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What was the most important task for humans living in the Ice Age?
Their most important task was to find food!
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What is the name of the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
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What does the name, Mesopotamia, mean?
Mesopotamia means "the place between two rivers."
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What is the Spanish word for "conqueror?"
The Spanish word for "conqueror" is conquistador.
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Who was a famous woman pharaoh in ancient Egypt?
One famous woman pharaoh was Hatshepsut.
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Why did humans always move around during the Ice Age?
They moved because they were following the animals that they hunted for food.
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What did early Egyptians nickname their country thanks to the rich black soil from the Nile?
They named their country, "Black Land."
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What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
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Who led the Spanish against the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes led the Spanish against the Aztecs.
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What is the name for the tombs of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs?
The tombs of the pharaohs are called pyramids.
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What is the name of the huge sheets of ice that covered the earth during the Ice Age?
The huge sheets of ice are called, "glaciers."
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What were the ancient rulers of Egypt called?
They were called pharaohs.
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What was the name of the writing that ancient Mesopotamian people used?
We call their kind of writing cuneiform.
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Who was the leader of the Aztecs when Cortes invaded Tenochtitlan?
The Aztec ruler was Montezuma.
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What were the names of Columbus's three ships?
The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
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What do archaeologists study?
They study the things that were left behind by people who lived long ago.
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What was the name of the picture writing that ancient Egyptians used?
They used hieroglyphics.
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What was the name of the temples that people in Mesopotamia built to honor their gods?
They built temples called ziggurats.
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Why did the Spanish win against the Aztecs?
The Spanish had better weapons, stronger armor, rode horses, and they brought diseases that the Aztecs had never been exposed to before.
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Who was the Egyptian god of the sun?
The god of the sun was Amon or Amon Ra.
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Where did people who lived during the Ice Age sleep at night?
They slept in damp caves huddled around fires to keep warm.
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When was King Tut's tomb discovered?
King Tut's tomb was discovered in 1922.
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What important king was the first to make good laws in the city of Babylon?
The important king was Hammurabi.
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What Spanish conquistador defeated the Inca people?
Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca.
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What story did archaeologists find written in cuneiform on twelve clay tablets?
They found one of the world's oldest stories, "The Epic of Gilgamesh."