People and Vocab 1
What was the name of the people who had no settled homes and hunted and gathered their food?
nomads
What is the term for "belief in many gods?"
polytheism
What were the FIRST tools and weapons made out of?
stone and/or wood
What word means "extra?"
surplus
What kind of land was left behind after a river flooded?
fertile
Who made the first code of written laws?
Hammurabi
What is the term for "belief in one god"?
monotheism
Where was the first art found?
caves
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea?
Moses
What were the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who were the people that kept written records?
scribes
What laws from God were given to Moses?
Ten Commandments
What was the first writing system made by the Sumerians?
cuneiform
Who were the Israelites?
a group of people who only believed in one God and followed the teachings of Abraham
What was a positive of the Neolithic Revolution?
* steady food supplies
* greater populations
* job specialization
* permanent place for grain storage
What term means "a time of little or no food"?
famine
What was the temple built for the gods that was like a staircase to earth?
ziggurat
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
the discovery of farming
What word means "to bring water from another area?"
irrigation
What was the basis for Hammurabi's Code?
an eye for an eye
Who first led the Israelites?
Abraham
What is the religion of the Israelites?
Judaism
What is a turning point?
an event that causes a change
What is the term that means "the study of the earth?"
geography
What was a negative of the Neolithic Revolution?
formation of social classes
spread of disease
battles over food and land