Social Studies
What country is was Mesoamerica in?
Mexico
What present day country was Mesopotamia in
Iraq
What is a Ziggurat
religious temple
What was the Quartering Act
Stated that colonists had to let British soldiers live with them
What is the most widely accepted theory of how the universe began
Big Bang Theory
What is a civilization
A culture that has developed complex systems of government, education, and religion
Mesopotamia was between what 2 rivers
Tigris, Euphrates
What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia
Sumer
Boston Massacre
sun
What is a surplus
extra amounts of something
What was cuneiform
first form of writing invented by Sumerians
What was the American Revolution
America's war for independence
What was written on July 9, 1776
Declaration of Independence
What is the closest planet to the sun
Mercury
Name the 3 mound building civilizations
Hopewell, Adena, Mississippian
What are scribes
People trained to write
What were the Navigation Acts
Extra Tax on goods from Great Britain
What was the Tea Act
Extra tax on Tea
What is the Big Bang Theory
an explosion that produced our universe
Name the 8 types of government
Absolute Monarchy, Limited Monarchy, Representative Democracy, Direct Democracy, Dictatorship, Oligarchy, Totalitarianism, Theorcracy
What is polytheism
The belief in more than 1 God
What was the Proclamation of 1763
Stated that colonists could not settle beyond Appalachian mountains
Who were the Patricians
Wealthy land owners, ruling class
True or False
The sun is dying
True