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SOL Vocab
Sol Practice
Question | Answer |
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Where did Homo-Sapiens originate? | Africa |
How did early humans survive? | They were hunter-gatherers who depended on wild plants and animals. |
What are 3 characteristics of hunter-gatherers societies? | Nomads Simple Stone Tools Made Fire Lived in Clans Developed Oral Language Created "CAVE ART" |
What event began the Neolithic Era? | Humans Developed Agriculture |
What is an Archaeologists? | A scientist who studies past cultures by analyzing artifacts. |
Archaeologists studied Jericho and Aleppo. Which are cities located in what areas? | Fertile Crescent |
Why did the earliest civilizations develop on rivers? | The rivers provided Fertile soil for farming and some protection from invasion. |
What is the name of the Egyptian writing system? | Hieroglyphics |
Name the area between the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers. | Mesopotamia. |
What religion was the first to believe in monotheism? | Judaism HEBREW PEOPLE) |
Name the king who wrote one of the first codes of laws that established justice. ( eye for an eye) | Hammurabi |
What group of people developed the first alphabet? | Phoenicians |