Vocabulary
Early Civilizations
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People
Chance
100
System in which the government dictates cost
What is command economy?
100
Important inventions of the Sumerians [3]
What is wheel, plow, cuneiform?
100
area between Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer
What are the Middle Latitudes?
100
Babylonian; famous for his code of law
Who is Hammurabi?
100
Context Clues-The news story was based on a letter that was a fabrication. Now the reporter who wrote the story is in big trouble. Will anyone believe him again? A fabrication is __________. a. made of cloth b. full of long words c. funny d. fake
What is "d", a fake?
200
the spread of ideas or culture
What is cultural diffusion?
200
Rivers between which you would find Mesopotamia
What are Tigris and Euphrates
200
Area around the Equator, between the Tropics of Capricorn and Cancer.
What are the Low Latitudes?
200
Akkadian; used the first standing army to conquer Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon?
200
type of economy in the United States
What is a market economy?
300
the vocabulary word/occupation that depends on SILT
What is agriculture?
300
most prevalent occupation in Sumer
What is farming?
300
nickname for Mesopotamia that refers to its shape
What is "Fertile Crescent"?
300
mythical king of Uruk who had many adventures; subject of the oldest piece of written literature.
Who is Gilgamesh?
300
Hammurabi's Code was based on this principle
What is "an eye for an eye"?
400
a city and the land around it
What is a city-state?
400
Four things for which the Phoenicians were known
What are trading, cedar wood, an alphabet, and purple cloth?
400
People settled in Mesopotamia for this reason
What is there were RIVERS, which allowed for FARMING.
400
Neo-Babylonian [Chaldean] king; rebuilt Babylon
Who is Nebuchadezzer?
400
The Indus River Valley civilizations, Egypt, and Mesopotamia all had this in common
What is they were founded by rivers?
500
Mesopotamia
What is "between the rivers"
500
major cause of war in ancient Mesopotamia
What is farmland?
500
many cultures present in one area
What is cultural diversity?
500
OSU mascot
Who is Brutus Buckeye?!
500
Getting answers from other hours
What is cheating?
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