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Midterm History

Midterm study for History

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Primary source Or someone who was there in the event; an original sources
Secondary source An interpertation or that's written after
Anthropology People who study human behavior
Archaeologist People who study things left behind
Geologists Study physics materials of earth
Fossils Is a bone from an animal human or plant?
Artifact Things made by humans are used by humans
What's the first step of the archaeological process? Locate a site
What's the second step of the archaeological process? Deal with climate
What's the third step of the archaeological process? Perform a variety of surveys to determine if the site has artifacts
What's the fourth step of the archaeological process? Photograph the site before removing artifacts
What's the fifth step of the archaeological process? Excavate or dig and clean off the artifact
What's the sixth step of the archaeological process? Label and organize the artifacts
What is the seventh step of the archaeological process? Study artifacts in a lab
What is the eighth step of the archaeological process? Compare newly discovered artifacts with other artifacts from the same time.
What is the ninth step of the archaeological process? Record the artifacts report them and put it on display for others to study
How did archaeologist know people in the past look like? Because of the skull sor fossils
How did the Homo sapiens succeeded and then Neanderthals did not Because the Homosapien could talk
What was the first place the Homo sapiens visited? Europe about 40,000 years ago
What was the second place the Homo sapiens visited? Asia about 20,000 through 60,000 years ago
What was the third place of Homo sapien visited? Australia about 35,000 years ago
What was the fourth place the Homo sapiens visited? North America about 15,000 years ago
What was the last place the Homo sapiens visited? South America about 12,500 years ago
What discoveries help show the Ice Age people thought there were mysterious and powerful forces in the world? Keep painting animism and painted skulls
Where else did early humans believe Spirits exist? Plants, weather animal and rocks
What does irrigate mean? A method to get water to crops
What does fertile cresent Region of the Middle East that stretched in a large crescent shaped curve
What does Mesopotamia mean? A wide flat plane in present day, Iraq or a place between two rivers
What does city state A independent state that includes a city and its surrounding
What does barter mean? Is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using
What does distinct mean? Not the same
What does polytheism mean? Praising many gods or believing in many gods
What does prosper mean? To grow or to gain in a
What does ziggurats mean? A temple
What does cuneiform mean? A system for writing
What was the effect of having a standing army? Persian's growth
Why was Hammurabi's code important Because it was a detailed rule that was made to tell the rulers of the parts of Sumer
What does empire mean? A state containing several countries inside or territories
What does ally mean? A independence state that work with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
What does cultural trait mean? Ideal or a way of doing that is common in a certain culture
What does abundant mean Plenty
What does Hammurabi's code mean? A set of laws
What does government mean? To control or strongly influence
What does rule of mean? The idea that all members of a society must obey the laws
What Sumerian cultural traits did Akkadians share? Religious practices and cuneiform
How did Sargon create Mesopotamia's first empire? By uniting much of Mesopotamia under his
What was the rule of law and why is it important? That made everybody obey the laws. It was important because it was part of the laws that they have to follow.
How did Sargon and Hammurabi keep control of large By having skills on leadership because they deleted the military to battle and they appointed local rulers
Why was trade with others societies important to the akkadian and Babylonian empires? Trading was used to get objects like wood, copper, silver, and other stones needed by them from the other empires
We're five benefits of having a writing form Keeping track of written records, religious text trade and business transactions, preserve traditional stories, preserve history, laws, and system
What does prophet mean? A person believed to be chosen by God as a messenger to bringing truth to the people
What does commentaries mean? A set of comments of a recorded discussion about something
What does rabibis mean? Religious teachers recorded oral laws that they believed had to come down from the teaching of Moses
What does Talmud mean? A text finished around 600 CE is a collection of oral teaching and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish laws
What does Righteousness mean? Acting or living in a way that is ethically
What does individual mean? Having to do with a single person or thing
What does justice mean? Fairness or fair treatment
What does Sablath mean A weekly day of rest
What does monotheism mean? The belief that there is only
What does ethics mean? Ideas of right and wrong
What does Torah mean? Consist of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
What does covenant mean? Binding agreement with Abraham
What does eventualey mean? After a time
What does compelled mean? Forced
What does Exodus mean? The escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
What does commondment mean? In order to do something
Explain the relationship between Judaism and monotheism Are the belief in one God
Use the words, commitment and ethics in a sentence about Judaism Judaism is a religion about believing and one God believing and defects, and who was Established by the Israelites, which were enslaved and commandmented to harsh work
Explain the connection according to the Hebrew Bible between Abraham's convent with God and the Israelites, be belief about cannaan Is that God gave land to Abraham's descent called promised land, and according to the Bible, the Israelites viewed the land as a promised land given to them because of the covenant Abraham did with God
What was the lesson of the Exodus according to the A lesson about God is the only soverligm who intervened in history according to the Torah
What did the Israelites do after they reach canaan? Started to conquer other kingdoms
What are the three parts of the Hebrew Bible? The Torah, the prophets and the writings
What is the Torah? First five books of the Hebrew Bible
What is the prophets? Contains books about Jewish prophets
What is the writings? Include includes the Psalms includes great Hebrew literature
What are the subjects of the laws discussed in the Torah Talmud and commentaries? The respect of God's law protect protecting the health of a community how to have a fair society and the direction for religious rituals
What is ethical monotheism A teaching of Judaism that there is one God who set down ethical rules or rules about wright and wrongs
How did the Asian prophet emphasize basic Jewish religious value? By stressing a closer personal relationship with God, the importance of fairness and the necessary of justice
What was the first event in the kingdom of Israel Joshua lead the Israelites in the conquest of canaan
What was the second event in the kingdom of Israel Israel was ruled for a period of time by the judges, and Sal became the first king of Israel
What was the third event in the kingdom of Israel? Solomon commissioned the first temple
What was the fourth event in the kingdom of Israel Israel divided into two separate kingdoms
What was the fifth event in the kingdom of Israel? David became king and made Jerusalem his capital
What was the sixth event in the kingdom of Israel? Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple and took Jews into captivity in Babylon
What was the seventh event in the kingdom of Israel? Cyrus, the Grey of Persia allowed Jew to complete the second temple
What are hunter gathers? People who hunted and gathered small animals and food
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