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Rivers
The rivers of the world
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are people who wander from place to place in search of food? | nomads |
| What is a Neolithic settlement in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) that is currently under excavation? | Catalhoyuk |
| What site is located in Britain (England),and was begun in the Neolithic Era but finished in the Bronze Age? | Stonehenge |
| What is a scientific test used to determine the age of fossils and artifacts? | carbon-dating |
| Which way does the Nile River flow? | south to north |
| Where are Upper and Lower Egypt? | Upper Egypt-Southern Egypt Lower Egypt-Northern Egypt |
| What was the system of writing that used pictures to symbolize ideas? | hieroglyphics |
| What is polytheism/polytheistic? | belief in more than one god poly=many,theo=god |
| What are the cataracts? | narrow rapids along the Nile River that made boat travel impossible |
| What was an early form of writing used by Paleolithic man to leave hunting information for other tribes? | cave art |
| What is monotheism/monotheistic? | belief in only one god mono=one,theo=god |
| Where was the Egyptian civilization located? | in the Nile River Valley and Nile Delta in East Africa |
| What kind of social system id most early civilizations have? | a rigid class system where slavery was acceptable |
| What marked the beginning of the Bronze Age? | use of tools made of metal instead of stone |
| Who created a 22-consonant system of writing that changed into the alphabet we use today? | the Phoenicians |
| What is a pyramid-shaped temple? | ziggurat |
| What is an early Sumerian city? | Ur |
| What is the term for the Old Stone Age? | Paleolithic Era |
| What is the area between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea where permanent settlements first appeared | The Fertile Crescent |
| What is one of the oldestinhabited cities in the world,located in modern-day Syria? | Aleppo |
| Where was the Indian civilization located? | in the Indus River Valley in South Asia |
| What signaled the beginning of the Neolithic Era? | The Agricultural Revolution |
| What is a skilled worker who makes goods by hand? | artisan |
| In what period did man first discover fire? | Paleolithic Era |
| Where did the first civilizations begin? | in river valleys(cradle civilizations) |
| Who was Abraham? | the father of the Jews and Hebrews;a nomadic herder |
| What is an Empire? | a state in which the ruler controls other lands |
| What is a covenant? | an agreement(usually made with God) |
| What is the Nile River? | the world's longest river;main source is Lake Victoria;empties into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Where was the Babylonian Empire located? | in Mesopotamia(between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers) |
| Who were the Jews? | a small group of people in Southwest Asia |
| What was it called when the Jewish slaves left Egypt?Who led them? | The Exodus;Moses led them |
| What were examples of hereditary rules? | dynasties of kings or paroahs |
| Where was Nubia located? | on the upper(southern)Nile River in Africa |
| Where did the Phoenicians settle? | along the Mediterranean coast(part of the Fertile Crescent in Southwest Asia)in modern-day Lebanon |
| Where did the Jews settle? | Canaan(now Palestine)in modern-day Israel |
| What was the Diaspora? | the period when the Jews were spread out from their homeland |
| Who were three kings who united Israel and the Jews? | Saul,David,and Solomon |
| Where did the Hebrews establish their civilization? | in the Jordan River Valley of the Fertile Crescent(modern-day Jordan) |
| What was Hammurabi's Code? | a system of laws that united the Babylonian empirevwith punishments that protected all |
| What is a pharoah? | an Egyptian king thought to be a living god |
| Where was the Chinese civilization located? | in the Huang He Valley in East Asia |
| Where was the Mesopotamian civilization located? | in the Tigris and Euphrates rivervalleys in Southwest Asia |
| What was the Sumerian system of writing? | cuneiform |
| What is a delta? | a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river |
| What is an early city located in Palestine(modern-day Jordan and Israel)? | Jericho |
| Which of the early civilizations controlled trade? | the Phoenicians |
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