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| people who study heavenly bodies |
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| One of the oldest know cities, in present-day Turkey |
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| grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant square wedding cake. |
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| frist large army to use iron weapons |
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| traces of plants or animals preserved in rock |
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| site of one of the world's first libraries |
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| people who regularly move from place to place |
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| record keepers who often went on to become government officals |
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| hero of an epic who travels around the world performing great deeds |
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| Mesopotamia's climate was |
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| Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called |
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| Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? |
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| Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth were the |
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| A group of traveling merchants is called a |
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| A mixture of copper and tin is called |
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| People who study and write about the human past are called |
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| The sumerian writing system was called |
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| ____________helped ideas spread around the world. |
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| Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called |
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| Name 3 inventions of Sumerian people |
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| Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquared all of Mesopotamia |
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| These people buildt a great army to protect their lands from invasion |
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| In the Neolithic age, men |
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| hearded, farmed, and protected the village. |
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| What kind of food did people eat druing the Paleolithic Age? |
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| nuts, berries, and grains |
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| Which advancement was made during the Neolithic Age? |
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| The punishment for allowing one's dam to flood everyone's fields is |
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| to pay for the ruined crops |
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| What condition does this law of Hammurabi, cover? |
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| Who gets the money from the penalty |
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| the owners of the ruined corn |
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| Why do historians consider the farming revolution to be the most iportant event in human history? |
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| Farming made it possible for people to produce all the food they needed plus more. The people were healthier because they had all they needed and were more secure because they could stay in one place. Ideas were paced as people traded their extra food to other areas. |
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| A civilization has to have 6 major things. First they must have cities where people live and are protected. Second they must have organized governments so the cities can be well run. They also must have some form of religion. Religion holds people together by holding a common belief. There must be some form of art going on by which they are known by. People are divided into class systems, they also must have some kind of writing system. |
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| Explain the major differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages |
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| Paleolithic people painted cave walls, They usually painted animals. Neolithic people made pottery and carved objects out of wood. They also built shelters and tombs. Paleolthic people hunted animals and gathered nuts, berries and grains. Neolthic people built mud brick houses and places of worship. The specialized in certain jobs and use copper and bronze to create useful tools. |
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| Why do some historians consider the farming revolution to be the most important event in human history? |
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| Greater security because they had a steady food supply, which met a bigger population because people were healthier. Extra food was traded to others so ideas could spread from one place to another. |
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| Civilizations have cities where people all live in one place. They also have to have an organized government to have rules. They also have some kind of a religion or belief which holds them together. |
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| Explain the major differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages. |
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| The Paleolithic people had men hunting and women gathering food and caring for children. Neolthic people the women cared for the children and took care of the home. The men herded, farmed, and protected the village. |
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