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Define:
1. culture ~ distinguishing features of a community (language, religious beliefs, values)
2. nomad
3. artisan
4. history
5. domesticate
6. irrigation
7. monotheism
8. polytheism
9. empire
10. famine
11. nationalism
12. colony
13. imperialism
14. myth
15. inflation
16. cuneiform
17. peninsula
18. alphabet
19. census
20. schism
21. dictator
22. dynasty
23. clergy
24. pre
25. acropolis
26. agora
27. manor
Social Studies Final ~ Review for Exam
Key Concepts
1. People in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
2. For the first time, in the New Stone Age people began to _ _ _ _ .
3. During what period did people develop the ability to use fire? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. During the New Stone Age farming settlements needed a dependable source of what in order
to develop into cities? _ _ _ _ _
5. In the Ancient World who would have most likely spread new ideas and tools from one
civilization to another? a _ _ _ _ _ _
6. What did scientists study to learn more about the Iceman (prehistory)?
7. What was the major difference between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age?
8. How did farming change the way people lived?
9. Ancient Civilizations all developed near a source of _ _ _ _ _.
10. To have a rapid growth population you must first have a surplus of _ _ _ _ .
11. Due to a surplus of food people were able to become _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the first time.
12. Cities in Sumer remained politically independent and developed into separate
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
13. This is significant because it was the first time laws were written down.
____ __ _________
14. This alphabet made it easier for people to read and to write. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
15. What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among ancient people?
16. Why did the Phoenicians become a wealthy nation?
17. Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?
18. Each Mesopotamian city-state had its own _ _ _ or _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
19. Where did the first writing develop? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
20. The Nile River created rich _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the ancient Egyptians.
21.
They ruled with absolute power over all Egyptians. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
22.
In ancient Egypt what explained all natural events that occurred? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
23.
To demonstrate their belief in the after life, ancient Egyptians preserved what?
24.
In ancient Egypt most people belonged to this social class. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
25.
Ancient astronomers used _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to predict flooding of the Nile River.
26.
The lives of Egyptian peasants were greatly influenced by what season?
________
27.
This was invented to keep track of the kingdom’s wealth in ancient Egypt.
___________
28. This Athenian leader introduced laws to help the city become a leading democracy.
_____
29. The goal of Greek art was to present images of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
30. During the Golden Age of Greece, Athenian’s made great achievements in the
____.
31. In ancient Athens one-third of all people were _ _ _ _ _ _.
32. Unlike Athens this ancient civilizations government concentrated all of its resources on
creating brave and skillful warriors. _ _ _ _ _ _
33. The geography of ancient Greece made it hard for its communities to _ _ _ _ _ .
34. In Greek Mythology there were _ _ great gods led by _ _ _ _.
35. After this war, Athens was never again a leader in the Greek world.
36. Under the leader ship of this great leader, Greece expanded its empire.
37. Unlike the Greeks that were interested in ideas, the Romans were interested in using
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
38. Roman law was based on the idea of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
39. Why did the Roman emperors give free grain to the poor?
40. Name two reasons for Rome’s serious economic problems.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
41. This ancient civilizations geographic setting was important because it was central to Italy and
the known western world. _ _ _ _
42. If two Roman consuls disagreed on how to handle an emergency, Roman law provided for an
appointment of a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
43. As long as the conquered people lived _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they were left alone by the Roman
government.
44. What ancient civilization’s laws developed the ideas and justice that we use today?
_____
45. Hippocrates, who practiced medicine in ancient Greece around 400 B.C., is
considered the father of modern _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
46. This allowed goods to be transported into Rome. _ _ _ _ _
_____
47. In ancient Rome most people lived in _ _ _ _ housing.
48. Under Constantine’s rule the Roman Empire did not persecute _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
49. The center of trade for Constantinople transported goods on what two bodies of water?
50. The Lord’s main duty over the people who pledge loyalty to him is to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ them.
51. Most peasants needed a Lord’s permission to leave the _ _ _ _ _.
52. One reason that the Church was so powerful during the Middle Ages was that it made _ _ _ _
and set up _ _ _ _ _ _.
53. Once a peasant escapes from a city for a year and a day they became _ _ _ _.
54. Why is the Holy Land important?
55. The first Christians to fight the Muslims for the Holy Land was led by _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _.
56. What was one problem Medieval cities faced?
57. One thing that helped trade grow during the Middle Ages was the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
58. The Hundred Years’ War was fought between _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .