Paleolithic to Neolithic
Vocabulary
Empires of Mesopotamia
Sumer
Miscellaneous
100
"Paleolithic translates to _____________"
What is Old Stone Age
100
_____________ means to tame or calm
What is domesticate
100
The four empires of Mesopotamia
What is Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
100
The second invention after the irrigation system in Sumer was the ____________
What is the plow
100
The earliest form of art
What is cave art
200
"Neolithic" translates to ________________
What is New Stone Age
200
_____________________means to grow
What is cultivate
200
_____________was both a strong king and skilled general
Who is Sargon
200
Sumerians believed their kings to be chosen by ____________
What is gods
200
interpretations and evaluations of primary sources.
What is secondary sources
300
"Mesolithic" translates to ______________
What is Middle Stone Age
300
Natural earth walls are called ______________
What is a levee
300
This society was unusually fair for its time
What is Babylonian society
300
Sumer was located in what was once known as ________________, which means the land between two rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
300
Before the Ardipithecus Ramidus was discovered, the earliest known ancestor was known as ______
Who is Lucy, or Australopithecus Afarensis
400
The stone ages lasted from roughly 2 million years ago to roughly ____________________.
What is 3000 BCE
400
an ancient Mesopotamian temple
What is a ziggurat
400
The aqueduct was created under this empire
What is the Assyrian
400
The reason for neighboring attacks in Sumer had to do with ___________________
What is water supply
500
_____________ marked the end of the stone age.
What is farming
500
writing that uses wedge shaped characters
What is cuneiform
500
The famous __________________of Babylon decorated the palace of Nebuchadrezzar.
What is The Hanging Gardens
500
The region where farming is thought to have began was in the __________________
What is Zagros Mountains
500
List six specialists that may be part of an archaeologists team.
What is an archaeologist, botanist, chemist, geologist, linguist, and paleoanthropologist
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