Unit 1: Early Man to Judaism

Question 1

A scientist that studies ancient remains to learn about the past

Answer 1

Archaeologist

Question 2

Any object made by humans, especially those from an earlier time, such as those excavated by archaeologists

Answer 2

Artifact

Question 3

Family of anthropologists who made historical discoveries of ancient man in Africa; Mary, Louis, Richard, and Maeve

Answer 3

The Leakeys

Question 4

3.2 million year old hominid discovered in Ethiopia

Answer 4

Lucy

Question 5

Member of a biological group that walked upright

Answer 5

Hominid

Question 6

A person who wanders from place to place

Answer 6

Nomad

Question 7

A period when humans first started to learn to plant crops and domesticate animals for their food, instead of hunting and gathering

Answer 7

Neolithic Revolution

Question 8

The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food

Answer 8

Domestication

Question 9

(750,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE) Old Stone Age. A period of time in human history characterized by the use of stone tools and the use of hunting and gathering

Answer 9

Paleolithic Age

Question 10

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets

Answer 10

Cuneiform

Question 11

A rectangular tiered temple made of mudbricks constructed by the ancient Sumerians associated with religious purposes

Answer 11

Ziggurat

Question 12

A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semi-circle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates

Answer 12

Fertile Cresent

Question 13

Greek for “land between two rivers” fertile farming valley in Central Asia that owes its fertile character to Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Answer 13

Mesopotamia

Question 14

Farming in which only enough food to feed one’s family is produced

Answer 14

Subsistence farming

Question 15

A worker in a skilled trade or craft; especially one that involves making things by hand

Answer 15

Artisan

Question 16

Situation in which behavior is characterized by and based on long-standing customs, habits, and rituals

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Traditional society

Question 17

The world’s first civilization, founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years

Answer 17

Sumer

Question 18

A collection of 282 Babylonian laws inscribed in stone that are one of the earliest and more complete written legal codes from approx. 1750 BCE

Answer 18

Hammurabi’s Code

Question 19

Belief in many Gods

Answer 19

Polytheism

Question 20

A person who writes things down

Answer 20

Scribe

Question 21

Father of the Hebrews and founder of Judaism; According to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God’s command

Answer 21

Abraham

Question 22

A set of laws for Christians and Jews, responsible for moral behavior; according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai

Answer 22

Ten Commandments

Question 23

Early group of people who lived in lands between Mesopotamia and Egypt. They claim to be descendants of Abraham and Isaac and developed Judaism

Answer 23

Hebrews

Question 24

Group of people in 1000 BCE in the western side of the Fertile Crescent known for manufacturing and trade, developed an expensive purple dye; developed an alphabet that ours is based on

Answer 24

Phoenicians

Question 25

A promise that God made with Abraham in which God would offer protection and land to Abraham And his descendants, but they must follow the path of God

Answer 25

Covenant

Question 26

The belief in one God

Answer 26

Monotheism

Question 27

A Hebrew word meaning “law,” referring to the first five books of the Old Testament

Answer 27

Torah

Question 28

A Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and at Mt. Sinai delivered the Ten Commandments

Answer 28

Moses

Question 29

Prepared according to Jewish dietary law

Answer 29

Kosher

Question 30

A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews

Answer 30

Jerusalem