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History exam review
Early Man, Sumer, Mesopotamia, Egypt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the exact location of something? | absolute location |
| What is it called when the location of a place is given using, North, South, East or West? | relative location |
| What do you call items that were made by people? | artifacts |
| What tool was used during the Paleolithic time period? | a stone that had been chipped away to make it sharp |
| What did the people use stone tools for? | To cut up the meat from animals |
| Where did the earliest people make their homes? | in the open areas of plains |
| What is the largest difference between the Neolithic and Paleolithic time periods? | They way in which they obtained their food supply. They went from being hunters and gatherers to food producers. This was done by learning to grow crops and domesticate animals. |
| Who were the first people to bury their dead? | Neanderthals |
| During what time period did the development of speech occur? | the neolithic time period |
| What time period is known after the first people appeared, but before a written language had developed? | Paleolithic time period |
| What could the Paleothic people do? | make fire, make clothes, develop a language, make stone tools |
| The first people on earth are known as.... | homo habilis |
| homo sapians are known as..... | one who thinks |
| Why were people able to settle down, create villages and stay in one place? | the development of food production....farming and domestication of animals |
| How did the development of lanuage help early man? | they were able to share ideas and work together |
| What is specialization | jobs that were created due to the surplus of food, examples: leather makers, jewelry makers, potters, weavers |
| What present day country was once known as Mesopotamia? | Iraq |
| When did the Sumerians settle into Mesopotamia? | 3500 B.C. |
| How did the Sumerians control their physical environment around them? | By building up the levees to control the flooding of the rivers |
| What is a ziggurat? | a temple with many levels that became the home to the city's chief god |
| What was at the center of every Sumerian city? | a ziggurat, a temple which was the home to the city's chief god |
| What is a city-state? | It is a Sumerian city in the center surrouned by farmlands |
| Who was included in the middle class? | artisans, government officials, shopkeepers and skilled workers |
| who was included in the upper class? | the priests and merchants |
| Who was included in the lower class? | farmers, unskilled workers and fishermen |
| What is cunieform | a written language using wedge-like shapes |
| Who was Hammurabi? | The King of Babylon who created a Code of Laws that were harsh and took on the belief of, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" |
| What is Sargon I known for doing? | uniting conquered city-states and creating the first empire |
| Which culture is known for having the oldest written records? | Sumer |
| What are some of the contributions of Mesopotamia? | written language, the wheel, the plow, a sailboat, calender, and math system |
| Who was Gilgamesh? | a legendary hero, believed to be a demi-god, of Sumerian culture |
| What is the largest river that flows through Africa? | The Nile River |
| What was a pyramid? | Tombs for the Egyptian pharaohs, they were made to protect them from invaders and the harsh elements of the weather |
| What was a pharaoh? | an Egyptian ruler |
| Where did most Egyptians live? | along the banks of the Nile River |
| At first, what two kingdoms made up Egypt? | Upper and Lower Egypt |
| what is the written language of the Egyptians made up of pictures? | hieroglyphics |
| what was papyrus used for? | rafts, boats, baskets, sandals, and columns for houses, but the main reason was it was used as paper |
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