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7th gr Mesopotamia

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  • Define prehistory
    was time before people wrote things down
    before there were people
    events that happened before now
  • What is a Ziggurat? (give two features and location)
    a tower-like stepped pyramid-shaped temple with several floors above which the main temple was located - typically of major cities of ancient Mesopotamia
  • On a timeline what does AD stand for?
    After Christ Died
    Anno Domini
    After the Dinsoaurs died
  • What does irrigation mean?
    the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  • What is an artifact?
    are objects made and used by humans
  • On a timeline what does BC stand for?
    Before Christ died
    Before Christ
    Before the dinosaurs
  • Who studies the behaviors of people and how they interacted with each other? ?
    Geologist
    Historians
    Archaeologists
    Anthropologists
  • What is Anthropolgy?
    the study of historical events
    the study of the human body
    the study of human societies and cultures and their developm
    the study of fossils
  • True or False: The advantage of people living in a permanent settlement was to grow harvest crops.
    False
    True
  • What does food surplus mean?
    when the supply of food exceeds the demand for it
  • Why did the Mesopotamians settle near rivers?
    to provide drinking water, agricultural irrigation, and major transportation routes
  • Who are the people that study the physical materials of the earth, such as soil and rocks, with the purpose of learning from the past?
    Archaeologists
    Anthropologists
    Historians
    Geologist
  • Draw a social structure prymid (merchants, priests, king, peasants, soldiers)
  • What is cuneiform?
    a system of writing used in the ancient Middle East
  • What is a fossil?
    A fossil is the preserved remains or impressions of a living organism such as a plant, animal, or insect. Some fossils are very old.
  • Were the Mesopotamians polytheistic or monotheistic?
    monotheistic
    polytheistic
  • What did polytheistic believe in?
    no God
    one god
    more than one God
  • What it that led people from wanting to be hunter gatherers lifestyle to living in a permanent settlement?
    the weather was bad
    learning they could grow and harvest crops
    they were tired of moving
  • On a timeline what does BCE stand for?
    Before Current/Common Era
  • On a timeline what does CE stand for?
    Current Era
  • What is wrong with G P S R S I A ?
    A - Art
  • Is the timeline labeled correctly?
    no
  • What did monotheistic believe in?
    one God
    no God
    more than one god
  • Who studies the past?
    Geologist
    Historians
    Anthropologists
    Archaeologists
  • Who studies the past by examining things left behind by our ancestors?
    Geologist
    Archaeologists
    Anthropologists
    Historians
  • What is silt?
    Silt is made up of rock & mineral particles that are larger than clay but smaller than sand. It's found in soil and along side clay, sand & gravel.
  • Is the timeline labeled correctly?
    yes
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