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What do archaeologists study?
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artifacts
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This event started the New Stone Age.
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farming
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How do we know Ancient civilizations believed in afterlife?
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the bodies were buried with stuff
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the first cities were built near what?
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rivers
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Who united the Hebrew (Israelite) tribes into one kingdom?
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David
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The majority of Egyptians fell into this group.
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farmers
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Which kingdom built pyramids?
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Old Kingdom
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This group of traders spread civilization throughout the Mediterranean.
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Phonecians
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The ancient Egyptians viewed their pharaohs as what?
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gods
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Triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt.
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delta
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a skilled worker
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artisan
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Belief in many gods
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polytheism
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Spread of ideas, technologies, and customs
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cultural diffusion
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study of people, environment, and resources
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geography
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earliest known period of history
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Old Stone Age
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Five themes of geography
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Location
Place Human Environment Interaction Movment Region |
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People that study how past people lived
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historians
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The old stone age is also known as what?
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Paleolithic Age
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human-like primate
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hominid
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people who moved from place to place
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nomads
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Belief of spirits in animals and objects
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animism
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The New Stone Age is also known as what?
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Neolithic Age
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another name for taming animals
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domestication
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a complex, highly organized social order
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civilization
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eight features of civilization
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cities
job specialization organized government writing complex religion public works arts and architecture social classes |
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What were social classes ranked by?
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jobs
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people who read and write
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scribes
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a political unit that includes a city and its surrounding area
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city-state
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a group of city-states controlled by one ruler
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empire
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What are the two region of Ancient Egypt?
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Upper and lower
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Which kingdom was ruled by pharaohs?
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old kingdom
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person in charge of supervision of taxes, faming, and irrigation
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vizier
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Rulers of the New Kingdom
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Hatshepsut
Ramses II Assyrians/Persians |
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a process in which a body is buried with everything they need and preserve the body for the afterlife
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mummification
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what is the order of the social classes?
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pharaoh and family
priests/ priestesses Nobles Merchants, scribes, artisans Farmers Slaves |
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picture writing
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hieroglyphics
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What two rivers was the Fertile Cresent between?
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Tigris and Euphrates
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The first Sumerian cities started around what year?
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3200 B.C.
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King of Babylon
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Hammurabi
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the first important attempt by a ruler to codify or arrange all the laws
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Hammurabi's Code
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two parts of Hammurabi's Code
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criminal law
civil law |
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In 539 B.C. Babylon fell to who?
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the Persians
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Persians controlled territory from where to where?
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Turkey to India
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the Persians were unified under who?
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Darius
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Darius divided the empire into these
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provinces
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provinces were controlled these governors
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satraps
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The Persians used these instead of using the barter economy
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weights, measures, and coins
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barter economy
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exchanging goods and services for other goods and services
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Who was the founder of the Israelites?
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Abraham
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The Israelite kingdom divided after who's death?
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Solomon's
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The Israelites were this, which meant that they only believed in one God
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monotheistic
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holds laws and teachings for Israelites
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Torah
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people who interpret God's will
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prophets
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moral standards for the Israelites
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Code of Ethics
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