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30 Cards in this Set
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What is the name for the earliest period of human history?
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Old Stone Age / Paleolithic Age
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Scientists believe that the earliest humans lived where
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East Africa
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Paleolithic people were ______, moving from place to place following food
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Nomads
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What development allowed Stone Age people to cooperate during hunts?
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Spoken language
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Early religion was classified as ________, believing that spirits and forces resided in animals, objects, and dreams
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Animism
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What change ushered in the New Stone age / Neolithic Age?
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Domestication of animals
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What is was the main feature of civilization?
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The rise of cities
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What are the 8 features of civilization?
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Cities, Organized government, complex religions, job specialization, social classes, arts and architecture, public works, writing- NOT MILITARY
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As ancient rulers gained more power, they conquered territories beyond the boundaries of their cities, leading to the expansion of ___________
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City-states
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Which river was Egyptian civilization dependent on?
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Nile
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The Nile soaked the land leaving a rich layer of soil known as what?
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Silt
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What are the 3 periods of ancient Egypt?
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Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom
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Who were pharaohs dependent on to supervise their government?
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Vizier
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During which period were the pyramids at Giza built?
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Old Kingdom
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Who was the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom?
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Ramses II
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Who did the Egyptians often have conflicts with?
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Nubians
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Who was Egypt’s chief god?
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Amon-Re
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What did the Egyptians rely on to get through the Underworld and prove their worthiness to Osiris?
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Book of the Dead
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The Egyptian scribes developed _____, a simpler form of writing for every day use after ideograms.
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Demotic
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What helped archeologists decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
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Rosetta Stone
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What two rivers helped create the Fertile Crescent?
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Tigris and Euphrates
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What was the name of the pyramid-temples built by the Sumerians?
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Ziggurat
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What was the name of the earliest form of writing?
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Cuneiform
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Who built the first empire known to history?
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Sargon of Akkad
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Who codified laws in Mesopotamia (and was the first important attempt by any ruler to codify laws)?
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Hammurabi
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After the defeat of the Assyrians, who “revived” Babylon?
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Eventually, Nebuchadnezzar fell to whom, creating the _______ empire.
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Cyrus the great- Persian empire
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What new religion was supported by Darius I?
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Zoroastrianism
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What other civilization made important manufacturing and trading developments and contributed to the alphabet?
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Phoenicians
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What river gave birth to the earliest Indian civilization?
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Indus River
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