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History Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A. D. | Latin for "in the year of our Lord" |
| Dig | An excavation site |
| Primary Source | firsthand information about an event in history |
| Government | System of authority to govern |
| Nation | A people who think of themselves as one and obey the laws |
| Republic | A representative government whose leader is called a President |
| Sir Leonard Woolley | British archaeologist who found Ur |
| Chaldea | The southern region of Sumer |
| Absolute Monarchy | A government whose leaders inherit rule with all power |
| Constitutional Monarchy | A king or queen with representative government |
| Bedouins | Arab nomads |
| Sumerians | First known civilization to develop and use writing |
| Hittites | early people of Asia Minor who built empires |
| Phoenicians | connected the Middle East through trade and travel |
| Artifact | object used to study the past |
| Tribe | government whose leader is born into office, has all the power, and is called a chief |
| Ziggurat | Sumerian temple |
| Papyrus | Plant used for making paper-like material |
| Tyre & Sidon | Two Phoenician cities famous for producing purple dye and blown glass |
| Croesus | Last King of Lydia |
| History | Written record of what man |
| Geography | Study of the earth's surface, climate, countries, people, and cultures |
| Archaeology | Study of ancient people by digging artifacts |
| Superstition | Belief based on fear and ignorance not truth |
| Geographers | People who study the surface of the earth |
| Latitude | east and west imaginary lines around the earth |
| Prime Meridian | Earth's zero-degree line of longitude |
| Physical Map | Shows the geographical features of an area such as mountains, deserts, rivers, and lakes |
| Cardinal Directions | north, south, east, west |
| Map Key | explains map symbols, lines, and colors |
| Mountain | elevated land that is taller than a hill |
| Altitude | Height above sea level |
| Cliff | wall of rock that is steep and tall |
| Island | land surrounded by water |
| Longitude | north and south imaginary lines around the earth |
| Equator | Earth's zero-degree line of latitude |
| B.C. | Before Christ |
| Lydians | coin makers of ancient Middle East |
| Carthage | Phoenician city in Northern Africa |
| Religion | belief system of a people |
| location of Babylonia | southern area of Fertile Crescent between the rivers |
| location of Canaan | southern coast of Fertile Crescent |
| location Chaldea | southern area of Fertile Crescent outside rivers |
| location of Lydia | western part of Asia Minor |
| location of Hittites | central Asia Minor |
| location of Mesopotamia | center of Fertile Crescent between rivers |
| location of Mediterranean Sea | large body of water west of the Fertile Crescent |
| location of Phoenecia | northern coast of Fertile Crescent |
Created by:
Ms Hastings
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