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Topic 1: 200 Question: What is an example of oral history? Answer A story told to a grandchild by their grandfather

Topic 1: 400 Question: What is an artifact? Answer A human made object

Topic 1: 600 Question: The Rosetta Stone is an example of Answer: A primary source

Topic 1: 800 Question: What is a fossil? Answer The remains or imprints of plants and animals

Topic 1: 1000 Question: Lucy belongs to which species of early humans? Answer australopithecines

Topic 2: 200 Question: Early hunter-gatherers fed themselves by Answer Hunting animals and gathering plants

Topic 2: 400 Question: Early people were nomadic because… Answer They needed to find sources of food

Topic 2: 600 Question: Modern humans belong to which species of early humans? Answer Homo Sapiens

Topic 2: 800 Question: What is surplus? Answer Extra supply of resources

Topic 2: 1000 Question: What is migration? Answer Moving to new and distant lands

Topic 3: 200 Question: What is the order tools most likely evolved? Answer Sticks and stones Pointed rocks tied to sticks Bows and arrows Metal tools

Topic 3: 400 Question: Mesopotamia is between which two river systems? Answer Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Topic 3: 600 Question: Who became famous from creating the code of law? Answer King Hammurabi

Topic 3: 800 Question: Define civilization Answer And advanced form of culture that has specialized workers, advanced cities, and technology

Topic 3: 1000 Question: The belief in many gods is called… Answer polytheism

Topic 4: 200 Question: Cuneiform evolved from which writing system? Answer pictographs

Topic 4: 400 Question: What were the two major empires in Mesopotamia? Answer Akkad and Sumer

Topic 4: 600 Question: Hatshepsut was the first female ______. Answer Pharaoh of Egypt

Topic 4: 800 Question: Why is the Nile important to Egypt? Answer It is a source of irrigation, fertile soil, and wildlife

Topic 4: 1000 Question: The ancient Egyptians mummified the dead because… Answer In order to prevent decay for the afterlife

Topic 5: 200 Question: Which monument is Ramses II known for? Answer A temple of four 66 ft statues of himself

Topic 5: 400 Question: Egyptians believed pharaohs were… Answer gods

Topic 5: 600 Question: Why did Egyptians bury items in their tombs? Answer They believed the items could be use in the afterlife

Topic 5: 800 Question: The floods of the Nile River provided farmers… Answer Rich black soil

Topic 5: 1000 Question: Monotheism is the belief in… Answer One god

Topic 6: 200 pts. Question: What did the Israelites promise when they agreed to the covenant? Answer Obey the Ten Commandments and love God.

Topic 6: 400 pts. Question: The sacred book of Judaism is called… Answer Torah

Topic 6: 600 pts. Question: The Israelites were lead from Egypt to Canaan by whom? Answer Moses

Topic 6: 800 pts. Question: Who did David defeat? Answer Goliath the leader of the Philistines

Topic 6: 1000 pts. Question: The practice of forcing people to move from their homelands to another place far away is called Answer exile

Bonus Question 2000 pts. Question: The people who were most cruel in conquering and governing their empire were the Answer Assyrians

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Traits of Civilization Question: What ruler created a set of written laws to help him rule his empire? Answer: Hammurabi

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Traits of Sumer Question: What are the traits of Sumer? Answer: Advanced Cities: Kish, Nippur, Ur Specialized Workers: King, Priest, artisans Complex Institutions: Temple, army, schools Record Keeping: Writing Advanced Technology: Bronze tools, irrigation