Becker Midterm '09
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| scientists who study the material remains and artifacts of prehistoric and historic people | archaeologist
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| way of life of people | culture
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| object made by man | artifact
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| our very first ancestor | hominid
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| remnants, inpressions or traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in the earth's curst | fossil
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| period before people developed writing | prehistory
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| scientists who study the physical feartures, development, and behavior of Hominids and other later groups | anthropologist
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| believed to be the first hominid to make tools | homo habilishomo habilis
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| famous scientist who discovered the famous footprints and the first evidence of homo habilis | Louis and Mary Leakey
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| place in tanzinia where the lakes discovered fossil remains of homo habilis | olduvai gorge
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| anthropologists who discovered lucy | donald johanson
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| old stone age | paleolithic age
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| new stone age | neolithic age
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| first of mans branch in the family tree, came from hominids | homo erectus
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| first leave africa | australopithecines
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| believe to be the first hominid to make tools "the handy man" | homo habilis
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| a type of hominid. lucy for example | australopithecines
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| first to truly walk upright | homo erectus
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| first known homo sapien from a valley in germany. they eventually died out. | neanderthal
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| first found in Africa at Olduvali Gorge, first to leave Africa | homo erectus
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| a type of homosapiens who lived in present day France and Spain. They painted pictures on the walls of caves | Cro Magnon
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| African cite of homo erectus fossils and artifacts. The Leakeys were there. | australopithecines
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| Mexico and Central America | MesoAmerica
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| village in Turkey where farming took place an skilled craftsmen made products from obsidian | MesoAmerica
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| most recent group, most like modern man | homo-sapien-sapien
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| age where farming first began | Neolithic
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| Neanderthals were these | homo-sapien
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| where the first hominids came from | eastern and southern Africa
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| to tame for human use | domesticate
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| walking erect enabled australopithecines to | travel more efficiently, spot threatening animals and carry objects and babies
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| increased brain sized enabled homo habilis to | make tools
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| homo erectus was able to make fire | make fire
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| During which age did the agricultural revolution lead to the development of civilization? | Neolithic
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| In which areas did humans spread most recently | North and South America
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| Which of the following methods may be used to date remains | DNA analysis and radio carbon
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| Neanderthals died out about 30,000 years ago | true
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| Neanderthals buried their dead | true
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| Cro Magnon man was more modern looking Neanderthals | true
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| Man decended from apes | false
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| The spear thrower was invented by the Neanderthals | false
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| Homo sapien means "man the wise" | True
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| Neanderthals replaced homo sapiens sapiens | False
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| Cave art was strictly used for religious ceremonies | false
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| Why did Neanderthals die out? | Because when it started to grom they could not find food so they died.
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| Homo-sapiens sapiens were the first to paint picutres on their cave walls. What does that tell us about them? | That they were smart and they are kind of telling a stroy with pictures.
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| List and explain five or six things that must occur before a city can be considered a civilization. | 1) government - to take care of the citizens.2) 3)4)5)
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| Where on the African Continent is Egypt located? | Northeast corner
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| The Nile begins and ends where? | Begins at Lake Victoria and ends at the Mediterranean Sea
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| In what way or ways was life in ancient Egypt related to the Nile? | Transportation, religion, agriculture.
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| Upper egypt is located in the | South
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| The boy King who ruled Egypt from 1347 BC to 1338 BC was | Tutankhamon
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| The King who united all of Egypt was | Menes
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| The Niles' flood was important to the Egyptian farmers because it | provided needed water for the crops, left a layer of rich soil, enabled them to plant more crops
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| An administrative organization with officials and regular procedures is known as a | bureaucracy
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| It originally meant "great house" - an egyptian king | Pharaoh
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| Whestern Asian people who created an empire in western Aisia and threatened the power of te Egyptians. They were also the first to use iron | Hittites
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| The vizier was | in charge of the government bureaucracy
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| First woman Pharoah | Hatshepsut
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| Pharaoh that tried to make Egypt monotheistic by introducing the Sun disk god, Aten was | Akhenaten
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| Under which queen did Egypt become a province of Rome? | Cleopatra
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| Egyptian writing was called | hieroglyphics
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| The two major rivers of Mesopotamia were | The Tigris and the Euphrates
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| The "land between the Rivers" literally translated is | Mesopotamia
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| The arc of land thast stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is Known as the | Fertile Crescent
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| The first Mesopotamian civilization was | Sumer
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| A religion with many gods is | polytheistic
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| Sumerian writing was done on | clay tablets
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| A Sumerian temple is a | ziggurat
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| The basic unit of Sumerian civilization was the | city-state
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| A government by divine authority is a | theoacracy
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| Wedge shaped Sumerian writing | cuneiform
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| The first written law code was done by | Hammurabi
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| The leader of the Akkadians was | Sargon
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| A patriarchal society is a society | in which men dominate
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| The ruler of Babylon was | Hammurabi
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| The Sumerians | used the wheel for transport
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| God's chosen people | Israelites
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| David's wise son | Solomon
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| Lived on coast of the Mditerranean, great sailors, invented purple dye | Phoenicians
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| Monotheistic religion | Judaism
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| God gave him the ten Commandments | Moses
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| sea peoples who threatened the power of the Egyptions, they were the first to use iron weapons | Hittites
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| A ruling power where power is passed from one generation to the next | dynasty
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| symbolized the new life brought to Egypt by the Nile | Osirus
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| Invented purple dye | Phoenicians
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| received the ten commandments from God | Moses
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| where decendents of Abraham | Israelites
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| Jerusalem is the capital of | Israel
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| Who created the first empire in world history | Sargon
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| What was the most important Sumerian invention? | writing
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| During whose reign was the great Pyramid at Giza built? | Khufu
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| Who invented the alphabet that influenced the Greeks and Romans? | Phoenicians
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| The basic unit of Sumerian civilization was the | city-state
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| The sumerian invention of the ______ made it easier to transport goods? | wagon wheel
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| The pyramids were designed primarily as | tombs for Pharoahs
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| The religion of Israel was different from other religions of western Asia and Egypt because it | had only one God.
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| Where on the Afrian Continent is Egypt located? | Northeast corner
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| The Nile begins at ____________ and ends at __________? | Lake Victoria/Mediterranean Sa
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| In what way or ways was life in ancient Egypt related to the Nile? | Transportation; religion; agriculture.
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| Upper Egypt is located in the ` | South
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| The boy king who ruled Egypt from 1347 BC to 1338 BC was | Tutankhamon
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| The king who united all of Egypt was | Menes
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| The Nile flood was important to Egyptian farmers because it | left a Layer of rich soil.
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| A family of rulers is a | dynasty
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| It originally meant "great house" - an Egyptian king | Pharaoh
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| Western Asian people who ruled Egypt for almost 100 years | Hyksos
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| The vizier was | in charge of the government bureaucracy
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| First woman pharoah | Hatshepsut
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| Pharaoh thet tried to make Egypt monotheistic by introducing the Sun Disk god, Aten was | Akhenaten
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