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Unit 3: Early Civilizations
Unit 3: Early Civilizations
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Who were the Sea People?
Pirates of the Carribean
Atlanteans written about by Aristotle
Ancient gods of Mesopotamia from the Epic of Gilgamesh
Raiders that attacked bronze Age civilizations
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Large empire known for their tolerance toward other religions.
Egyptian Empire
Persian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Hittites
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the worship of or belief in multiple deities
polytheistic
nomad
monotheistic
cultural diffusion
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Empire that controlled lands in Turkey. Used chariots and iron weapons in their armies
Assyrian Empire
Persian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Hittites
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What did writing allow civilizations do that they could not before?
to record the past and pass down knowledge
to form religions
to keep track of stories
to trade
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What did writing enable people to do that they couldn't before?
Record events and stories
The Internet
Text your friends in class
Send messages through time
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a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state
culture
nomad
city-state
civilization
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What was the code of Hammurabi?
the world's first religion
a set of the world's first laws
the world's first cookbook
the 10 commandments
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What was the main cause of the Bronze Age Collapse?
Sea people
Famine
Natural Disaster
Video Games
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relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia
artifact
hierarchy
cuneiform
nomad
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What is the Hero's Journey?
the quest for an A+
That thing Mr Gath talked about
A format for telling stories
nomads
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the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another
cuneiform
civilization
cultural diffusion
culture
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What was the Bronze Age Collapse?
A cool band name
The world's largest bronze robbery in Mesopotamia
A giant Jenga Tower Falling down
Sudden collapse of civilizations across the Mediterranean
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Who was Hammurabi?
the king of Assyria
The king of Persia
a gorilla
the king of Babylonia
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system in which people or groups are ranked one above the other based on to status
culture
city-state
hierarchy
nomad
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civilization that lived along the Nile River, known for monuments and elaborate burials
Egyptian Empire
Israel and Judah
Assyrian Empire
Persian Empire
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A large, brutal empire that used its large military to conquer other cultures very quickly.
Assyrian Empire
Egyptian Empire
Israel and Judah
Persian Empire
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the belief in a single all-powerful god
monotheistic
hierarchy
cuneiform
polytheistic
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pots, dishes, and other articles made of earthenware or baked clay
artifact
cuneiform
pottery
nomad
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the science or practice of farming
domesticate
city-state
nomad
agriculture
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the period of time before written records.
civilization
prehistory
culture
agriculture
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Which one is NOT one of the 7 characteristics of a civilization?
social structure
advances in technology
school system
written language
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the region in the Middle East which curves from the Persian Gulf to southern Egypt
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Tigris
Fertile Euphrates
Ancient Sumer
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What was writing first used for?
to write down laws
to write stories
to record crop yields and trades
to write the first bible
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kingdom known for having one of the world’s oldest religions. They split in over a tax dispute.
Israel and Judah
Persian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Egyptian Empire
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an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
artifact
cuneiform
nomad
pottery
