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Mid Term Ancient 1/12
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History
7th Grade
01/12/2012

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Neanderthals
Definition
first to bury their dead
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Paleolithic
Definition
time period when speech is developing
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prehistory
Definition
time before written language
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Paleolithic
Definition
stone tools are made
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Paleolithic
Definition
ability to make fire is discovered
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Homo Habilis
Definition
first people on earth
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Homo Sapiens
Definition
"man who thinks"
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specialization
Definition
development of occupations
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Iraq
Definition
present day location of Mesopotamia
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c.3500 BC
Definition
Sumerians start world's 1st civilization
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levees
Definition
allowed Sumerians to control their environment
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ziggurat
Definition
Sumerian temple found in the center of a city-state
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city-state
Definition
city and the surrounding farmland
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artisans
shopkeepers
government officials
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middle class of Sumer
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priests
merchants
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upper class of Sumer
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farmers
fishermen
unskilled workers
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lower class of Sumer
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cuneiform
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Sumerian writing made of 100s of wedge-shaped markings
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Hammurabi
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Babylonian during the "Golden Age"; famous for his Code of Law
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Sargon I
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created world's 1st empire
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Gilgamesh
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Epic of __________; oldest known story in the world
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pyramid
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built on west bank of Nile; "Houses of Eternity"
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pharaoh
Definition
Egyptian king viewed as ruler, priest, and god
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Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt
Definition
Ancient Egypt was first split in 2 kingdoms based on geography
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hieroglyphics
Definition
Egyptian writing in which pictures stand for words/sounds
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papyrus
Definition
reed to make paper, boats, sandals, etc...
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Re
Definition
Egyptian sun god
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mummy
Definition
linen wrapped body of an embalmed person
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Middle Kingdom
Definition
Hyksos invasion ended this kingdom
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New Kingdom
Definition
time in Egypt when pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings
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Nile River delta
Definition
where most ancient Egyptians lived
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Old Kingdom
Definition
Age of the Pyramid Builders
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mastabas
Definition
before pyramids, these were the tombs
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Amenhotep IV
Definition
tried to create a monotheistic religion in Egypt
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Hatshepsut
Definition
female pharaoh interested in trade not war during the New Kingdom
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Writing
Education
Definition
early man lacked these 2 Characteristics of Civilization
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Absolute Location
Definition
exact location of something
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Relative location
Definition
approximate location of a place using directions like N,S,E,W
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Place
Definition
answers "What is it like there?"
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Polar Zone
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north of the Arctic Circle; south of the Antarctic Circle
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northern Temperate Zone
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between Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer
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Renewable resources
Definition
resources that can be replaced as they are used; air, water, soil, etc...
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nonrenewable resources
Definition
resources that cannot be replaced; fossil fuels, minerals
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Neolithic Revolution
Definition
change from hunting and gathering to farming and herding
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river valleys
Definition
earliest people made their homes near...
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way people got their food
Definition
biggest difference between Paleolithic and Neolithic
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Narmer (Menes)
Definition
united Upper and Lower Egypt
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Prince Ahmose
Definition
drove the Hyksos out of Egypt; 1st pharaoh of New Kingdom
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Neolithic
Definition
New Stone Age
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Paleolithic
Definition
Old Stone Age
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monotheistic
Definition
believing in only 1 god
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polytheistic
Definition
believing in more than 1 god
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Cold winters
Warm summers
Definition
type of weather found in the Temperate Zone
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Air
Water
Soil
Sunlight
Definition
Resources necessary for life to exist
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