartered in Rome?
Term
Judaism
 Definition
What religion is dominant in Israel?
Term
Athens and Sparta
 Definition
What groups fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Term
Sparta
 Definition
Who won the Pelopponesian War?
Term
Homer
Sophocles
Euripides
 Definition
Famous ancient Greek writers
Term
Herodutos
 Definition
Father of History
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Virgil
 Definition
Famous Roman author
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The Trojan War
 Definition
What event did Homer write about?
Term
Whose name means 'the beautiful one has come'?
 Definition
Nefertiti
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