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What is domestication?
The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm
Where were records of the first humans found?
a.) south Africa
b.) Kenya (Africa)
C.) NORTH AFRICA
b.) KENYA ( AFRICA)
What two rivers is Mesopotamia found in between? Which is on top and which is at the bottom?
Tigris & Euphrates
the Euphrates is at the bottom
Name two inventions from the stone age and two from Mesopotamia.
stone age- flint tools, fire
Mesopotamia= wheels, written language
How long Sargon rules his empire?
a.) 52 years
b.) 200 years
c.) one week
d.) 56 years
d.) 56 years
A city-state has...
A.) a king/queen & walls
B.) its own government & territory
C.) its own government & king
B.) GOV & Territory
a.) rituals like deaths and births
b.) they used them to celebrate life
c.) they ate them
a.) rituals like deaths and births
Who was the ruler of first empire?
a.)Sargon
b.)Sam
c.) Sumer
A.) Sargon
Name the people from the Stone Age & name a group of people from Mesopotamia. Explain their relation (Think about Tuesday's video)
Nomads
Sumerians
related (ancestors)
Based on the primary source that was shown YESTERDAY, what were those statues used for?
They were left by the people of the city-states to pray to their GODS while they went to work.
What is an independent state?
a nation, gov, or country that exercises self-government
What was the main thing that domestication contributed to?
a.) new food
b.) settled life and increase in population
c.) settled life and new food
b.) settled life and increase in population
When drawing our map of Mesopotamia was the name of the land at the bottom of it?
a.) Per Gulf
b.) Persian Gulf
c.) Permanent Gulf
b.) Persian Gulf
Explain how the development of an empire reinforces the importance of social class within Mesopotamia?
1.) you had to be high class to even think about getting an empire
How could you get more than one city-state if you never had one two start with?
Explain the difference between a primary & secondary source? Give me an example.
primary=1st hand account
secondary= 2nd hand account
Explain what an alliance is to me. Use YOUR own example
Ms. Hill has the good paper (its pink)
Ms. Risby & Ms. Mosley want the pink paper. We team up against Ms. Hill to take all of her pink paper.
What is specialization?
a.) the idea of people making tools to protect themselves
b.) people focusing more on farming
c.) the idea of people taking jobs based on their talents
c.) people taking specific jobs based on their talents
What was the name of Sargon's city-state?
a.) Akkadians
b.) Akkad
c.) Akkadds
Name the two parts of the Stone Age (real names...NOT nicknames)
Name two city-states in Mesopotamia
Paleolithic & Neolithic
Sumer & Akkad
Which came first?
A.) AD
B.) BCE
C.) BC
C.) BC
what does the word enable mean?
A.) to stop someone from doing something
B.) to allow someone to do something
C.) to tell them not do it directly
B.) to allow someone to do something
What were flint tools used for?
a.) making weapons
b.) everyday use (cutting meat)c.) a & b
d.) none of these
c.) a & b
What was the name of the religion in Mesopotamia? why was it so special?
Polytheism
-They had more than one God/Goddess
Give me three words to describe the STONE AGE
Give me three words to describe Mesopotamia
(it can be details that were included within it)
ex-farming, domestication, old and new , etc
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How many years are included in a decade?
A.)10
B.)100
C.) 5
A.) 10