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True or false: The ancient Egyptians, believe that, if a persons body was preserved on earth, the soul would have eternal life in the kingdom of Osiris they’re God

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True

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True or false: The Egyptians developed an embalming method, known as mummification

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True

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True or false: It took 40 days to mummify a body

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False, 70

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True false: Only wealthy Egyptians were buried, naked in shallow graves

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False

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True or false: At the funeral, the priest chanted prayers from the book of the dead

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True

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True or false: A person’s importance was judged by the number of mourners at the funeral

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True

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The center of intelligence

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Heart

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Remove to prevent decay

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Internal organs

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9
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Special salt to prevent a body from drying out

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Natron

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Stone coffin

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Sarcophagus

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Brought back the senses of the deceased

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Opening of the mouth ceremony

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Made from ground up mummy

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Medicine and brown paint

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God of mummification

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Anubis

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Worn by Anubis

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Jackal Mask

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Social class: servants

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Lower

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Social class: vizier

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Upper

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Social class: priest

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Upper

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Social class: scribes

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Upper

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True or false: In the 19th century thousands of cat mummies were shipped from Egypt to England, where they were turned into fertilizer

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True

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Mummies were used for or to make

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Brown paint, medicine, fuel

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True or false: You could be put to death in ancient Egypt if you killed a cat

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True

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People settled along the Nile river instead of elsewhere in Egypt, because other areas were

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Too dry

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The majority of people in Egypt were

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Peasants and slaves

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Egyptians, who lived a good life, thought that after death they would

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Continue living in the other world

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The people who kept records and wrote letters were called

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Scribes

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The Nile river was very important to the early Egyptians, because it was used by the people for

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Irrigation

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A machine that lifted water out of the Nile to irrigate or water the lands

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Shadoof

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28
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A belief in many gods

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Polytheism

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A ruling family of Egypt led by a pharaoh

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Dynasty

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30
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Poor farmers, who paid rent and taxes with a share of their crops

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Peasants

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31
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The sun, god of ancient Egypt

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Re

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32
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A series of picture symbols used to write

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Hieroglyphics

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Nickname for Egypt

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Gift of the Nile

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34
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Contained prayers that people studied so they could safely reach the other world

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Book of the dead

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True or false: the three seasons in Egypt were planting, pyramid building, and harvesting

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False

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36
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True or false: the Egyptians developed a calendar with 365 days

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True

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37
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How many months of the year were fields, covered by flood waters from the Nile

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Three

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38
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It was made from a plant that grew along the Nile

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Papyrus

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39
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Egyptians thought sickness was caused by

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Gods

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40
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Egyptian doctors were the first to use

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Splints and bandages

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41
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Boys were encouraged to steal. If they were caught stealing, why were they punished?

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For getting caught

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42
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True or false: Athens was named after the Greek God Athena.

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True

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43
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Children were considered adults at the age of what?

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13

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44
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True or false: The Acropolis was built so people could retreat when the city of Athens was attacked.

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True

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45
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Spartan boys were raised by their mothers until they were what age?

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7

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46
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They were only eaten at or on special occasions and festivals

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Pork and beef

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47
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Why did Spartans wear crimson or red tunics?

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So their bloody wounds in battle wouldn’t show

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48
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The Agora was a place to meet and discuss ideas on what?

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Philosophy and government

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49
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True or false: The biggest disgrace a soldier could suffer was to lose his aspis.

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True

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50
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In an Agoge, Spartan boys were trained to

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Read write and train to fight

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51
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True or false: When a child was born a father was always happy and would treat all of his children well.

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False

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52
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True or false: Most chitins were made of linen and silk.

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False

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53
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True or false: The term “Spartan” is used to describe something simple or without comfort.

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True

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True or false: The largest theater in Athens was the Theater of Dionysus. He was the God of Theater.

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False

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55
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This building was dedicated to the goddess Athena

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Parthenon

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56
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A kylix had what at the bottom as the Greek’s drank?

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A picture

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57
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This was not ia Greek invention

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Arch

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58
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True or false: A symposuim was a dinner party that included men, woman, but no children.

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False

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59
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Why did Greek women wear their hair long?

