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Early Humans
Ancient Geography
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology
Potpourri
100
hominids
What is humans and their closest relatives
100
the Turkish Highlands
What is where the Tigris and Euphrates begin?
100
Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics?
100
A place where scientists find fossils and artifacts
What is an archaeological site?
100
Jews, Christians, and Muslims all believe in monotheism, the believe in...
What is one God?
200
Stone Age
What is the earliest period of human history marked by the creation of stone tools.
200
River valley civilizations
What is where civilizations developed because they had access to water?
200
the river that gave Egypt "gifts"
What is the Nile River?
200
A permanent community where people live
What is a settlement?
200
division of labor and different jobs
What is specialization?
300
arrowheads
What is a non linguistic artifact?
300
biome
What is an ecological environment?
300
In ancient Egypt, these people were seen as having a better life because they could read and write
What is a scribe?
300
The beliefs, customs, and social institutions of a particular group, or society
What is culture?
300
Technology, ideas, and goods were spread along the Silk Road through this.
What is cultural diffusion?
400
sculptures and other items found at archaeological sites
What is an artifact?
400
countries that develop more rapidly
What is geographic luck?
400
A gift or payment to one in charge. It was often given to a pharaoh
What is tribute?
400
Period of time characterized by weapons and tools that were made by heating copper and tin
What is the Bronze Age?
400
This led to need for written laws.
What is intensification?
500
cave painting
What is a linguistic artifact?
500
building canals and strengthening river banks
What is control the Nile River?
500
Jews
What is what the Hebrews became known as?
500
the period about 10,000 BC when humans began to live in settled communities and raise plants and animals
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
500
He was the Mesopotamian ruler with a strict code of law
Who was Hammurabi?