World History 1st Sem. Review
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| __________________________________ led to a more steady and dependable supply of food for early humans | The domestication of animals and farming
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| _________________________ led to the growth of cities. | Agriculture, the invention of new tools, and a plentiful supply of food
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| Advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping and advanced technology are _____________________. | the five characteristics of a civililzation
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| _______________________ study and date fossils. | Paleontologists
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| ______________________ study culture. | Anthropologists
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| ______________________ examine artifacts to learn about trade. | archaeologists
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| Clearing land for farming by early humans is known as ___________________________. | slash and burn
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| Skilled workers who make goods by hand are known as ___________________. | artisans
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| A way of trading goods and services without money is ________________________. | barter
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| The development of skills in a specific kind of work is _______________________. | specialization
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| A pyramid shaped monument built in the Sumerian civilization was a ________________. | ziggurat
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| Manhy of the earliest human civilizations developed __________________________________. | along river valleys
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| A civilization that developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq was ____________________________. | Mesopotamia
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| A civilization that developed along the Nile River was the ____________________________. | Egyptian
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| A civilization that developed near the Huang He and Chang Jiang rivers (Yangtze and Yellow Rivers) was in ___________________. | China
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| The system of writing developed by the Sumerians which was "wedge-shaped" and written on clay tablets was known as _______________________. | cuneiform
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| The land between the Persian gulf and the Mediterranean Sea in Southwest Asia was known as the __________________________. | Fertile Crescent
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| ________________________ are seasonal winds that bring large amounts of rain to parts of Southeast Asia. | monsoons
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| The ______________________ was discovered by the French which enabled us to translate Egyptian heiroglyphics into Greek. | Rosetta Stone
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| The list of laws in the Babylonian Empire that helped to unify the people was known as ______________________________. | Hammurabi's Code
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| The process of mixing the various aspects of life and technology among different peoples as ideas and humans spread is known as ________________________________. | cultural diffusion
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| A powerful city that might rule and control a large area much like a state or county is a ____________________________. | city-state
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| A family of rulers is known as a _____________________. | dynasty
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| Belief in more than one god is ____________________________. | polytheism
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| Belief in one god is _______________________. | monotheism
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| The Egyptian process of preserving the dead was known as __________________________. | mummification
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| A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the river is known as a _____________________. | delta
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| Egyptian kings who were thought of as gods were _______________________. | pharaohs
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| Immense Egyptian structures that were built as tombs are known as ______________________. | pyramids
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| Egyptian picture writing was known as ________________________. | heiroglyphics
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| _______________________ emphasized education and philosophy in early China. | Confucius
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| The first culture to arise in ancient Greecde was the _________________________. | Mycenaean
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| Religion that believes in one god, the Bible is the holy book, Jesus was the greatest prophet, there is a heaven and hell and salvation, and the followers are called Christians is __________________________. | Christianity
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| The religion that has Muhammed as its greatest prophet, believes in one God (Allah), is centered in the Middle East and North Africa, and the followers are called Muslim is _______________________. | Islam
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| The religion that has a belief in one god, the holy book is the Tora or the first 5 books of the Old Testament, and believe that Jesus was a prophet but not the Son of God is _______________________. | Judaism
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| The religiion that is centered in India, believe in reincarnation, believe in a system of social classes known as "castes", and has many gods is known as _________________________. | Hinduism
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| The religion that has Buddha as the greatest prophet, some belief in reincarnation, had "nirvana" as a type of heaven or awareness, and is centered in India and China is ________________________. | Buddhism
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| The basic law for civil and religious law in Judaims and Christianity is _____________________________. | the Ten Commandments
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| Money paid from a weaker power to a stronger power is __________________. | tribute
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| A mutual promise between God and his people is a ________________________. | covenant
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| The movement of people from one region to another is ______________________. | migration
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