Stone Age
How was life different in the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age?
Hunting versus Farming
Nomads versus Permanent Homes
Where (along what physical feature) did the people of the city-states in Mesopotamia make their civilization? Why?
Along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. The rivers provided resources for farming.
True or False and explain: The Nile River flooded every day of the year, and this is what helped the Egyptians farm.
FALSE. The Nile river only flooded for a FEW months of the year--during the other seasons, farmers had to plant crops and harvest them.
Where was the Jewish Promised land? Which ancient Israelite leader was promised this land?
Canaan/Israel.
Abraham was promised this land.
What is the difference between how archaeologists and historians study history?
Archaeologists study artifacts (objects). Historians record history.
What are the 5 changes that happened to life for humans in the New Stone Age? Put them in ORDER.
1) Learned how to FARM.
2) Made PERMANENT HOMES.
3) Settled in COMMUNITIES.
4) People took different JOBS.
5) Communities began to TRADE.
What is social structure? Describe an artifact that would show archaeologists that a civilization had social structure.
Social Structure--The way people are divided according to social class/jobs/wealth. Ex-Artifacts that show slaves/servants can show social structure.
Peasants--they were at the bottom of the social pyramid.
What is 1 reason why someone would argue the Hebrew Bible is a reliable historical source?
What is 1 reason why someone would argue it is NOT a reliable source?
Reliable--oldest book from ancient times; some artifacts have been found to prove the stories in the Bible.
Unreliable--many different authors wrote it, many of whom are unknown; the stories were written hundreds of years after they happened; artifacts haven't been found to prove all of the stories.
How many years passed between 1500 BCE and 500 CE?
2000 years
What is the Out of Africa Theory?
The theory that scientists believe which describes how the first modern humans lived in Africa and then slowly migrated to the rest of the continents of the world over thousands of years.
What are two reasons why Hammurabi wrote his Code of Laws?
1) Protect the weak in his kingdom.
2) Unite his kingdom under common laws.
What happened to the organs of a person if they were mummified? Which organ was different than all of the rest? Why?
The organs were removed EXCEPT for the heart. The heart was placed back in the body to be "weighed" in a judgement ceremony in the afterlife.
Which group of people exiled the Jews from their promised land for hundreds of years, causing them to experience a diaspora?
The Romans.
What are some of the things that historians (and students of history) need to do to determine if a historical source is reliable?
1) Look at the author of the document-determine their bias and if they are reliable.
2) Look at the date of the document-decide if it was written as a firsthand witness or at a later date with new artifacts that were found.
3) Look at the evidence in the passage. Is there any?