Question | Answer |
rome was built on what river? | Tiber River |
Name three important geographical features of Rome: | Mountains- provided nat. resources
River- fresh water
middle- good trade location |
what were the two brothers' names who supposedly started Rome? | Romulus and Remus |
Octavian changed his name to: | Agustus |
Julius Caesar crossed the ____________ | "Rubicon" |
items made by humans | artifacts |
traces of plants and animals found in rock | fossils |
land between tigris and euphrates river | mesopotamia |
better methods and tools to get tasks done | technology |
practice doing just one job and becoming good at it | speacialization |
way to make decisions and plans for large group of people | government |
way to keep records | writing |
time before writing | pre-history |
belief in one god | monotheism |
belief is many gods | polytheism |
sumerians developed what type of writing? | kuneiform |
group of different lands under one ruler | empire |
who invented the wagon wheel plow sailboat? | sumerians |
sumerians developed the number system based on | 60 |
the code of Hammurabi was a collection of laws that: | was the start of a justice system and it stated the expectations and consequences for behaivior |
niles flooding was ______________ | dependable |
tribute is: | forced payments that helped build a canal between the nile river and the red sea |
the Great Pyramid was built in ______ for__________. | giza, King Khufu |
Reed plant that grew along the nile: | papyrus |
papyrus was used to make: | sandals, baskets, and papermaking |
pyramids were first built in the______________________. | old kingdom |
the old stone age is also known as the: | neolithic age |
the new stone age is also known as the: | paleolithic age |
forced out of ones own country: | exile |
who led the israelites to canaan and was promised the land? | abraham |
who led the isrealites out of egypt and recieved the Torah on Mount Sianai? | moses |
Where did Moses recieve the Torah? | mount Sianai |
who drove the philistines out and taxed heavily and used that money to expand the new capital of jerusalem? | Solomon |
who were the Maccabees? | rebelled at the thought of worshiping grteek gods and cleansed temples of greek gods and godessess |
ancient hymns and poems for religious ceremonies | vedas |
government headed by religous leaders | theocracy |