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Early Civ.
history world
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an advanced form of culture that developed in cities called? | civilization |
| What is a political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands called? | city-state |
| What was a temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platforms called? | ziggurat |
| What is the belief in many gods or goddess called? | polytheism |
| What is the highest ranking leader of a group of people called? | King |
| What are pictures or drawings that represent a word or idea called? | pictograph |
| What was the first known system of writing which used wedge shaped symbols called? | cuneiform |
| What were people who specialized in writing and record keeping called? | scribes |
| What was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers called? | Mesopotamia |
| What was the flat land bordering the banks of a river called? | flood plain |
| What do we call fine, fertile soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby land? | silt |
| What type of climate is marked by hot summer and limited rainfall? | arid |
| What do we call long periods of little or no rainfall when it becomes difficult to grow crops? | drought |
| What do we call concentrated flowing of water? | currents |
| What do we call the watering of land by using ditches, pipes, or streams? | irrigation |
| What do we call an excess amount produced of an item? | surplus |
| Who was a shepherd that became the father of the Hebrew people? | Abraham |
| What is the belief in one god called? | monotheism |
| What is the monotheistic religion of the Jews, based on the writing of the Hebrew Bible called? | Judaism |
| According to the Hebrew Bible, the prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt was named? | Moses |
| What do we call the migration of the Israelites from Egypt? | Exodus |
| What is the basis of the law of the Israelites according to the Torah, given by God to Moses? | Ten Commandments |
| Name some examples of Primary sources? | tools, letters, eyewitness accounts, and photographs |
| What is the fertile region Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers called? | Mesopotamia |
| What is the fertile land bordering outside the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers AND between the rivers called? | The Fertile Crescent |
| How did flooding rivers enrich the areas around them? | depositing silt |
| Describe the yearly floods of the Tigris and Euphrates: | unpredictable |
| What did Mesopotamian farmers develop to control flooding and droughts? | irrigation systems |
| Because Mesopotamian had a surplus of crops, what were they able to engage in? | trade |
| How did the early Mesopotamians organize themselves? | city-states |
| What did the Sumerians practice? | polytheism (belief in many gods) |
| What did the Sumerians invent around 6000 B.C.? | plow |
| Who invented cuneiform? | Sumerians |
| What was the job of the scribe in Sumerian society? | to keep written records |
| What religious belief made the Hebrews different from the ancient peoples? | monotheism (belief in one god) a single all-powerful God who spoke to Abraham |
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