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Cards In This Set
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 What do these structures say most about the Egyptians that built them? |
The afterlife played an important role in their culture
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 Why did Egyptians believe it was important to protect a person's body through embalming and mummification after death? |
They believed it was important to protect the body so the soul would have a place to live before moving to the afterlife.
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 What does the Ancient Civilization of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China all have in common? |
The all developed near rivers.Tigris and Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and the Huang He
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What would be an example of a primary source?
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 Diary, autobiography, an artificact created during the period of history, a photograph |
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What would be an example of a secondary source?
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 a school textbook a biographyan encyclopedia |
 Why did the teachings of Buddha appeal to the lower classes of Ancient India? |
 He believed in the equality of all people |
 When a culture believed in more than one god, that culture was described as being... |
POLYTHEISTIC
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When a culture believed in only ONE god, that culture was described as being...
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MONOTHEISTIC
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How was the religion of the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Egyptians similar?
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They were both POLYTHEISTIC. THEY BELIEVED IN MORE THAN ONE GOD.
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 What made the Israelites different in their religious beliefs from all other ancient civilizations? |
They were MONOTHEISTIC. The Israelites believed in ONE GOD. Their religion was call Judaism.
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 Which world religion was influenced most by the Isrealite religion of Judaism? |
CHRISTIANITY - Christians believe in many of the teachings of Judaism
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 In China during the Han Dynasty, Han Wudi made Civil Service jobs available to only those that passed the exams?Why? |
He wanted people working in the government that were more educated.
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 Why did Qin want to start the construction of a wall in China? |
To keep out invaders like the Mongols
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 What inventions did the ancient people of Mesopotamia, Babylon, and Sumer create? |
 Cunieform Writing, the wheel, the sailboat, and the world's first written code of laws: Hammurabi's Code |
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Besides trading goods, what else was traded on the silk road between cultures
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Scientific knowledge, religious knowledge, and cultural knowledge
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