Trimester Exam Review- World Cultures
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 During the Paleolithic Age humans began | to use tools like the hand axe. |
| The greatest achievements of the Neolithic age | starting to learn to farm and to domesticate animals. |
| Some of the things the Sumerians invented like | the wheel, and the plow, are still used today. |
| The characteristics that make a society include these: | A social structure with different social levels and jobs. A system of government, to ensure that life in the society is orderly. A religious system, which involves both a set of beliefs and forms of worship. A highly developed way of life that includes the arts, such as painting, architecture, music, and literature. Advances in technology. |
| The Sumerians were the first people to develop a system of | written language. |
| The Sumerians created a written language called | cuneiform. |
| Sumerians developed cuneiform around | 2400 B.C.E. |
| Cuneiform was based on an earlier simpler for of writing that used | pictographs |
| a merchant | is a person who makes money by selling goods |
| An artisan | is a craftsperson. |
| A pictograph | is a picture or drawing that stands for a words or ideas. |
| Put the four empires that came after Sumer in order. | 1. Akkadian Empire 2. Babylonia Empire 3. Assyrian Empire 4. Neo-Babylonian Empire |
| The Akkadians were led by | Great King Sargon I |
| The Babylonians were led by | Hammurabi. |
| The Neo-Babylonians were led by | Nebuchadnezzar |
| Hammurabi is best known for | his code of laws. |
| Hammurabi's code of laws were | written on stele and placed in a temple for everyone to see. |
| Some of Hammurabi's laws were | harsh but code was an important achievement. |
| Nebuchadnezzar decorated the palace | with lush gardens and used a watering system to keep the plants fresh. |
| The Hanging Gardens | became one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. |
| The Neo-Babylonians were very skilled at | mathematics and astronomy. |
| The Neo-Babylonians | created the first sundial. |
| An empire | a large territory in which several groups of people are rules by a single leader of government. |
| An economy | the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people's needs and wants. |
| Siege warfare | a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender. |
| The Babylonian Empire | about 1750 B.C.E |
| The Neo-Babylonian Empire | about 600 B.C.E. |
| The Assyrian Empire | about 650 B.C.E. |
| The Akkadian Empire | about 2300 B.C.E. |
| The Assyrians were the first to use | battering rams. They also used moveable towers to attack city walls. |
| Hammurabi's Code did NOT | treated all people alike |
| The Akkadians | created the world's first empire |
| Scribes used to write on wet clay with | a sharpened reed |
| Sumerians believed lived in the ziggurats | their Gods |
| The Sumerians built networks of canals, dams, and reservoirs to allow | the citizens irrigate crops |
| A stele is | an upright slab of stone inscribed with letters and pictures to depict important events. |
| Irrigation systems need constant care and repair because | Canals can become clogged with silt. |
| Cities first appeared in | Sumer, an area in southern Mesopotamia |
| The two rivers that surround Mesopotamia | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Many Neolithic settlements were located in the | Fertile Crescent, east on the Mediterranean near the Zagros Mountains |
| What name did scientists give to the bones of a famous Australopithecus skeleton? | Lucy |
| An object made or used by people in the past is called | an artifact |
| Scientists called prehistoric humans | hominids |
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