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| What is a hunter-gatherer? |
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| A paleolithic man who found food through hunting and gathering. |
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| When did homo sapiens (humans) leave Africa? |
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| 100 thousand to 400 thousand years ago. |
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| Where did the first humans come from? |
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| What is the only continent that early humans DID NOT migrate to? |
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| Antarctica. They went EVERYWHERE else. |
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| Early humans' survival depended on their ___________________________. |
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| The sharing of ideas, language, concepts, and practices between people. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: human beings were NOMADIC, moving around in search of food, water, and shelter. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans invented the first tools, and simple weapons. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans learned how to make and use fire. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans lived in clans (large extended family groups). |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first developed ORAL language (talking). |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first created CAVE ART. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first developed AGRICULTURE and settled in one place. |
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| What is a technical definition of "agriculture"? |
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| The "domestication of plants" |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first domesticated animals. |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first used advanced tools |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first made pottery |
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| Paleolithic -or- Neolithic: humans first developed WEAVING skills |
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| A person who studies the past by analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. |
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| A scientific test archaeologists use to determine how old something is. |
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| Stonehenge was built during which two eras? |
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| The Neolithic and the Bronze Age |
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| Location of Aleppo and Jericho. |
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| Where did the first civilizations appear during the Neolithic era? |
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| River valleys/the Fertile Crescent |
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| Two reasons people settled in river valleys: |
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1. Rich soil for crops
2. Protection from invasions |
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| Which rivers: Mesopotamia |
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| Nile River (and Nile Delta) |
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| Mediterranean Sea (near Jordan River) |
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| Location of the Phoenicians |
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| Civilization had pharaohs and pyramids |
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| Civilization had gold and archery |
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| Civilization had sea trade, fishing, and purple dye |
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| Another term for the River Valley Civilizations |
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| "Cradles of Civilization" |
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| Area including Mesopotamia, the Nile river valley, and the cost of the Mediterranean sea near Israel. |
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| Type of leadership started in the river valleys where a father passes his power onto his son. |
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| A series of related kings, pharaohs, etc. |
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| The early river valley civilizations all had a ______________ class system |
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| A common form of labor in the ancient river valleys |
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| The world's first states/governments developed here: |
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| Governments in the river valleys were based on _________________ and political authority |
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| Two early law codes from the river valley period: |
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| (1) The Ten Commandments [Hebrews]; (2) The Code of Hammurabi [Sumer/Mesopotamia] |
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| New tools developed in the river valleys were made out of these two metals: |
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| A system of watering plants |
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| A tool that made farming much easier during the river valley period. |
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| Was slavery common in the ancient world? |
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| Most of the religions in the River Valleys were ________________. |
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| The Hebrews had a religion which was _____________________. |
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| The monotheism of Abraham formed the basis of these three religions: |
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| Judaism, Islam, and Christianity |
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| Led the Jews out of Egypt (according to Jewish tradition): |
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| The Holy city of the Jews (according to Jewish belief): |
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| The Holy and sacred writings of the Jews/Hebrews. |
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| The most basic laws of the Jews/Hebrews |
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| The time when all of the Jews were living outside of Jerusalem. |
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| The term given to the Jewish people as they were living away from Jerusalem. |
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| A form of picture-writing where the pictures represent exactly what they look like. |
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| A form of picture writing where the pictures make "letter" sounds (comes from Egypt) |
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| A form of writing made of sticks and triangles pressed into a clay tablet (comes from Mesopotamia) |
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| A form of writing which we still use today (comes from the Phoenicians) |
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