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What was the most important clue about the iceman's life?
What is his copper ax
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What is a ziggurat and where was it located in a city?
What is a ziggurat is the site of the temple to the main god or goddess of the city. The ziggurat was the big brick building located at the heart of the city
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How long is the Nile River?
What is 4,000 miles long
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What is prehistory?
What is time before writing was invented
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To force someone to live in another country
What is exile
200
What three main things affected the lives of people who lived in a certain area?
What is 1)weather patterns 2)the water supply 3)the landscape
200
What were some of the things King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did?
What is King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt the city of Babylon. He put up massive walls around the city for protection, and he built a giant palace and gardens for his wife
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From about 3100 BC to about 332 BC, how many dynasties did Egypt have?
What is Egypt had 31 dynasties
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A modern human or a member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans
What is a hominid
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What is diaspora?
What is the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
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What are the three main time periods of the stone age?
What is the Old Stone Age, the Middle Stone Age, and the New Stone Age
300
Explain the idea "an eye for an eye"
What is the punishment should be similar to the crime committed.
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Name and describe at least 3 gods or goddesses that the ancient Egyptians believed in.
What is 1)Amon-Re:protected the rich and the poor, was born with the sunrise in the east and died with the sunset in the west. 2)Osiris:the god of the living and the dead, husband of Isis. 3)Isis:wife of Osiris, was worshiped as the great mother who protected her children. 4)Horus:the sky god
300
What is domesticate?
What is to adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and to breed them for human use
300
What is silt?
What is fine soil found on river bottoms
400
What two metals did artisans melt to make bronze?
What is copper and tin
400
How many symbols did the Phoenician alphabet have?
What is the Phoenician alphabet has 22 symbols
400
What did the Egyptians write on?
What is papyrus
400
What religion developed in ancient Persia?
What is Zoroastrianism
400
Complete control over someone or something
What is absolute power
500
Describe and explain oral traditions.
What is oral traditions are stories passed down by word of mouth. They can include a family's history, and can tell about heroes or events in the past
500
Name the five books of the Torah
What is Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
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Why was Nubia called "the land of the bow"?
What is they were probably referring to the Nubians' skill as archers
500
What is cuneiform?
What is groups of wedges and lines use to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
500
What are hieroglyphs?
What is pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas, things, or sounds