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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the order, in species names, of human evolution?
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Australopithecus
Homo habilis Homo erectus Homo sapiens (Neanderthal and Cro magnon) Homo sapiens sapiens |
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How long ago did ancestors of humans come about?
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3 to 4 million years (australopithecus)
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How long have humans like you and I been around?
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200,000 years. These were Homo sapiens sapiens.
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This event marks the movement out of the stone age and into civilization. How did it happen?
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The Neolithic Revolution
A surplus of food from agriculture and the domestication of animals. Surpluses gave man a chance to do other things, like build civilizations. |
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What was an unfortunate effect of civilization and humans living near domesticated animals?
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Disease. The flu came from ducks and pigs. Anthrax, smallpox, and tuberculosis came from cattle.
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The 'pyramids' that you think about when you think about ancient egypt are named what?
When were they made? |
The Pyramids at Giza
During the 'old kingdom' of egypt, 2700 BCE |
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What was the first form of writing and who invented it?
What common phrase references this? |
Cuneiform
The Sumerians, who lived in Mesopotamia "Set In Stone" from where clay tablets were baked, and the letters were no longer changeable. |
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What is the fertile crescent?
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A land encompassing the Tigris and Euphrates river valley, which is part of modern day Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. This is where the 'cradle of civilization,' or the first civilizations came about.
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'An eye for an eye' originated from what?
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The code of Hammurabi, the greatest ruler of Babylon.
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Babylon was the first...
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Metropolis
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BIBLE WALKTHROUGH:
Abram was from what city, and where did he migrate to to found a great nation? |
Abram was from the city of Ur, and migrated his family to the land of Canaan, which is modern day Israel, Lebanon and the western part of Jordan.
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Abraham had a son with a slave, who is believed to be the ancestor of the founders of Islam. What is his name?
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Ishmael
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Abraham had a second son with his wife Sarah, who is believed to be the ancestor of Judaism. What is his name?
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Issac
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Issac had a son named Jacob, who 'wrestled with an angel' and was renamed what?
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Israel. This is where Israelites get their name, which is synonymous with "Hebrew."
Israel means, "God rules." |
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Jacob had a son named Joseph. Where does Joseph migrate to and establish a large community of Israelites?
What is his story? |
Egypt.
He was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt, because they were jealous of his multi colored coat. He then interpreted dreams and impressed the Pharoah, who let him rule. Then he had his father Jacob and his family come down to Egypt from Canaan, and the Israelites prospered there for several centuries, growing in number. |
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The egyptians grew threatened by the Hebrew presence and enslaved them. In 1200 BCE, what leader brought them out of slavery and into the desert of Sinai?
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MOSES
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The hebrew people took back over their native land of Canaan in what period?
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1000's BCE
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What important kings reigned in Israel during the height of their power, the Davidic Monarchy?
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Saul
David Solomon |
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In 961 BCE, King Solomon constructed a temple for the Israelite god in Jerusalem, which became the focal point of the Israelite religion. What is this religion called?
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Judaism
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When was the decline of the kingdom of Israel, and how was it broken up?
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922 BCE
It was divided into Israel in the North and Judah in the South |
