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the study of human culture and how it develops over time
What is anthropology?
100
Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator.
What is latitude?
100
An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge.
What is technology?
100
In Mesopotamia, the soil became _____ due to the silt deposited after floods.
What is fertile?
100
This river provided Egyptians fertile soil for growing crops.
What is the Nile River?
200
How the Gregorian calendar labels events that happened after the birth of Jesus.
What is B.C.
200
The set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
200
Paleolithic people first used tools made of what?
What is sticks, stones and tree branches?
200
This group belonged to the Sumerian middle class.
What are merchants?
200
Built by Egyptians to protect the dead pharaohs' bodies.
What are pyramids?
300
A historian who studies the history of human culture.
What is an anthropologist?
300
The line that divides the Earth into eastern and western halves is called this.
What is hemisphere?
300
The time period in which people began farming in a systematic way.
What is the Neolithic Age?
300
A large territory or group of many territories government by one ruler.
What is an empire?
300
A writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
A work of scholarly history can be identified by its accuracy and lack of ________.
What is bias?
400
A map that shows themes, or patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population.
What is a special purpose map?
400
This is where farming first developed.
What is southwest Asia?
400
A person who studies planets and stars.
What is an astronomer?
400
This group made up the largest group in Egyptian society.
Who are farmers and workers in Egyptian society?
500
An unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events.
What is bias?
500
A good sent from one country to another in trade.
What is an export?
500
The act of training for a particular job.
What is specialization?
500
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
What is a caravan?
500
The name of the two kingdoms that formed south of Egypt that were influenced by Egyptian culture, and continued many Egyptian traditions.
What are Nubia and Kush?