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h final semester 1
history final semester #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| written and other recorded events of people | history |
| scientists who examine objects to learn of the past | archaeologists |
| study of earth's surface and the process to shape it | geography |
| tame and raise animals for human use | domesticate |
| person who moves around a lot | nomad |
| complex society | civilization |
| using walls, waterways, and ditches to bring water to crops | irrigation |
| skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, and pottery | artisans |
| one of the oldest communities | Jericho |
| what did SUmerians use as building material | mud bricks |
| what happened to the population of towns when people changed from hunter/gatherers to farmers | they began to settle towns/it increased |
| three inventions of the Sumerians | wagon wheel, writing, sailboat |
| what are weapons, tools, and other things made by humans | artifacts |
| what was the importance of civilizations being built around river valleys | fresh water/good farming conditions |
| what did rivers allow for | trade |
| what does Mesopotamia mean | land between the rivers |
| what is another names for Menes and what did he unite | Narmer/upper and lower Egypt |
| what are tributes | forced payments |
| capital of Kush | Napata |
| chief Egyptian god | Re |
| who founded a dynasty that ruled both Egypt and Kush | Piye |
| goddess of the Nile | Hapi |
| used in papermaking | papyrus |
| believed to be the son of Re, the sun god | the pharaoh |
| tallest building in the world for over 4000 years | Great Pyramid |
| ruled the underworld with her husband Osiris | Isis |
| entrance always faced north | pyramid |
| grasslands south of Egypt | savannas |
| who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts | Athena |
| who was the goddess of the underworld | Hades |
| who is the goddess of hunt and wild animals | |
| written language developed by the Aryans | sanskrit |
| means Enlightened One | buddha |
| means divine law | Dharma |
| highest mountains in the world | himalayas |
| the head of the Chinese family | oldest male |