prehistory

Question 1

artifacts

Answer 1

an object made by human beings

Question 2

anthropology

Answer 2

people who study humans from the past and present

Question 3

archaeology

Answer 3

the study of people and cultures

Question 4

artisans

Answer 4

a person with a non farming specialized skill

Question 5

barter system

Answer 5

trading system that doesn’t use money

Question 6

behistun rock

Answer 6

a cliff in ancient Persia that had 3 languages on it and it was used to convert cuneiform.

Question 7

circa

Answer 7

an estimated date

Question 8

city state

Answer 8

an area the size of a city that is governed like a state

Question 9

cultural diffusion

Answer 9

the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one person to another

Question 10

cuneiform

Answer 10

an early form of writing

Question 11

diaspora

Answer 11

the spreading of the jews beyond their historic homelamd

Question 12

domesticate

Answer 12

animals and plants that are used for human use

Question 13

Exodus

Answer 13

the departure of the Israelite’s from Egypt.

Question 14

hierarchy

Answer 14

system of ranking groups

Question 15

Mesopotamia

Answer 15

the land between 2 rivers. Tigris and Euphrates

Question 16

monotheism

Answer 16

only 1 God

Question 17

nomads

Answer 17

people who moved place to place following the food source

Question 18

Patriarchal

Answer 18

when men holds the greatest legal and moral authority

Question 19

Pentateuch

Answer 19

the first 5 books written by Moses

Question 20

pictographs

Answer 20

simple drawings that look like the object it represents

Question 21

polytheism

Answer 21

more than 1 god

Question 22

prehistory

Answer 22

the time before records

Question 23

scribes

Answer 23

temple schools that kept records for priest, rulers,and merchants

Question 24

Torah

Answer 24

tells the history of the Israelits and their continuing relationship with god