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social studes chapter 8 unit test

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rome was built on what river?   Tiber River  
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Name three important geographical features of Rome:   Mountains- provided nat. resources River- fresh water middle- good trade location  
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what were the two brothers' names who supposedly started Rome?   Romulus and Remus  
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Octavian changed his name to:   Agustus  
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Julius Caesar crossed the ____________   "Rubicon"  
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items made by humans   artifacts  
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traces of plants and animals found in rock   fossils  
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land between tigris and euphrates river   mesopotamia  
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better methods and tools to get tasks done   technology  
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practice doing just one job and becoming good at it   speacialization  
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way to make decisions and plans for large group of people   government  
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way to keep records   writing  
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time before writing   pre-history  
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belief in one god   monotheism  
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belief is many gods   polytheism  
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sumerians developed what type of writing?   kuneiform  
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group of different lands under one ruler   empire  
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who invented the wagon wheel plow sailboat?   sumerians  
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sumerians developed the number system based on   60  
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the code of Hammurabi was a collection of laws that:   was the start of a justice system and it stated the expectations and consequences for behaivior  
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niles flooding was ______________   dependable  
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tribute is:   forced payments that helped build a canal between the nile river and the red sea  
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the Great Pyramid was built in ______ for__________.   giza, King Khufu  
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Reed plant that grew along the nile:   papyrus  
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papyrus was used to make:   sandals, baskets, and papermaking  
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pyramids were first built in the______________________.   old kingdom  
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the old stone age is also known as the:   neolithic age  
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the new stone age is also known as the:   paleolithic age  
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forced out of ones own country:   exile  
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who led the israelites to canaan and was promised the land?   abraham  
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who led the isrealites out of egypt and recieved the Torah on Mount Sianai?   moses  
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Where did Moses recieve the Torah?   mount Sianai  
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who drove the philistines out and taxed heavily and used that money to expand the new capital of jerusalem?   Solomon  
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who were the Maccabees?   rebelled at the thought of worshiping grteek gods and cleansed temples of greek gods and godessess  
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ancient hymns and poems for religious ceremonies   vedas  
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government headed by religous leaders   theocracy  
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