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World History 1st Nine Weeks 32 words

January 14, 2010 By Michael P.

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  1. Fertile Crescent
    a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
    Matching:

    A. Serf
    B. Civilization
    C. Fief
    D. Division of labor
    E. Hanseatic league
    F. Silk Road
    G. Charles Martel
    H. Hieroglyphics
    I. Fertile Crescent
    J. Four Noble Truths
    K. Pax Romana
    L. Monsoons
    M. Caliph
    N. Hijrah
    O. City-state
    P. Zoroaster
    Q. Phoenicians
    R. Czar
    S. Excommunication
    T. Constantine
    U. Caste system
    V. Parthenon
    W. Plebeians
    X. Pythagoras
    Y. Philosopher
    Z. Plato



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  2. Mesolithic
    middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
    Understanding that food could be grown from seeds marked the beginning of the
    A) Mesolithic agricultural revolution.
  3. Indo-Aryan
    a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
    D) rulers of Indo-Aryan settlements.


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  4. caste system
    a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
    Pariahs were
    A) the lowest part of the caste system.
  5. Pax Romana
    the Roman peace; the long period of peace enforced on states in the Roman Empire
    Matching:

    A. Serf
    B. Civilization
    C. Fief
    D. Division of labor
    E. Hanseatic league
    F. Silk Road
    G. Charles Martel
    H. Hieroglyphics
    I. Fertile Crescent
    J. Four Noble Truths
    K. Pax Romana
    L. Monsoons
    M. Caliph
    N. Hijrah
    O. City-state
    P. Zoroaster
    Q. Phoenicians
    R. Czar
    S. Excommunication
    T. Constantine
    U. Caste system
    V. Parthenon
    W. Plebeians
    X. Pythagoras
    Y. Philosopher
    Z. Plato



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  6. Indus River
    an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
    Two of the world’s major religions, Hinduism and ____________________, originated in the Indus River valley.
  7. Nile River
    the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
    Form of ancient writing developed by Nile River valley people by about 3000 B.C.
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  8. Punic War
    one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC
    Scipio defeated Hannibal in the
    A) First Punic War. C) Third Punic War.
    B) Second Punic War. D) the Social War.


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  9. Neolithic
    latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
    C) Neolithic gatherer revolution.
  10. Silk Road
    an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles); followed by Marco Polo in the 13th century to reach Cathay
    Matching:

    A. Serf
    B. Civilization
    C. Fief
    D. Division of labor
    E. Hanseatic league
    F. Silk Road
    G. Charles Martel
    H. Hieroglyphics
    I. Fertile Crescent
    J. Four Noble Truths
    K. Pax Romana
    L. Monsoons
    M. Caliph
    N. Hijrah
    O. City-state
    P. Zoroaster
    Q. Phoenicians
    R. Czar
    S. Excommunication
    T. Constantine
    U. Caste system
    V. Parthenon
    W. Plebeians
    X. Pythagoras
    Y. Philosopher
    Z. Plato



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  11. Paleolithic
    second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
    Paleolithic means
    A) first stone.
  12. city-state
    a state consisting of a sovereign city
    B) establish the strength of a city-state.
  13. Punic
    of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
    Scipio defeated Hannibal in the
    A) First Punic War. C) Third Punic War.
    B) Second Punic War. D) the Social War.


    26.
  14. monotheist
    a believer in one god
    C) they were monotheists.
  15. Hammurabi
    Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
    The Code of Hammurabi was
    A) a group of laws.
  16. Peloponnesian War
    a war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC
    Disease and lack of allies contributed to the defeat of ____________________ in the Peloponnesian War.

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  17. cuneiform
    an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
    B) helped decode cuneiform.
  18. Trojan War
    (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy; the Greeks sailed to Troy to recover Helen of Troy, the beautiful wife of Menelaus who had been abducted by Paris; after ten years the Greeks (via the Trojan Horse) achieved final victory and burned Troy to the ground
    D) Trojan War.


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  19. Parthenon
    the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
    The Parthenon was a
    A) fort at the top of the Acropolis.
  20. Draco
    Athenian lawmaker whose code of laws prescribed death for almost every offense (circa 7th century BC)
    Draco

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  21. Ivan the Terrible
    the first czar of Russia (1530-1584)
    Title taken by Ivan the Terrible; Russian for “Caesar�.
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  22. Hellenistic
    relating to or characteristic of the classical Greek civilization
    Hellenistic culture is a blend of
    A) Greek and Macedonian cultures.
  23. Muhammad
    the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah (570-632)
    Migration of Muhammad and his followers in A.D. 632, marking the first year in the Muslim calendar.
    53.
  24. caste
    (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
    Pariahs were
    A) the lowest part of the caste system.
  25. Peloponnesian
    of or relating to Peloponnesus
    Disease and lack of allies contributed to the defeat of ____________________ in the Peloponnesian War.

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  26. Socratic
    of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching
    The Socratic Method used ____________________ to teach.

    67.
  27. Charlemagne
    king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
    C) divided Charlemagne’s empire.
  28. jihad
    a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal
    Part of the Muslim faith was jihad, or
    A) clean, humble living.
  29. Byzantium
    an ancient city on the Bosporus founded by the Greeks; site of modern Istanbul; in 330 Constantine I rebuilt the city and called it Constantinople and made it his capital
    Roman Emperor who legalized Christianity and moved his capital to Byzantium.
  30. feudalism
    the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war
    Grant of land given to a vassal from a lord in feudalism.
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  31. nirvana
    (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
    D) to reach nirvana.


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  32. Joan of Arc
    French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431)
    Joan of Arc

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