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So they would not be confused with slave women

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60
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True or false: The two most popular materials for clothes in ancient Greece were wool and linen.

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True

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61
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The Greeks sometimes used this or these to wipe their hands

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Bread

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62
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They were common fruits in Greece

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Apples figs and grapes

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63
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The most popular type of jewelry in Greece was

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Pins

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64
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True or false: Sometimes Greeks dyed their clothing using plants and lipstick.

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False

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65
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They were the lowest class of people in Greece

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Slave women

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66
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True or false: The Greeks used sugar and wine to sweeten their desserts.

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False

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67
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True or false: Women were considered second class citizens to men.

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False

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68
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Spartan Black Soup was made with salt, vinegar and what?

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Pigs blood

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69
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Subject of instruction

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Mathematics

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70
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Study of life

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Biology

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71
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Study of maps

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Cartography

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72
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Move water up a hill

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Archimedes Screw

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73
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Zoology

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Aristotle

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74
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First female mathematician

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Hypatia

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75
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When a woman gave birth of a daughter

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The baby girl was sometimes thrown out with the trash or They gave the baby away to become a slave

76
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True or false: Spartan women had more rights than women in Athens.

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True

77
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The Greeks drank

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Watered down wine kykeon and water barley and herbs

78
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The period of time before 3,000 B.C. is known as what?

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Prehistory

79
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Which Stone Age : they lived in small groups

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Old

80
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Which Stone Age : man formed the first government and religion

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New

81
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Which Stone Age : fire is used for cooking

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Old

82
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Which Stone Age : the invention of the canoe

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Middle

83
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Which Stone Age : man develops spoken language

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Old

84
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Which Stone Age : man grows crops from seed

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New

85
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A small shovel archaeologist use to dig

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Trowel

86
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The method used to determine the age of some living thing that has died

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Carbon dating

87
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The society developed by a group of people

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Civilization

88
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The behaviors, beliefs, arts, of a particular group of people

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Culture

89
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Location where a dig is taking place

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Site

90
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Cuts made in the earth to determine the size of an archaeological site.

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Trial trenches

91
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An item from the past

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Relic

92
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True or false: The period of recorded history began in 2,000 B.C.

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False

93
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True or false: People bought and sold goods through a system called barter in the old stoneage.

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False

94
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True or false: Archaeologists and anthropologists have learned about prehistoric man by studying diaries and old books and newspapers.

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False

95
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True or false: The very first weapons were poison darts and bows and arrows.

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False

96
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True or false: It is believed that early man crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

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True

97
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Another name for a buffalo

A

Bison

98
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Prehistoric structure made of huge stones

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Stonehenge

99
Q

Volcanic ash used to make weapons

A

Obsidian

100
Q

A blend of copper and tin

A

Bronze

101
Q

One of the most important contributions of the Mesolitic period was what?

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Fishing and a form of transportation

102
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This was not a contribution in the Neolithic period

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Bows and arrows

103
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Neanderthal, Java and Cro-Magnon were types of man in the ______________ age

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Paleolithic and old

104
Q

Religions first came to be because

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Man did not understand why droughts, famines, floods and plagues happened

105
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As settlements grew, man was able to do what?

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Form governments barter and become potters and weavers

106
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Mesopotamia is located on which continent?

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Asia

107
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They kept written records for the Sumerians

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Scribes

108
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It was against the laws to tax widows and __________

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Orphans

109
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If these people were injured the fine was very low

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Slaves

110
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The Sumerians invented the

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Plow and arch

111
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The world’s first civilization began in southern Mesopotamia at a place called

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Sumer

112
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True or false; The Sumerians worshipped only one God

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False

113
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True or false: All chidren were allowed to attend school.

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False

114
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True or false: A ziggurat supported heavy walls over doorways.

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False

115
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True or false: Most of the people learned a living from manufacturing and trade.

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False

116
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True or false: The name Mesopotamia means land betweeen the rivers.

