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What did humans develop to meet their needs and wants?

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Technology

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What is anthropology ?

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The study of how human beings behave where they came from and how one group of people differs from another

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Where do scientists believe that humans originated?

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Africa

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What is considered a modern human?

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Complex language

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What name is given to one of the theories scientists have about early migration?

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Out of Africa

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What made homosapiens more advanced than Neanderthals?

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The Homo sapiens had complex language, made art and music, and had complex burial practices

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What is a person that moves from place to place with out a permanent home?

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Nomad

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What are beliefs customs practices and behavior of a particular nation or group of people?

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Culture

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What are preserved remains of ancient human animal or plant

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Fossil

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An object made by a human being.

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Artifact

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What are the first five books of the Hebrew bible?

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The Torah

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What is the name of sacred writings?

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Scriptures

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What is the name of the collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew bible and Jewish law?

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Talmud

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Jews gather in a ___________________ to pray and discuss scriptures.

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Synagouage

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The land of Israel came to be known as the _________________ community of Jews liVing outside their ancient homeland.

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Promised land

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Jews observe the ______________ from Sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday

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Sabbath

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Jewish ______________ , religious teachers recorded oral laws that they believe came from the teachings of Moses

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Rabbis

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Ezekiel was a _______________ believed to be chosen by god to bring a message of truth to the people.

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Prophet

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The escape of the Israelites from Egypt is called _______________

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Exodus

19
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Judaism was the worlds first religion based on _________________________

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One god

20
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What two religions has Judaism influenced?

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Christianity and Islam

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Mesopotamia means _____________________

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Land between rivers

22
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The __________________ empire became the largest empire the world has ever seen

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Persian

23
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Nebuchadnezzar most famous project was the _________________

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The hanging gardens of Babylon

24
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_______________ allowed the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem

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Cyrus

25
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_______________ created the worlds first empire

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King Sargon

26
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What did judiaism influence?

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Islam and Christianity

27
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Who did god make a covenant with?

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Abraham

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Who are the patriarchs of the Jewish people?

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Abraham, issac,jacob

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What food did the Israelites eat on exodus?

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Manna

30
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How did the Israelites carry the 10 commandments?

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The ark of the covenant

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Why didn’t Moses enter the promised land?

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He died

32
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Name the three sections of the Hebrew bible?

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The scriptures, the writings, and the Torah

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What is sabbath?when does it take place?

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Weekly day of rest starts sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday

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What was papyrus used for?

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To write medical books calendars poems prayers

35
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What was the purpose of the pyramids?

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Tombs of early rulers were underground chambers of rooms the burial chamber contained items the ruler might want. In the after life

36
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Another word for king of Egypt

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Pharaoh

37
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A ruling family

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Dynasty

38
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A body preserved by a special process

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Mummy

39
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What is the words longest river

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The Nile river

40
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Which Egyptian leader ruled as a man but was not

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Hatshepsut

41
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Who is the god of the dead?

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Osiris

42
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Who is the mother goddess of Egypt ?

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Isis

43
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Which god was believed to be part of the pharaoh

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Horus

44
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Which god is the most Important to Egyptians?

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Amon re

45
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What guards the tombs of Khufu and his family?

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The sphinx

46
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Who killed Osiris

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Seth

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