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