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What is the name of the oldest hominid found to date?
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Lucy
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She was named after a Beatles song...
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'Homo habilis' was the first...
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toolmaker
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They nicknamed the first Homo habilis fossil, 'Handy Man.'
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Whose brains were larger: Neanderthals or Cro-Magnons?
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Neanderthals
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Civilization is defined as having four characteristics. True or false?
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False. It has five.
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The Bronze Age is when people began using what for tools and weapons?
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Bronze, duh!
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What was a pyramid-shaped temple in Ur called?
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Ziggurat
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It's a very weird name. It starts with a 'z'!
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Cuneiform, used by early scribes for record keeping, was written using reeds. What shape were the reeds?
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Wedge-shaped
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It's not square!
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Polytheism is a belief in one or many gods?
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Many gods.
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When rulers pass their powers on to their sons, it creates a...
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Dynasty
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Describe the Fertile Crescent.
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The Fertile Crescent is an arc of rich farmland in Southeast Asia, between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea.
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Mesopotamia lies between what two rivers?
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The Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
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I wonder if tigers live near one of the rivers?
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When a number of countries are controlled by one ruler, it is called...
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An empire.
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How many ranks were in the social class of Sumer?
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Four: Kings, wealthy merchants, ordinary Sumerian's, and slaves.
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The Babylonian ruler who created a code of laws is named...
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Hammurabi
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I bet he used a hammer to defeat his enemies!
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City-states were first controlled by who?
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Priests.
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It wasn't a king, they came later.
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The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' is a...
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Poem
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Since money hadn't been invented, the first people had to trade to get what they wanted. This type of trading is called...
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Bartering
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Workers skilled at doing one trade are called...
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Artisans
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Is art a trade?
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Mesopotamia is located in what present country?
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Iraq
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Did the Fertile Crescent touch the Mediterranean Sea or the Persian Gulf?
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Both.
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It's best to find a map for this question.
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