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What is agriculture?

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Farming

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What is a scribe?

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A scribe is a writer

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What led to the Neolithic Revolution?

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Agriculture

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What led to agriculture?

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Domestication of plants led to agriculture

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What is the irrigation system?

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The irrigation system is a system of supplying water to an area of land.

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How did Mesopotamians irrigate their land?

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Mesopotamians irrigated their land by digging out large storage basins to carry rainwater

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What is a levee?

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A wall that can be raised or lowered to allow water through or stop wate from flooding a city

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What civilization invented the levee?

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Mesopotamians

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What civilization invented irrigation?

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Mesopotamians

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What are nomads?

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Nomads are people who move from place to place

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What is a pharaoh?

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A pharaoh was a title used for rulers of Ancient Egypt

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What are pyramids?

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Pyramids are colossal structures built of stome, usually with a square base and four sides

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What material did Egyptians write on?

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Papyrus

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How was a papyrus used?

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Papyrus were made by pressing layers of reed together and pounding them

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What was the first civilizations?

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Egypt, China and Mesopotamia

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What does Mesopotamia mean?

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Land between the rivers

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What was the Fertile Crescent?

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A large area of rich, and fertile land.

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Where was the Fertile Crescent

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The Middle East

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What is the belief of one god?

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Monotheism

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What is the belief of many gods?

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Polytheism

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What religions only believe in one god?

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Islam, Christianity, and Judais,

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What religion(s) believe in many gods?

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Hindu

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What is a Ziggurat?

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A pyramid-shaped temple

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What civilization created ziggurats?

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Sumerians

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What are heiroglypics?
A writing system used by andient Egyptians
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What was the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone was a message written in 3 different languages
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What civilization invented the Rosetta Stone?
Egyptians
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Why is the Rosetta Stone important?
It gave historians the key they needed to read Egyptian writing
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What was Sumer?
Sumer was a city in Mesopotamia
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What are the 8 elements of Civilization?
Written language, Technology, Education, Agriculture, Multiple cities, A form of government, Labor, and Religion
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What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
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What is an Archaeologist?
An archaeologist is a person who studies ancient artifacts to learn about ancient cultures
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What is an artifact?
An artifact is any object from the past that was created by humans which can be used to learn about people from before
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What is Domestication?
Domestication is the process of making plants or animals useful to humans
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What is a primary source?
A primary source is a direct source of information or research
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What is a secondary source?
A source about any event, period, or time that was produced after the event
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What are hunter-gatherers?
A hunter-gatherer was a person who lived by hunting, fishing, or harvesting wild food
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What was the Neolithic Era?
Known as the New Stone Age, people learned to polish stone, and to make tools like saw and drills.
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What was Pompeii?
Pompeii was an Ancient Roman city that was completely buried in volcanic ash
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What was Sumerian writing known as?
Cuneiform
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What is the longest river in Egypt?
Nile River
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Why is the Nile River important?
It created rich soil during floods, and increased food production and provided water
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What are the two rivers in China?
Yangtze River and Haung Hae River
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What two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
Euphrates and Tigris River
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What two rivers are in India?
Ganges and Indus River
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What is mummification?
Mummification is the process of embalming and drying a dead body to preserve it
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Who was LUCY?
LUCY was an Australopitheus (southern ape) found in Africa. She was one of the first humans
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What does Geography mean?
Geography is the study of Earth's surface, its people, and land.
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What is a political map?
A political map shows the countries, borders, cities, capitals, etc.
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What is the equator?
The equator is the line of latitude around the middle of the globe, separating the northern and southern hemispheres.
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What was the Prime Meridian?
The prime meridian is the line that runs through Greenwich, England, st 0 degrees latitude
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What are hemispheres?
A hemisphere is half of the globe
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What is longitude?
Imaginary vertical lines that measure east or west of the prime meridian
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What is latitude?
Imaginary horizontal lines that meausre how far north or south of the equator
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What are the 5 religions?
Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Where did Hinduism begin?
India
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Where did Buddhism begin?
India
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Wher did Islam begin?
Mecca, their holy city
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Where did Judaism begin?
Israel
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Where did Christianity begin?
Israel
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What are the laws of Buddhism called?
The Eightfold Path
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What are the laws of Judaism called?
The Torah
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What are the laws of Hinduism called?
Hindu Dharma
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What are the laws of Islam called?
Kuran
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What are the laws of Christianity called?
Ten Commandments
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Who was Siddhartha Guatama?
Siddhartha Guatama was the creator of Buddhism
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Who was Mahatma Ghandi?
Mahatma Ghandi used non violent methods to change the world and believed in simple ways of living
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What rivers are on the north of the other?
Tigris, Indus, and Haung Hae
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What rivers are the south of the other?
Euphrates, Ganges, and Yangtze

6th Grade Social Studies (3 decks)

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