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Geography
Early Humans
Mesopotamia
Vocabulary
Sumer
100
The study of the surface of the earth and how it is divided into continents, countries, seas, and other parts.
What is geography?
100
tools
Paleolithic people adopted to their environment and invented many ______________ to help them survive.
100
hot, dry
Mesopotamia had a __________and _________ climate.
100
Person who studies and knows about human past
What is a historian?
100
many
The Sumerians believed in _________gods.
200
A large body of water surrounded by land.
What is lake?
200
It is hard to break
Why did early humans use stone to make their weapons?
200
Iraq
Where is the land between rivers?
200
Scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts
What is an archeologist?
200
palaces
Where did Sumerian kings lived?
300
A large natural stream of water flowing into the ocean.
What is a river?
300
animals
The cave painting tells us that paleolithic people like to paint_______________
300
soil
In the spring, the rivers often flooded. leaving behind rich ____________
300
the trace or imprint of a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock
What is a fossil?
300
farmed
Most people in Sumer...
400
body of salt water that covers more than two thirds of the earth's surface
What is ocean?
400
Stone
Historians call the early period of human history________Age.
400
Tigris and Euphrates
The name of the two rivers...
400
weapons or other items made by humans
What is an artifact?
400
mud-brick houses
Where did ordinary people lived?
500
A piece of land surrounded by water
What is an island?
500
clues
Scientists have worked to uncover _________ about early human life.
500
60 minutes
How many minutes an hour did people in Mesopotamia say it had?
500
a person who moves from place to place
What is a nomad?
500
males
Who could go to school?