Eastern Hemisphere History and Geography - Test 3 Review
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Vocabulary practice flashcards covering key historical figures, governments, geographical landmarks, and countries from Eastern Hemisphere History and Geography.
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Hammurabi
The Babylonian ruler who wrote 300 laws for the everyday life of Babylonians.
Dynasty
A line of rulers in the same family that succeed each other.
Rotating monarchy
A monarchy in which nine sultans take turns ruling for five years.
Theocracy
A government ruled by religious authority.
Sumerians
The first known civilization to develop and use writing.
South Caucasus
The region that includes the three countries of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.
Armenia
One of the three countries located in the South Caucasus, along with Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Taj Mahal
A tomb built for the wife of a ruler of India.
Ring of Fire
The multicontinental chain of volcanoes located along the Pacific coasts that experience frequent earthquakes.
French Indochina
The collective name before World War II for Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Laos
One of the three countries, alongside Cambodia and Vietnam, that were collectively called French Indochina before World War II.
Tiananmen Square
The site of a 1989 protest against Communism in China.
Circumference
The greatest distance around the earth.
Western Hemisphere
The hemisphere that contains the continents of North America and South America.
South America
One of the continents located in the Western Hemisphere, along with North America.
Arctic Circle
An important line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere, alongside the Tropic of Cancer.
Tropic of Cancer
An important line of latitude in the Northern Hemisphere, alongside the Arctic Circle.
Grid
A group of lines that go up and down and from side to side, forming squares or boxes on a map.
Geography
The study of the earth's surface, climate, countries, people, and cultures.
Lebanon
A country in the ancient world known for its cedar trees.
Saudi Arabia
The largest Middle Eastern country.
India
The country known for its caste system, whose ruler built the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife.
Bhutan
The country known as the "Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon."
Maldives
The country that used cowrie shells as currency.
Khmer Empire
The earliest known empire of Cambodia.
Cambodia
A country whose earliest known empire was the Khmer Empire, and which was collectively called French Indochina before World War II along with Laos and Vietnam.
Mount Pinatubo
A volcano located in the Philippines that erupted in 1991.
Philippines
The country where Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991.
Taklamakan Desert
One of the largest shifting-sand deserts in the world in Asia
Abraham Accords
The peace agreement in which several countries recognized Israel as an independent nation.
Yellow River Valley civilization
The river valley civilization that was the largest of the three ancient Asian river valley cultures.
Daniel
The Jewish captive who was trained to serve the king of Babylon
Sinai Peninsula
The peninsula that connects Africa to Asia.
Mt. Everest
The world’s tallest mountain.
Borneo
The third-largest island in the world.
Marco Polo
The Venetian trader who explored China.
Genghis Khan
The fierce Mongol ruler who united the Mongol tribes.