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Unit 1 - - TEST (Human Origins And Fertile Crescent) Flashcards

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What is the study of interactions between people and their environment?

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Geography

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What term refers to weather patterns over an extended period of time?

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Climate

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What is the term for the first upright beings to develop about 3 million years ago?

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Hominids

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What is the term for people who travel in search of food and resources?

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Nomads

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5
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What is the term for “land between the rivers” in Greek?

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Mesopotamia

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What is the term for systems that use canals and dams to bring water from rivers to the fields?

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Irrigation

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What is the term for the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols?

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Cuneiform

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What is the term for those that lived at the bottom of Mesopotamian society?

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Slaves

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What is the term for the belief in ONLY ONE God?

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Monotheism

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10
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What are the three major rivers within the Fertile Crescent?

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Tigris - Euphrates - Jordan

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What are the name of two city-states that developed in Sumer?

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Ur, Uruk, Babylon, Kish, Eridu, Nippur, Umma

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12
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Where were the first evidence of human activity found?

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Great Rift Valley

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13
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What does the term “prehistoric” mean?

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The period before the development of writing

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14
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What was the oust common subject of cave paintings during the Ice Age?

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Animals

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What development defined the Neolithic Revolution?

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Agriculture

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Which of the following was the largest settlement during the Neolithic Revolution?

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Catalhuyuk

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What did the Sumerian kings build to honor their gods?

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Ziggurats

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18
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What innovation was developed in Sumer?

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Wheel

19
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What kind of language did the Akkadians spread all across their empire?

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Semitic

20
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What scientific field was pioneered by the Chaldeans in Babylon?

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Astronomy

21
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What did the Assyrians use to increase their power and territory?

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Iron weapons, fear, battering rams

22
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Which city served as the final Assyrian capital and home to a great library?

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Nineveh

23
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Who is considered to be the founding father of the Hebrews?

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Abraham

24
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Where did the Hebrews establish the Kingdom of Israel?

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Canaan

25
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What king built the first Emile in Jerusalem to honor Yahweh?

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Solomon

26
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What civilization was the first to develop an alphabet?

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Phoenicia

27
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Do most people live near oceans, rivers and lakes?

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YES

28
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Is a primary source a firsthand account?

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YES

29
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Does A.D. Stand for “after death”?

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NO

30
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Is a millennium a set of 100 years?

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NO

31
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Was a hierarchy first developed during the Stone Age?

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YES

32
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Did the first humans reach North America by sailing across the Pacific Ocean?

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NO

33
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Is disease a risk associated with agriculture?

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YES

34
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Did priest control the irrigation system in each Sumerian city-state?

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NO

35
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Is bronze stronger than copper?

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YES

36
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Was King David the first king to unite the Hebrews against the Philistines?

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NO

37
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Why is Nebuchadnezzar considered to be the greatest Chaldean King?

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He transformed Babylon into a great city and expanded the Neo-Babylonian empire.

38
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Why did Cro-Magnons outlast Neanderthals?

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Cro-Magnons hand longer lives and better language skills

39
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What were the causes and effects of the Jewish Diaspora?

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The dispersal of Hebrews from Canaan caused Assyrian deportations and Babylonian exile

Hebrews wrote the Hebrew Bible in order to preserve their religion

40
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Which two Phoenician city-states were the largest?

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Tyre and Byblos

41
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Which two Phoenician trade goods became the most popular around the Mediterranean?

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Purple dye

Lumber from cedar trees

42
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Discuss the Neolithic Revolution - - Describe the developments during this period as well as the new rewards and risks that people faced. - - Explain why this period was significant in human history?

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Transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture - - nomads established mor permanent settlements - risks of crop failure and disease - agriculture developed because of population growth - - surplus allowed for societies to become more complex (trading, selling)

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Discuss the Law Code of Hammurabi - how and why was it created - what were its most important aspects - what does it tell us about the Babylonians - explain why this law code is significant?

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Growing Babylonian economy required an organized legal system for crimes and commercial disputes - - Hammurabi ordered laws and punishments to be recorded - three classes of citizens were establish (free people, commoners, and slaves) - - eye for an yes punishments for equals - - influence can be seen in Hebrew laws.

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What is the study of society’s interaction with the past?

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History

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