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Neolithic Period
Early Law Codes
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Miscellaneous
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How did hunter gatherers get their food?
They foraged or hunted wild animals and picked wild fruits and seeds.
100
This man is the one who brought the Ten Commandments to the Jews.
Moses.
100
Mesopotamia developed between what two rivers-
Tigris and Euuu-pharates.
100
Egypt developed along what river?
The Nile
100
Which statement is correct about longitude and latitude?
a) longitude lines go north and south while latitude lines go east and west. b) latitude lines go north and south while longitude lines go east and west. c) one of the lines of longitude is the equator.
200
What is another name for the Neolithic Revolution?
The Agricultural Revolution
200
Who is the dude who developed written law in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi.
200
What is the name of Mesopotamia's law code?
Hammurabi's Code
200
Is Lower Egypt above or below Lower Egypt on a map?
Lower Egypt is above Upper Egypt.
200
What is The Prime Meridian?
a) a line of latitude that runs east and west around the mid-point of the earth that has a latitude number of 0. b) a line longitude that runs north and south through the middle of the map and which has a longitude number of 0.
300
Why is the Neolithic Period also called the New Stone Age?
Because hunter gatherers used stone tools.
300
What is the name of the ancient writing used to write the Mesopotamian Code?
Cuneiform .
300
What is the other name for Hammurabi's kingdom?
a) Lower Egypt b) Israel c) Babylonia d) Rome
300
What are the two ways that the Nile River made farming possible in Egypt?
Good fertilized soil left behind by floods and water for irrigation of dry fields.
300
Why did Lower Egypt have more cities and a larger population than Upper Egypt?
Becase it had more fertile / fertilized soil.
400
Why did Neolithic people start farming?
Due to a scarcity of food from foraging. Not enough food to feed their tribes.
400
Daily double - what is the approximate longitude of point A.
a) 90 East b) 0 North c) 45 West. d) 90 West.
400
What is the name of the ancient writing developed in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
400
Daily Double - What is the approximate longitude of Point B?
a) 60 East b) 40 south c) 40 north d) 150 east.
400
1 and 2 on the map are in what two oceans?
a) The Atlantic and the Arctic. b) The Pacific and the Atlantic. c) The Atlantic and the Indian. d) The Indian and the Arctic.
500
How did the Ice Age make it possible of the first people to cross in to North America?
The ice in the glaciers froze enough water to lower sea levels enough that people could walk across dry sea beds.
500
Which civilization had the 1st law code?
a) Egypt b) Mesopotamia c) The Hebrews
500
What is the name of the law of Hammurabi's Code that is summarized as follows "if you knock out the tooth of another, you will be punished by having your tooth knocked out. If you kill the ox of another, you will be punished by having your ox killed.
An eye for an eye.
500
What is the name of Egypt's ancient writing?
Hieroglyphs or Hieroglyphics.
500
If the Nile River gave the Egyptians water and fertilized soil for farming, how do you think they felt about the river?
a) they saw it as a dangerous and selfish goddess. b) they saw it as a life-giving god. c) they saw it as an ordinary river. d) they saw it as the source of laws.