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21 Cards in this Set
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In Ancient Mesopotamia, a type of writing called___________ was formed from groups of wedges and lines
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Cuneiform
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During the Han Dynasty what valuable cloth was traded with other lands
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Silk
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During the New Stone Age early humans learned to tame or _________ animals such as sheep and cows
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Domesticate
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What is inflation?
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An economic situation in which there is more money, but the money has less value.
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What type of land mass is Greece?
a: Island b: Peninsula c: Archipelago |
b: Peninsula, because it has water on 3 sides
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What is a mercenary?
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A foreign soldier who serves in an army only for pay
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What is the belief in many gods called?
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Polytheism
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What is an artisan?
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A skilled worker
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A local leader of an armed group is called a _________
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Warlord
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What is loess?
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Yellow Brown soil
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What is history
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written and other recorded events of people
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What is Prehistory
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Time before writing was invented
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A scientist who exaimines objects to learn about the human past is called a _____________
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Archaeologist
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What are oral traditions?
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stories passed down by word of mouth
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Geography is the study of what?
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Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
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Chapter 1, Section 1: Geography and History
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-The study of tools, bones and other objects can help to explain prehistoric life
- The development of writing marks a turning in the story of our past -The geopgraphy of a place can explain why historic events happened there. |
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Chapter 1, Section 2: Prehistory
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-During the Old Stone Age, our ancestors survived by hunting animals and gathering plant foods
-Gradually, our ancestors moved from Africa and spread out over much of Earth -During the New Stone Age, some people began to farm and to domesticate animals |
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Chapter 1, Section 3: The Beginnings of Civilization
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- The advantage of a steady food supply heled early farming settlements to prosper
-Farming settlements grew into cities because of their geographical locations -The first civilizations developed in cities and spread with the help of trade |
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Chapter 2, Section 1: Land Between Two Rivers
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-Mesopotamia's attractive location between two rivers drew people to settle there
-Some of the earliest cities grew up in Sumer, in the region of Mesopotamia -Sumerians worshiped and honored many gods |
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Chapter 2, Section 2: Babylonia and Assyria
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- Competing armies fought to control Mesopotamia and its desirable resources.
- The Babylonian Empire included the conquered cities of Sumer and lands reaching into Asia Minor - The Assyrians overthrew the Babylonians and created an even larger empire - The Assyrian Empire fell to the Chaldeans, who created the New Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II |
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Chapter 2, Section 3: The Legacy of Mesopotamia
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- the earliest existing set of written laws, known as Hammurabi's Code, established rules and punishments for Babylonians
-Writing developed in Mesopotamia in about 3500 B.C., and was first used to keep records |
