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Early People
Archeology/Stone Age/Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an artifact? | An artifact is any human made object. |
| What is an archeologist? | An archeologist is someone who finds and studies artifacts. |
| What does Neolithic mean? | Neolithic means the New Stone Age. |
| What does Paleolithic mean? | Paleolithic means the Old Stone Age. |
| Who was Hammurabi? | He was the leader who created a code of laws. |
| What is a City-State? | It was a small independent country with its own laws and government. |
| What does domesticate mean? | It means to train a wild animal to be useful to humans. |
| What was a ziggurat? | A ziggarat was a temple in the center of a city state. |
| Where people NOMADS during the Paleoplithic Age or during the Neolithic Age? | People were NOMADS during the Paleolithic Age. |
| What was the main job during the Paleolithic Age? | The main job was hunting and gathering. |
| Why is the Mesopotamia called "The Fertile Cresent?" | It is called "The Fertile Cresent" because the soil was very good to grow crops in. |
| During what period in the Stone Age did people build permanent homes? | People built them in the New Stone Age |
| Are Hammurabi's Laws the same laws we have today? | No, they are not the same. |
| What did the Standard of Ur show? | It showed the different parts of a civilzation. |