Hunter-Gatherers/Prehist
Vocab 1
Mesopotamia History
Vocab B
Pop Culture
100

Hunter-Gatherers spent the majority of their time doing what?

Hunting and gathering food. 

100

"The land between two rivers" where civilization began.

Mesopotamia

100

The two main rivers in Mesopotamia were?

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 

100

A crescent shaped area of the modern Middle East that was known for its fertile soil that encompassed Mesopotamia and Egypt. 

Fertile Crescent

100

This singer recently finished her "Era's Tour" and is currently dating NFL TE Travis Kelce.

Taylor Swift

200

Prehistory is anything before _________

Writing

200

Define Monarchy

A system of government ruled by a single King. 

200

The first civilization in Mesopotamia

Sumer

200

Define: 

Social Class

The division of humans based on wealth and power

200

Who won the recent youtuber boxing matches?

Logan Paul

300

The age before civilization is also known as the ________ Age because their tools and weapons were made from ________ 

Stone Age/Stone 

300

When someone believes in and worships multiple gods and goddesses they follow a __________ religion 

Polytheism or polytheistic 

300

The 6th King of Babylon, created the first legal system and the 60 counting sytem.

Hammurabi

300

Define:

Civilization

The state of human society with cities and towns

300

As of October 16th what is the number one song on the Billboard top 100?

Paint the town red by Doja Cat

400

Who was the man frozen in ice and what happened to him?

Otzi the iceman and he was killed by a group of attackers.

400

The ancient temples of Mesopotamia were called?

Ziggurat

400
About how many years ago did the first cities spring up in ancient Mesopotamia.

7,000 years ago

400

The first legal system made up of over 200 laws, famous for the principle of an "eye for an eye"

Hammurabi's Code

400
100 points for each answer:

Name the four teams left in the MLB playoffs

Rangers, Astros, Diamondbacks, Phillies

500

Describe two aspects of Hunter-Gatherer societies 

- Lived in small groups of 15-25

- Short life expectancy

- Experts in their environments

- Shared resources with the group

- No written language

- Hunted in traditional ways

- Nomadic

 

500

_________ was the first form of writing, how was it made and who was trained to read and write?

Cuneiform, wedges in clay tablets, and scribes

500

Farming allowed humans to focus less on getting food and more on?


 List some possible jobs people could have.

Specialize, focus on how the world works and inventing new technology.

Artisan       soldier

Scribe        carpenter

500

__________ was used to bring water from rivers to the fields for crops and helped humans make it through _________, or long periods without rainfall.

Irrigation and Droughts

500

Name the two teams currently in the WNBA finals.

New York Liberty vs. Las Vegas Aces

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