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h final semester 1
history final semester #1
Question | Answer |
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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 |