AP World History Ch 1 contin.. Flashcards
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| 303545683 | Egypt: The king or _______ possessed immense power. | pharaoh | |
| 303545684 | Egypt: Built elaborate ______ that served as _____. Egyptians believed in an ______ (similar to Sumerians) and therefore people wanted to be surrounded by objects of beauty. | pyramids, tombs, afterlife. | |
| 303545685 | Egypt COMPARISONS to Mesopotamia | - Located along a central waterway - belief in afterlife - Written language (hieroglyphics - Egypt, cuneiform -Mesopotamia) | |
| 303545686 | Egypt CONTRASTS to Mesopotamia | - Egypt less vulnerable to invasion - Egyptian alphabet and science NOT AS ADVANCED | |
| 303545687 | India: Large cities included the ______ and ______ _____. | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | |
| 303545688 | India: Characteristics included _ water, an _____, and ______. | running, alphabet, art. | |
| 303545689 | India: Civilization declined swiftly and ___________________. | little is known about the society. | |
| 303545690 | India: _______ writing has still never been deciphered. | Harappan | |
| 303545691 | India: COMPARISON TO MESOPOTAMIA AND EGYPT | -Located along central waterway -Written form of language | |
| 303545692 | India: Contrasts to mesopotamia and egypt | -Little is known about the Indian culture to have definitive contrasts! | |
| 303545693 | China: Characteristics of early culture included ___. advanced ____, pottery, ____, USE OF HORSES, ______, SCIENCE, and ideograph symbols. (these symbols are pictograph characters grouped together to create concepts) | - irrigation, advanced technology, pottery, bronze, use of horse, iron, science (astronomy), and ideographic symbols. | |
| 303545694 | China: A line of kings called the _____ ruled over the valley and created tombs and places like Egypt. | Shang | |
| 303545695 | China: Comparison | - Central waterway (All) - written language (All) - Focus on astronomy (both) - Tombs and palaces (Egypt) | |
| 303545696 | China: Contrasts | Did not constuct many massive architecture | |
| 303545697 | Rise of regional identities in the Middle East included a group known as ____, who followed the religion of ______. | Jews, Judaism | |
| 303545698 | Judaism: Belief in 1 God | Monotheistic (Eventual spread to Christianity and Islam) | |
| 303545699 | Has a _____ bible. | Hebrew | |
| 303545700 | Jewish God was _____, who was _____ and ____. | Yahweh, orderly and just | |
| 303545701 | _______ religion was one of the legacies of the first civilization period. | Monotheistic | |
| 303545702 | ALL early civilizations shared large cities, trade, and writing. They also may have feature: | -centralized government -idea of god-like king -slavery -science - astronomy -art and architecture -Alphabet | |
| 303545703 | People called the ____devised a simplified alphabet with 22 letter after the other civilizations that were a predecessor of the Greek and Latin alphabets. | Phoenicians |