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The change from nomadic life to farming began in the ______ age. |
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Historians call the earliest period of human history the Old Stone Age, or _______ age. |
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________ went place to place in search of food |
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___________ have learned about human past through study of artifacts. |
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The earliest people lived in East ________. |
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Latitude is measured north and south from the _________. |
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Longitude is measured east and west from the ____________. |
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Latitude line ____________. |
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The north and south pole represent ______ degrees latitude. |
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Longitude is measured from 0 degrees to ______ degrees east or west. |
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Where one place is located in relation to another |
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Relative location is a term used to indicate |
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They did to find artifacts |
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How do archaeologists find out about early peoples |
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Which of the following was characteristic of the Old Stone Age? |
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Location, Place, Region, Environment Changes, and Movement |
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List the five themes of Geography? |
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Job Specialization, Social Classes, Complex Governments, Arts and Architecture, Writing, Religion, Cities, and Public Works |
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Name the 8 Characteristics of a Civilization |
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Tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
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Political unit that includes a city and its surrounding villages |
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The spread of ideas, customs, and technology for one people to another |
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The study of people, their environments, and the resources available to them |
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The earliest period of human history |
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Group of states controlled by one ruler |
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Drawings that represent words |
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The _________ River is located in Africa and helped Egyptians farm and transport. |
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The meaning of hieroglyphics was later interpreted with the help of the ______________. |
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The ______ and _________ flow from modern day Turkey through Iraq and into the Persian Gulf. |
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The area between Tigris and Euphrates is called ___________. |
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_________ led the Hebrews to escape enslavement in Egypt. |
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Why did the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom design and build the pyramids? |
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Which statement best describes the period known as the Middle Kingdom? |
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For centuries, Egypt and Nubia traded with and fought against each other |
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Which statement best describes the relationship between Nubia and Egypt? |
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What social class were the majority of Egyptians? |
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Using the stone, Jean Champollion unlocked the meanings of many hieroglyphic symbols |
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Why was the Rosetta Stone important? |
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Were surrounded by high, wide walls |
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Built largely out of clay and bricks, Sumerian cities |
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It was the first major collection of laws in history |
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What was the significance of the Code of Hammurabi? |
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Despite a reputation for brutality, Assyrian rulers led a well-ordered society |
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Which statement best describes life in Assyrian society? |
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He set up a common set of weights and measures |
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How did the Persian emperor Darius improve trade under his rule? |
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An alphabet using symbol store present sounds |
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What did Phoenician traders develop to help them do business |
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King who first untied Upper and Lower Egypt |
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Expanded Egyptian ruled North through Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria |
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Queen of the New Kingdom who declared herself pharaoh |
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