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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Israel
Greece
Greece and Rome
100
How did iron most help the Assyrians?
They used it for weapons which helped their military
100
How did the Egyptians invent the 365 day calendar?
By studying the sky.
100
Define exile
Period of time in which a group is forced to live far away from its homeland
100
What physical features did the Greek civilization begin around?
Mountains and seas
100
What was Pythagoras famous for?
Creating a mathematical theorem
200
How did Sumerians develop the 12 month calendar?
By recording the cycles of the moon.
200
What groups made up Egypt’s largest class in their social structure?
Farmers and unskilled workers
200
Define proverb
A wise saying
200
What was the different provinces the Persian civilization divided into called?
Satrapies
200
Identify two types of Greek drama
Tragedy and Comedy
300
When it flooded in Mesopotamia, the floods deposited silt which did what to the soil?
Made it fertile
300
Why did Egyptians embalm the bodies of the dead pharaohs?
To preserve them so they could travel to the afterlife
300
Define covenant
An agreement with God
300
Who was considered a citizen in Athens with full political rights?
First born male children
300
How did the early Roman republic expand its territory?
By using its strong army
400
Paleolithic people moved from place to place in search of food. This is called what?
Nomads or hunter-gatherers
400
Define a theocracy
Government in which the same person is the political and the religious leader
400
Define monotheism
The belief in only ONE god
400
Who was known as the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
400
Who was the main rival of the Roman republic who competed for control of the Mediterranean region?
Carthage
500
What major development in the Neolithic age totally changed the way people lived?
Systematic Agriculture
500
Where did the first civilizations develop at the beginning of the Bronze Age?
River Valleys
500
What were the five books of the Torah written on?
scrolls
500
Who was the scientist, mathematician, and inventor who created the closest value of pi?
Archimedes
500
Define aqueducts
Invention used by the Romans to bring water into the city