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Social Studies 6th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did people learn about the Iceman? | By studying his tools, cloths, body, and food he ate. |
| Domesticate (animals).... | To tame animals and breed them for human use. |
| Prehistory means.... | The time before history (fire) |
| What were the needs for developing the first settlement/village? | Water, fertile soil, and workers. |
| The stone age is.... | A period during which hominids, including modern humans, made lasting tools from stone. |
| How did hunter-gatherers live? | They lived in the wild, build their own shelter, made their own clothes, and ate roots, fruit, leaves and nuts. |
| In the New Stone Age, what happened as a result of surplus food? | They could live in one place, could have different jobs, and soon each settlement grew into a city ect. |
| History is.... | The written and other recorded events of people. |
| Artisan is.... | A worker who is especially skilled at crafting. |
| Irrigation is.... | Supplying land with water through a network of canals. |
| Nomad is.... | A person who has no settled home. |
| Myth is.... | A traditional story sometimes tells a legend that explains peoples beliefs |
| Cuneiform is.... | In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script. |
| Famine is.... | Where often many people starve |
| Caravan is.... | A group of travelers journeying together |
| Delta is.... | A plain at the mouth of a river. |
| A life after death is.... | Afterlife |
| Fine soil found on the river bottom is called.... | Silt |
| Who scientist who studies the stars and other objects in the sky and predicts floods of the Nile | Astronomer |
| Someone who rules for a child is.... | Regent |
| Where were cities most likely to develop? | Cities would develop in areas where rich soil created large surpluses of food. |
| What are two beliefs and practices? | Afterlife and building pyramids. |
| Where was an important center of trade located between cites of the south and north? | Babylon |
| Why was Hammurabi's Code so significant? | For the first time laws were written down. |
| What two rivers are in Mesopotamia? | Tigres and Euphrates |
| What does pre- mean? | Before |
| The ancient Egyptian civilization began on the banks of the Nile River because.... | The regular flooding resulted in rich soil for farming. |
| Almost all of human prehistory took place during the.... | Old Stone Age |
| What is the main difference between the Old Stone Age and New Stone Age? | The Beginning of Farming |
| How did the Old Stone Age people get their food? | By hunting and gathering as they are hunter gatherers |
| What is one way farming changed the way early people lived? | They settled in one place. |
| How did rapid population happen? | Having surplus food |
| Having a dependable source of water enabled some farming settlements.... | To develop into cities. |
| The belief in many gods is.... | Polytheism |
| An Empire is.... | Many territories and people who are controlled by one government. |
| The belief in one god is.... | Monotheism |
| A myth is a.... | Traditional story |
| An alphabet is.... | Symbols for writing that represent sounds. |
| Why did civilization develop in the Fertile Crescent? | The rivers there created very rich farmland. |
| Cities in Sumer remained politically independent and.... | They developed into separate city-state. |
| In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to.... | Destroy the Assyrian Empire. |
| What did the Phoenician alphabet make it easier to do? | Read and Write |
| What is the main event in the history of the Israelites? | The settlement of Canaan. |
| What makes the Israelites so unique among other ancient people? | They worshipped one god. |
| Why did Phoenicia become thriving and wealthy region? | They sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighbors. |
| Each Mesopotamian city-state has its own what? | god or goddess |
| Where did writing first develop? | Mesopotamia |
| What was an advantage the Phoenician alphabet had? | It was simpler than cuneiform. |
| What did the Babylonians and Israelites have in common? | They both lived according to a code of law. |
| Pharaoh is.... | A powerful Egyptian ruler |
| Where a Egyptian ruler is often buried.... | A pyramid. |
| Dynasty is.... | A series of rulers from the same family. |
| Papyrus is.... | An early form of paper. |
| Who did the Egyptian pharaohs rule? | All Egyptians. |
| Toward the end of the Old Kingdom, the government became.... | Weak and divided. |
| How did religion play an important part in the Egyptians lives? | By explaining natural events to the people. |
| In ancient Egypt, most people were in the social class of.... | Peasants |
| Astronomers can also.... | Predict flooding |
| What appeared in Nubia around 6000 B.C. | Hunting and fishing communities |
| What is the greatest achievement of Menes? | Uniting Upper and Lower Egypt |
| What is a very important religious practice in Egypt? | Preparing the dead for the afterlife. |
| When were the lives of peasants greatly influenced? | The planting season |
| How did the Egyptians keep track of the kingdom's growing wealth? | Using hieroglyphs. |
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