Study sets matching "geography world history early"
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Moksha
reincarnation
karma
Caste
...Freedom from samsara
After you die you come back as a plant or an animal, etc...
...If you do good good things will happen to you. If you do ba…
...Social class
Moksha
...Freedom from samsara
reincarnation
After you die you come back as a plant or an animal, etc...
Mississippi River
Rivers, oceans, canals, lakes and railr…
NY, CA, FL and TX
Alaska, Pennsylvania, California and Te…
leads to the Port of New Orleans
are all methods we have used to transport goods and people fro…
the four most populous states in the union
four states (among many others) that have natural resources be…
Mississippi River
leads to the Port of New Orleans
Rivers, oceans, canals, lakes and railr…
are all methods we have used to transport goods and people fro…
Age of Pericles
Parthenon
Epic Poem
Oracle
The Age of Pericles was a man known as Pericles who led the At…
A famous temple dedicated to Athena.
A type of literature that was passed down through words of mou…
A sacred shrine where a priest tells the future.
Age of Pericles
The Age of Pericles was a man known as Pericles who led the At…
Parthenon
A famous temple dedicated to Athena.
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Gobi
Farming, Pacific
Tibet, 2,000, 26,000
China is ___ million square miles
The ________ Desert separates China from its northern neighbor…
China has one of the biggest __________ regions. It lies to th…
The Plateau of _______ lies about _________ miles to the west…
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China is ___ million square miles
Gobi
The ________ Desert separates China from its northern neighbor…
Hominids/Homo
Great Rift Valley/100,000 - 400,000
Hunter-gatherers
Old Stone Age
Early humans are known as ___.
They developed in _____ about ______ years ago.
Early humans were_____ because they depended on the availabili…
Hunters and gatherers made up the Paleolithic Era, or the ____…
Hominids/Homo
Early humans are known as ___.
Great Rift Valley/100,000 - 400,000
They developed in _____ about ______ years ago.
What is a primary source of info? What…
What is geography?
What are the 5 themes of geography?
What is the difference between absolute…
Primary source is someone who experienced the event firsthand;…
Study of the Earth and the ways we work and live on it
Location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, regi…
Absolute- longitude and latitude... Relative- what a place is near
What is a primary source of info? What…
Primary source is someone who experienced the event firsthand;…
What is geography?
Study of the Earth and the ways we work and live on it
advanced cities
specialized workers
complex institutions
record keeping
include trading centers for farmers and merchants
people were allowed to become artisans due to food surpluses.…
3 main ones were government, religion and economy
scribes used cuneiform to keep records such as tax documents a…
advanced cities
include trading centers for farmers and merchants
specialized workers
people were allowed to become artisans due to food surpluses.…
Conqueror
Hinduism
Class
Caste
A person who gains control by winning a war.
The main religion of India; Hindus worship many gods.
A group of people according to social rank.
A social class in India.
Conqueror
A person who gains control by winning a war.
Hinduism
The main religion of India; Hindus worship many gods.
democracy
city-state
golden age
philosopher
a form a government by the people, in which citizens often ele…
an independent state made up of a city and the territories dep…
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democracy
a form a government by the people, in which citizens often ele…
city-state
an independent state made up of a city and the territories dep…
Cities differed from Neolithic villages…
Which of the following was not true of…
Which of the following statements is an…
The Mandate of Heaven governed the rela…
B. cities decisively influenced the economic, political and cu…
D) Nomadic societies had little positive influence on settled…
d) Both religions taught the importance of karma in affecting…
a) China
Cities differed from Neolithic villages…
B. cities decisively influenced the economic, political and cu…
Which of the following was not true of…
D) Nomadic societies had little positive influence on settled…
arable
hieroglyphic
delta
embalming
suitable for producing crops
a picture or symbol standing for a word, idea, or sound
a deposit of soil that collects at the mouth of a river
treating a dead body in such a way that it is preserved
arable
suitable for producing crops
hieroglyphic
a picture or symbol standing for a word, idea, or sound
Neolithic Revolution
Reincarnation
Tigris & Euphrates
Abraham
People stopped hunting and gathering to focus on agriculture
Hindu belief that after a person dies they are reborn in a new…
Rivers in Mesopotamia
Made the first covenant with God
Neolithic Revolution
People stopped hunting and gathering to focus on agriculture
Reincarnation
Hindu belief that after a person dies they are reborn in a new…
Australopithecus ("southern ape")
Homo Habilis ("handy humans")
Homo Erectus ("upright humans")
Homo Sapiens ("wise man")
Earliest hominid (that we know of)
A more advanced hominid than Australopithecus, larger brain, m…
Has arms and legs in human proportion, probably were the first…
Emerged in eastern and southern Africa, had rapid brain growth…
Australopithecus ("southern ape")
Earliest hominid (that we know of)
Homo Habilis ("handy humans")
A more advanced hominid than Australopithecus, larger brain, m…
Prime Minister
President
Congress
Parliament
head of Canada's government
head of US's government
makes laws in US
makes laws in Canada
Prime Minister
head of Canada's government
President
head of US's government
Traits of a civilized society
Traits of an uncivilized society
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Structure, resources, organized government, high life expectan…
low education, low literacy rate, high infant mortality, low s…
region between the persian gulf and the meditarranean sea that…
"land between two rivers" Tigris and Euphrates, empties into t…
Traits of a civilized society
Structure, resources, organized government, high life expectan…
Traits of an uncivilized society
low education, low literacy rate, high infant mortality, low s…
Arabs
Location of Arabs
Allah
Kaaba
Were a semitie-speaking people who are located on the Arabian…
Arabian Peninsula
A supreme God, symbolized by a sacred stone
A massive sacred blaxk stone that all the tribes worship
Arabs
Were a semitie-speaking people who are located on the Arabian…
Location of Arabs
Arabian Peninsula
artisan
domesticate
caravans
cuneiform
skilled craftsperson
tame animals and plants for human use
groups of traveling merchants
Sumerian writing consisting of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks…
artisan
skilled craftsperson
domesticate
tame animals and plants for human use
Civilization
Fertile Crescent
City-States
Polytheistic
Human society characterized by cities, labor, government, arts…
The crescent fertile region that extended through Mesopotamia…
Each city and the land that surrounded it. Each had its own ru…
A belief in many gods.
Civilization
Human society characterized by cities, labor, government, arts…
Fertile Crescent
The crescent fertile region that extended through Mesopotamia…
Paleolithic
Paleolithic Era
Farming
Neolithic
"Old Stone"
Small, Nomadic Groups... All hunt and gather, if they're able... Ate…
Began in 8000 BCE (75,000-80,000 years ago)
"New Stone"
Paleolithic
"Old Stone"
Paleolithic Era
Small, Nomadic Groups... All hunt and gather, if they're able... Ate…
medieval
the Franks
Charlemagne "Charles the Great"
Magyars
a period of history between ancient and modern times, the midd…
a Germanic tribe that conquered present day France in the 400s
King of the Franks from 768 who later became Emperor of the Ro…
an ethnic group from present-day Hungary
medieval
a period of history between ancient and modern times, the midd…
the Franks
a Germanic tribe that conquered present day France in the 400s