OSAT Middle Level Social Studies
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ancient Egyptian civilization - ✔✔centered around Nile river, and "oasis in
the desert," nile allowed for irrigation, transportation, trade, etc., sort-of
sharecropping system (king "owned" all the land, others delegated it, lower
sorts worked and paid portion of their crops to the king/official, foreign
slaves usually, notable labor force and technical advancements result in the
pyramids and other monuments, women had near-equal legal status to
men
social heirarchy: gods, the king, the blessed dead, humanity (then
foreigners), king represented gods to humanity,
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,legacy: architecture, religion (concern for afterlife), first civilization to have
an army, theocracy, science, math, medicine (surgery, cures), 365-day
calendar, papyrus paper, astronomy (calculated a solar year)
ancient Mesopotamian civilization - ✔✔built on tigris and euphrates rivers,
birthplace of humanity, commonalities were gods, attitude towards
women, and script, everything else was varied by different people groups
like babylon, assyria
rise of a city, invention of writing, invention of the wheel, tires, time in
hours, minutes, seconds, philosophy and religion,
literature: the epic of gilgamesh, Hammurabi's code (Amorite laws clearly
stating crime and punishment, how to live together in multi-cultural
environment),
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,largely agrarian society, some artistic professions, buildings and
government centered on temple
major features and impact of ancient Greece - ✔✔philosophy, polis, the
city-state was invented--had community meeting places, government,
markets, protected by a god or goddess, land was most important resource,
birth place of democracy, Homer and the Illiad, advancement of art and
math (Pythagorean theorem)
major features and impact ancient Rome - ✔✔military advancements,
taxes, inspired by ancient Greek, Roman forum, too big to support, moral
corruption, government, law, religion, aqueducts, roads/highways
Judaism - ✔✔religion of Hebrews, later called the Jewish people, begins
with Abrahamic promise that God would bless the world through
Abraham's line (Isaac, Jacob, 12 sons=tribes of Israel), remarkable because
God was not made in man's image, people could have relationship with
God, small group of people, go to Egypt, moses leads israel out of egypt
and into promised land, taken over by babylon and others, gets absorbed
into roman empire
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, Christianity - ✔✔teaching and life of Jesus alter course of human history,
spreads through Roman empire and around the world
Hinduism's effect on Indian culture - ✔✔development of caste system,
treatment of animals, reincarnation (lower caste=sinful, high=good), trying
to reach nirvana, pluralistic society, literature: epics, the vedas, lots of gods
Buddhism's is effect on culture (China and India) - ✔✔compassion and
non-attachment, desire is the birthplace of suffering, get rid of desire and
you get off of the wheel of suffering, trying to reach enlightened state, no
gods necessary
Confucianism's effect on Chinese culture - ✔✔Chinese philosophy about
relationships, society, how to bring about societal order and harmony,
moral society through specific relationships, Ruler and minister, Father and
son, Elder brother and younger brother, Husband and wife, Friend and
friend, authority and rank very important, collectivism and group
orientation
importance of trade in West African kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) -
✔✔main items were gold and salt, importance of Islam helped overcome
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ancient Egyptian civilization - ✔✔centered around Nile river, and "oasis in
the desert," nile allowed for irrigation, transportation, trade, etc., sort-of
sharecropping system (king "owned" all the land, others delegated it, lower
sorts worked and paid portion of their crops to the king/official, foreign
slaves usually, notable labor force and technical advancements result in the
pyramids and other monuments, women had near-equal legal status to
men
social heirarchy: gods, the king, the blessed dead, humanity (then
foreigners), king represented gods to humanity,
1
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,legacy: architecture, religion (concern for afterlife), first civilization to have
an army, theocracy, science, math, medicine (surgery, cures), 365-day
calendar, papyrus paper, astronomy (calculated a solar year)
ancient Mesopotamian civilization - ✔✔built on tigris and euphrates rivers,
birthplace of humanity, commonalities were gods, attitude towards
women, and script, everything else was varied by different people groups
like babylon, assyria
rise of a city, invention of writing, invention of the wheel, tires, time in
hours, minutes, seconds, philosophy and religion,
literature: the epic of gilgamesh, Hammurabi's code (Amorite laws clearly
stating crime and punishment, how to live together in multi-cultural
environment),
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,largely agrarian society, some artistic professions, buildings and
government centered on temple
major features and impact of ancient Greece - ✔✔philosophy, polis, the
city-state was invented--had community meeting places, government,
markets, protected by a god or goddess, land was most important resource,
birth place of democracy, Homer and the Illiad, advancement of art and
math (Pythagorean theorem)
major features and impact ancient Rome - ✔✔military advancements,
taxes, inspired by ancient Greek, Roman forum, too big to support, moral
corruption, government, law, religion, aqueducts, roads/highways
Judaism - ✔✔religion of Hebrews, later called the Jewish people, begins
with Abrahamic promise that God would bless the world through
Abraham's line (Isaac, Jacob, 12 sons=tribes of Israel), remarkable because
God was not made in man's image, people could have relationship with
God, small group of people, go to Egypt, moses leads israel out of egypt
and into promised land, taken over by babylon and others, gets absorbed
into roman empire
3
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, Christianity - ✔✔teaching and life of Jesus alter course of human history,
spreads through Roman empire and around the world
Hinduism's effect on Indian culture - ✔✔development of caste system,
treatment of animals, reincarnation (lower caste=sinful, high=good), trying
to reach nirvana, pluralistic society, literature: epics, the vedas, lots of gods
Buddhism's is effect on culture (China and India) - ✔✔compassion and
non-attachment, desire is the birthplace of suffering, get rid of desire and
you get off of the wheel of suffering, trying to reach enlightened state, no
gods necessary
Confucianism's effect on Chinese culture - ✔✔Chinese philosophy about
relationships, society, how to bring about societal order and harmony,
moral society through specific relationships, Ruler and minister, Father and
son, Elder brother and younger brother, Husband and wife, Friend and
friend, authority and rank very important, collectivism and group
orientation
importance of trade in West African kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) -
✔✔main items were gold and salt, importance of Islam helped overcome
4
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