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Who came first the Neolithic people or the Paliolithic people?
The Paleolithic people
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
Land between 2 rivers
What is a compound subject?
When a sentence has more than one subject
What type of sentence is this " Please help, I think this might fall".
Imperitive
Define the vocabulary word " Devastate"
To destroy or lay waste
Stone
What were the 2 rivers of the Fertile Crescent?
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What are the 4 kinds of sentences?
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative and Exclamatory
The amount of money she paid for that phone is SMALL POTATOES compared to what her fancy computer cost.
What does small potatoes mean in this context?
not very big in comparison
What were the 3 levels in the Sumerian society
1 nobility and land owner
2 craftsman
3 farmers and slaves
What did the Paliolithic people draw on?
The wall
What is another name foe the Paleolithic age?
The stone age
Which sentence has a compound predicit?
1- Joe and Mike went shopping at the Mall on Friday..
2- Joe went to the store and ate food there.
2
After yelling and cheering at last nights football game, I woke up with a frog in my throat.
Define the idiom
a feeling of hoarseness in the throat
What are 2 reasons why people were slaves and which one could buy their freedom?
They were sold to buy of debt ( money that was owed)
From war
The ones that were sold because of debt
why did people stop being nomads and settle during the Neolithic Age?
The land became better for farming since it was warmer
What were the 3 problems the Sumerians had?
There wasnt enough rain and too much flooding
There was no protection against enemies
They did not have building materials
Which sentence is a compound sentence.
1- I want to play basketball but I don't have time right now.
2- I went to the store yesterday after school.
1
My brother always has to put in his two cents' worth when it comes to my choice of music.
Define the idiom
make a comment or give an opinion
When did priests not rule and who did and why?
What happened in the end ( who rules) ?
At war, the generals ruled because the priests did not know how to fight in war.
Eventually the generals ruled the city-states
What problems happened one people started to live together? On the other hand why was it good for people longevity ? ( why did the live longer?)
More diseases spread on the other hand they were more settled and had more food so people generally lived longer.
What were the 3 solutions to the problems the Sumarians had?
They dug irrigation ditches
They made wall cities
They traded good to get building supplies
Give an example of possessive plural noun and the correct way to write it
the boys' shoes
Define the vocabulary word " acquit" and put it into a sentence.
To declare not guilty
What is an Empire?
When there is many countries under one rulership