History
What does GRAPES stand for?
geography, religion, achievements, politics, economics, social structure
Trypillians were matriarchal. What does this mean?
The women had more power in society.
Mesopotamia means:
land between two rivers
Ancient Egypt started along this river:
Nile
What made the Israelites different from the other civilizations around them?
they were monotheistic
What do BC, AD, BCE, and CE stand for?
Before Christ, Anno Domini, Before Common Era, Common Era
Tell us something about ancient Trypillian achievements.
2-story houses, pots, no system of writing...
Name the two rivers that run through Mesopotamia:
Tigris and Euphrates
This king first united upper and lower Egypt.
Menes
List at least three kings of ancient Israel:
Saul, David, Solomon, Rehoboam
How many years are in a decade, century, and millennium?
10, 100, 1000
Tell us something unique about ancient Trypillia.
They burned their houses when they moved, they built 2-story houses...
This king made a code of laws to follow and wrote them on a pole for everyone to read.
Hammurabi
What was the Egyptian system of writing called, and what did they usual write on?
hieroglyphics, papyrus
Name the three patriarchs of ancient Israel:
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
Give three reasons why we should study history.
to understand ourselves, understand others, and change the world
In which three modern countries did the Trypillians live?
Ukraine, Moldova, Romania
List the name of the first empire in Mesopotamia and the name of the ruler who started the empire.
Akkadia, Sargon
Who was Ra, and why was he important?
sun god, most important Egyptian god
Why did the Israelites move to Egypt, and what happened to them there?
There was a famine everywhere, and Joseph had helped Egypt save food, so his family came there to buy food. Joseph recognized them, forgave them, and invited them to move there. Later another pharoah came along and made them slaves.
List at least five features of a civilization:
advanced cities, division of labor, organized government, religion, social classes, art and architecture, public works, system of writing
Why did the Trypillians disappear?
No one knows for sure.
Put these empires of ancient Mesopotamia in the correct order: Babylonian, Persian, Akkadian, Assyrian, neo-Babylonian
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, neo-Babylonian, Persian
Explain the process of mummification.
take out organs, wrap body in special cloth, put the body in a sarcophogus, and put the sarcophogus in a tomb with everything needed for the afterlife
Explain what happened after Rehoboam became king, and why.
The people asked him to make their work lighter. Rehoboam's friends told him not to listen to them, and he made the work harder instead. 10 of the tribes rebelled against him and Israel split into two kingdoms: Israel in the north and Judah in the south.