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social studies
social studes chapter 8 unit test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| rome was built on what river? | Tiber River |
| Name three important geographical features of Rome: | Mountains- provided nat. resources River- fresh water middle- good trade location |
| what were the two brothers' names who supposedly started Rome? | Romulus and Remus |
| Octavian changed his name to: | Agustus |
| Julius Caesar crossed the ____________ | "Rubicon" |
| items made by humans | artifacts |
| traces of plants and animals found in rock | fossils |
| land between tigris and euphrates river | mesopotamia |
| better methods and tools to get tasks done | technology |
| practice doing just one job and becoming good at it | speacialization |
| way to make decisions and plans for large group of people | government |
| way to keep records | writing |
| time before writing | pre-history |
| belief in one god | monotheism |
| belief is many gods | polytheism |
| sumerians developed what type of writing? | kuneiform |
| group of different lands under one ruler | empire |
| who invented the wagon wheel plow sailboat? | sumerians |
| sumerians developed the number system based on | 60 |
| the code of Hammurabi was a collection of laws that: | was the start of a justice system and it stated the expectations and consequences for behaivior |
| niles flooding was ______________ | dependable |
| tribute is: | forced payments that helped build a canal between the nile river and the red sea |
| the Great Pyramid was built in ______ for__________. | giza, King Khufu |
| Reed plant that grew along the nile: | papyrus |
| papyrus was used to make: | sandals, baskets, and papermaking |
| pyramids were first built in the______________________. | old kingdom |
| the old stone age is also known as the: | neolithic age |
| the new stone age is also known as the: | paleolithic age |
| forced out of ones own country: | exile |
| who led the israelites to canaan and was promised the land? | abraham |
| who led the isrealites out of egypt and recieved the Torah on Mount Sianai? | moses |
| Where did Moses recieve the Torah? | mount Sianai |
| who drove the philistines out and taxed heavily and used that money to expand the new capital of jerusalem? | Solomon |
| who were the Maccabees? | rebelled at the thought of worshiping grteek gods and cleansed temples of greek gods and godessess |
| ancient hymns and poems for religious ceremonies | vedas |
| government headed by religous leaders | theocracy |
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