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With the discovery of farming,
hunter-gatherers lives changed in
that they could live in
In permanent dwellings
What is slash and burn farming?
Clearing land for farming
Which accomplishment came first
for early man.
A. inventing the wheel
B. producing bronze tools
C. master over fire
D. irrigation systems
C. Mastery of fire
True/False: Is a stone tool an
artifact?
True
What are the cataracts along the
Nile similar to?
Rapids
The process of mummification is
connected to the Egyptian belief
in…..
An afterlife
What 2 rivers make the Fertile
Crescent suitable for farming?
Tigris and Euphrates
True or False: Hammurabi’s Code
established laws that were
remarkable in their mercy
False: in their application to all
groups
Feudalism began in which
Ancient River Civilization?
China
What made farming along the Nile
better than along other rivers?
Predictable flooding
Which group built extensive
plumbing systems?
Indus
Who created a calendar as
accurate as today’s?
Egypt
Who developed the first system
of writing known as cuneiform?
Sumerians
This civilization believed in
3,000 gods and a horrible
afterlife
Sumerians
They laid out cities in a grid pattern
Indus
They built blast furnaces to
produce iron for casting
Chinese
These people were conquered by
Sargon of Akkad
Sumerians
They believed in a beautiful
afterlife, to be enjoyed by those
whose hearts were not heavy with
sin
Egyptians
They allowed women to own and
trade property, propose marriage
and seek divorce
Egyptians
They had a writing system that
required a person to know 1,000
characters to be considered barely
literate
Chinese
Before the time of Kings, Sumer was
ruled by….
Priests
Define Dynasty
A series of rulers who are all
from the same family
Name of the ancient region that
means “the land between two rivers”
Mesopotamia
During the era of the New Kingdom,
did Egypt rule Nubia or did Nubia
rule Egypt
Egypt ruled Nubia
Confucius believed that social order,
harmony and good government
could be restored if society were
organized around five basic…..
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