social studies review Flashcards
What did humans develop to meet their needs and wants?
Technology
What is anthropology ?
The study of how human beings behave where they came from and how one group of people differs from another
Where do scientists believe that humans originated?
Africa
What is considered a modern human?
Complex language
What name is given to one of the theories scientists have about early migration?
Out of Africa
What made homosapiens more advanced than Neanderthals?
The Homo sapiens had complex language, made art and music, and had complex burial practices
What is a person that moves from place to place with out a permanent home?
Nomad
What are beliefs customs practices and behavior of a particular nation or group of people?
Culture
What are preserved remains of ancient human animal or plant
Fossil
An object made by a human being.
Artifact
What are the first five books of the Hebrew bible?
The Torah
What is the name of sacred writings?
Scriptures
What is the name of the collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew bible and Jewish law?
Talmud
Jews gather in a ___________________ to pray and discuss scriptures.
Synagouage
The land of Israel came to be known as the _________________ community of Jews liVing outside their ancient homeland.
Promised land
Jews observe the ______________ from Sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday
Sabbath
Jewish ______________ , religious teachers recorded oral laws that they believe came from the teachings of Moses
Rabbis
Ezekiel was a _______________ believed to be chosen by god to bring a message of truth to the people.
Prophet
The escape of the Israelites from Egypt is called _______________
Exodus
Judaism was the worlds first religion based on _________________________
One god
What two religions has Judaism influenced?
Christianity and Islam
Mesopotamia means _____________________
Land between rivers
The __________________ empire became the largest empire the world has ever seen
Persian
Nebuchadnezzar most famous project was the _________________
The hanging gardens of Babylon
_______________ allowed the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem
Cyrus
_______________ created the worlds first empire
King Sargon
What did judiaism influence?
Islam and Christianity
Who did god make a covenant with?
Abraham
Who are the patriarchs of the Jewish people?
Abraham, issac,jacob
What food did the Israelites eat on exodus?
Manna
How did the Israelites carry the 10 commandments?
The ark of the covenant
Why didn’t Moses enter the promised land?
He died
Name the three sections of the Hebrew bible?
The scriptures, the writings, and the Torah
What is sabbath?when does it take place?
Weekly day of rest starts sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday
What was papyrus used for?
To write medical books calendars poems prayers
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
Tombs of early rulers were underground chambers of rooms the burial chamber contained items the ruler might want. In the after life
Another word for king of Egypt
Pharaoh
A ruling family
Dynasty
A body preserved by a special process
Mummy
What is the words longest river
The Nile river
Which Egyptian leader ruled as a man but was not
Hatshepsut
Who is the god of the dead?
Osiris
Who is the mother goddess of Egypt ?
Isis
Which god was believed to be part of the pharaoh
Horus
Which god is the most Important to Egyptians?
Amon re
What guards the tombs of Khufu and his family?
The sphinx
Who killed Osiris
Seth
