Western Civ

Question 1

A prehistoric period that lasted from about 2,500,000 to 8000 B.C., during which people made use of crude stone tools and weapons - also called the Old Stone Age.

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Paleolithic Age

Question 2

A prehistoric period that began about 8000 B.C. and in some areas ended as early as 3000 B.C., during which people learned to polish stone tools, make pottery, grow crops, and raise animals - also called the New Stone Age.

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Neolithic Age

Question 3

The way in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.

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Technology

Question 4

The biological species to which modern human beings belong.

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Homo Sapiens

Question 5

A farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil

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Slash - and - Burn Farming

Question 6

A form of a culture characterized by cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and advanced technology.

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Civilization

Question 7

The development of skills in a particular kind of work, such as trading or record keeping.

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Specialization

Question 8

A long-lasting pattern of organization in a community.

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Institution

Question 9

A tiered, pyramid-shaped structure that formed part of a Sumerian temple.

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Ziggurat

Question 10

A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon, or piece of jewelry.

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Artifact

Question 11

A people’s unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas

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Culture

Question 12

A member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright.

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Hominid

Question 13

A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water

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Nomad

Question 14

A member of a nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.

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Hunter-Gatherer

Question 15

The major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming - that is, by people’s shift from food gathering to food producing.

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Neolithic Revolution

Question 16

The taming of animals for human use.

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Domestication

Question 17

A skilled worker, such as a weaver or a potter, who makes goods by hand

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Artisan

Question 18

One of the professional record keepers in the early civilizations.

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Scribe

Question 19

A system of writing with wedge-shaped symbols, invented by the Sumerians.

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Cuneiform

Question 20

A period in human history, beginning around 3000 B.C. in some areas, during which people began using bronze, rather than copper or stone, to fashion tools and weapons.

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Bronze Age

Question 21

A form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money.

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Barter

Question 22

It’s curved shape contains the rich lands for farming.

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Fertile Crescent

Question 23

It is a plain between the Euphrates and Tigris River. When flood waters receded, they produce mud called silt for farming. Rain and floods were unpredictable, there were no natural barriers, and little natural resources.

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Mesopotamia

Question 24

Sumerians made irrigation ditches, walls, and traded for resources. They were the first civilization and had city-states.Priests controlled the government while the toughest fighter was the commander. Slowly, commanders had complete control. Rulers passed the power to heirs. Their trades caused cultural diffusion

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Sumer

Question 25

It is a city and the surrounding land.

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City-State

Question 26

It is a series of rulers from a single family.

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Dynasty

Question 27

It is where ideas or products spread from one culture to another.

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Cultural Diffusion

Question 28

They were polytheistic and kept gods happy. Enlil was god of storm and air and most powerful. Demons protected from evil demons. They used ziggurats. They had social classes divided by money and gender. They used cuneiform, made arches, columns, ramps, arithmetic, geometry, time, and the base 60.

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Sumerian Culture

Question 29

It is the belief in more than one god.

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Polytheism

Question 30

It brings different peoples together under one ruler.

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Empire

Question 31

King Hammurabi of the Babylonian Empire made a set of laws and were placed all over the empire

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Hammurabi’s Code

Question 32

Egypt settlements started here. It had a regular yearly pattern and flooded every July. It was so great, it was worshiped as a god. High or low floods could be disastrous. The deserts were natural barriers.

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Nile River

Question 33

It was where the Nile River started and started to fan out in many direction. It consisted of Lower Egypt due to the low elevation and the rest of the river all the way to the First Cataract was Upper Egypt.

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Delta

Question 34

Evidence shows that Narmer was the King that unified Upper and Lower Egypt by the Narmer Palette.

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Narmer

Question 35

They were kings that were considered gods.

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Pharaoh

Question 36

It is a government based on religious authority.

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Theocracy

Question 37

It was the resting place of the king after death.

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Pyramid

Question 38

It embalmed and dried the corpse to prevent decaying. It ensured the could could return to the body.

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Mummification

Question 39

It was the collection of spells, prayers, and hymns to guide souls in the afterlife.

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Book of the Dead

Question 40

It was the writing system used and was more flexible. It could be used like an alphabet or an idea.

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Hieroglyphics

Question 41

It was the reeds used to write on. They were grown in the marshy delta and were placed crosswise and glued.

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Papyrus

Question 42

It was the civilization that lived in the Indus Valley. Harappa is a very important archaeological site. They had sophisticated city planning and a citadel, the major buildings, and plumbing. They unexpectedly ended.

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Harappan Civilization

Question 43

The language is impossible to decipher. There were little weapons and had lots of animals on items. It might have been a theocracy. Trade was successful.

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Harappan Culture