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What is the term for times of
extreme cold when great
sheets of ice covered parts of
the earth?
Ice Age
What is the term for people
who study artifacts and fossils
to help them understand the
past?
Archaeologists
What is the term for people
who study and write about
the human past?
Historian
What is the term used to describe
the taming an animal or plant for
use by humans?
Domestication
What term is used to describe the
skilled workers who made metal
products, cloth, or pottery?
artisans
Who wrote a legal code that
covered most areas of daily life
in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
What is the name of the tribe
who settled in Alaska?
Inuit
What explorer landed in the
Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What did the Mayans do with
their captives from war?
Sacrificed them to the
gods
What is Adobe?
sun dried brick
What happened to the Maya?
They mysteriously disappeared
According to scientists, how did
people cross from Asia to
America?
They used a land bridge formed
from ice in the Berring Strait
Where was the Mayan
Civilization located?
In a dense tropical rain forest
What term describes a line of
rulers that passes from father to
son?
dynasty
What is the name for the
collection of spells and prayers
studied to help obtain the
afterlife?
The Book of the Dead
What is the term for an
embalmed body wrapped in
cloth strips?
Mummy
What is the name for a Jewish
religious building where they
meet on the Sabbath to pray and
discuss their religion?
synagogue
What is the term for food
prepared according to Jewish
dietary laws?
kosher
What is the term for a person
who claims to be instructed by
God to share God’s word?
prophet
Who led the Israelites out of
Egypt and into the Sinai Desert?
Moses
What is the term for Jewish
religious leaders?
rabbi
Who was the father of the
Israelites?
Abraham
What biblical person was the
father of 12 sons whose
descendants became the 12 tribes
of Israel?
Jacob
What is the faith of the Israelites?
Judaism
What terms describe the Nile
River?
Gentle and dependable
What Egyptian invention was
used to prevent the pharaoh’s
body from decomposing?
embalming
What is the term for people who
study the physical characteristics
and cultures of humans and their
ancestors?
anthropologists
What was the rectangular, tiered
temple or terraced mound
erected by the ancient Assyrians
and Babylonians in the center of
their cities?
ziggurat
What is the name for the
Sumerian writing system made
up of wedge shaped markings?
cuneiform
What is the name for an
independent state made up of a
city and the surrounding land
and villages?
city-state
What is a long poem that tells
about legendary or heroic
deeds?
epic
What is the term used to describe
a period of forced absence from
one’s country or homeland?
exile
What is the name for a Spanish
conqueror or soldier in the
Americas?
conquistador
What area is considered the “cradle of
civilization”?
The Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
Who was Hernan Cortes?
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
What is the term for the agreement
that God made with Abraham?
Covenant
What is the name of the Jewish
religious text?
Torah
What term is used to describe the
creation of many different types of
jobs?
specialization
What is the name for a weapon, tool,
or other item made by humans?
artifact
Who were the mound builders?
An Indian tribal group who built huge mounds of
earth in the shape of animals.
What is the term for a complex society
with government, art, religion, social
classes, and writing?
civilization
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
What is a proverb?
A wise saying
What is the name of the earliest
period of human history?
The Stone Age
What is the term for belief in one
God?
monotheism
What is irrigation?
Bringing water to a field from another place
What two diseases did the Spanish
bring into the Americas from Europe?
Smallpox and measles