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True

117
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There are ___ Symbols in Sumerian writing

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600

118
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A large temple

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Ziggurat

119
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The number of city-states in Mesopotamia

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12

120
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The number of social classes in Mesopotamia

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3

121
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The name given to the writing in Mesopotamia

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Cuneiform

122
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Mesopotamian afterlife

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Netherworld

123
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Farmers were in the ______ social class

A

3rd

124
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The nobles were in the _________ social class

A

1st

125
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The Priests were in the ________ social class

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1st

126
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Merchants were in the ________ social class.

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2nd

127
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Little was known about what caused illness and disease. Medical problems were believed to be the work of

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Demons

128
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The greatest city in Mesopotamia was Babylon. Babylon means

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Gate of the god

129
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Priests were responsible for

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Directing worship governed the city and taught school

130
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A freedman was_____

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A slave was that was freed

131
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True or false: Ziggurats were built in each city to please the Gods.

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True

132
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True or false: The Sumerians were the first people on earth to invent a system of writing.

A

True

133
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True or false: The Sumerians invented a vehicle with wheels

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True

134
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True or false: The Sumerians invented democracy, where important decisions were made by free adult men.

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True

135
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True or false: Writing tablets were made of bricks.

A

False

136
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who was Harry Burton

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a photographer

137
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who was lord carnarvon

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paid for tuts excavation

138
Q

who was howard carter

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discovered tuts tomb

139
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who was theodore davis

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an archaeologist

140
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who was akhenaten

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the pharaoh before tut

141
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who was ramesses vi

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his tomb was close to tuts

142
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who was ay

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he became pharaoh after tut

143
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who was ankhesenamun

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wife of king tut

144
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to prepare a body for burial

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embalming

145
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a large and elaborate cemetery

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necropolis

146
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a salve or ointment with expensive perfume added

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unguents

147
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small statues that became the servants to the dead person in the afterlife

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shawabty

148
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sodium mineral with drying affect

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natron

149
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what happened to howard carters canary

A

it got killed by a cobra

150
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canpopic jars contain__

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internal organs of a body

151
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what are similar to pectorals

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amulets and unguents

152
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true or false: amulets were stone carved to resemble beatles

A

faalse

153
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who was related to king tut

A

akhenaten and akhesenamum

154
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only women blessed by the mother goddess were permitted to do what

A

have children

155
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in addition to a good food supply the minoans had an abundance of

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timber and wool

156
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what did the architect give ariadne a

A

magic ball of golden thread

157
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who was the agean see named for

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king ageaus

158
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who did ariadne marry

A

dionysus

159
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who was king minos

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the ruler of crete

160
Q

what did hercules do

A

killed a mad bull

161
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who was helios

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the sun god

162
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who was posiedon

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the king of the sea

163
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who was king ageaus

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father of theseus

164
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who was dionysus

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god of wwine

165
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island where ariadne was left

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naxos

166
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the home of ariadne

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athens

167
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where the gods lived

A

mount olympis

168
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location of an elaborate palace

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knossos

169
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an island in greece

A

crete

170
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true or false: Hercules was jealous of his brother Zeus, and made the queen bear a hideous child, half man and half bull

A

false

171
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true or false:Because the son of King Minos was killed, the Athenians had to send 14 young men and woman to crete every year to be eaten by the Minotaur

A

true

172
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true or false:On his way back to Athens, Theseus forgot to change the sails from white to black

A

false

173
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true or false:Arthur Evans was an archaeologist who found evidence of the palace in Knossos

A

true

174
Q

minoan writing

A

linear a

175
Q

covered doors and windows

A

parchment

176
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painting on damp plaster

A

frescoes

177
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island south of greece

A

crete

178
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name given to the palace at knossos

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house of the double axe

179
Q

Continent where Greece is located

A

europe

180
Q

Sea west of Greece

A

ionian

181
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Sea east of Greece

A

aegean

182
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Sea south of Greece

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mediterranian

183
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Island in southern Greece

A

crete

184
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true or false:The first Olympics had only two events, including a foot race.

A

false

185
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true or false:Women and slaves were not permitted to participate or view the Olympics.

A

true

186
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true or false:According to the Greeks, ghosts enjoyed watching Olympic events.

A

true

187
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true or false:The Pancratium had no weight or size restrictions.

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false

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