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S.S study guide
Social Studies Semester Exams
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| weapons,tools,or other items made by humans | Artifacts |
| Trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock | Fossil |
| warmer temperatures allowed nomads to farm and not wander | Neolithic Age-revolutionary |
| Describe the location of Mesopotamia | flat plain bounded by the Tigris and Euphrates river |
| better methods and tools to get the task done | Technology |
| practice of doing just one job and doing it well;each would develop their own special skill | Specialization |
| a way to make descision and plans for a large group of people | Government |
| beginnings of religion polytheism worship of many gods | Religion |
| ways to keep records and pass on ideas to others | Writing |
| why was writing so important? | it helped keep records and tell about history |
| What was the first known writing and who developed it? | Cuneiform and Scribes |
| irrigation,wheel,writing,plow,sailboat, geometry,12 month calender,number system based on 60 | Sumerian's achievements |
| group of many diffrent lands under one ruler | empire |
| to punish people for crimes,and the punishments were cruel describes what? | Code of Hammurabi |
| Why were the Assyrians so feared by other civilizations and what specific technique did the Assyrians learn from the Hitties | well organized army and iron weapons |
| food surplus,increse in long distance trade,contact with people in other places,spread of ideas from one culture to another are all the process of what? | Cultural Diffusion |