| A | B |
|---|
| people who practice Islam | muslims |
| study of where things are on earth | geography |
| period before writing | prehistory |
| lifestyle used by early man | nomad/hunter-gatherer |
| any artifact made by human beings | artifact |
| Egyptian picture-writing | hieroglyphics |
| hardened remains of plants and animals | fossils |
| worship and belief in many gods | polytheism |
| first effort to write down all laws Babylonians had to obey | Hammurabi's Code |
| worship of a single god | monotheism |
| the land between the tigris and euphrates rivers | mesopotamia |
| system of trade based on trade of one product for another | barter |
| government where person inherits power | monarchy |
| deposits of sand/soil made by a river | silt |
| most famous battle of the Greek-Persian War | battle of Marathon |
| this person crossed the Alps with elephents to attack Rome | Hannibal |
| philosopher who was put to death | Socrates |
| Rome located on _______ River | Niger |
| first type of government Rome had | republic |
| Rome fought against Carthage in the ______ Wars. | Punic |
| Constantinople was capital of the Roman and _______ Empires | Byzantine |
| Constantinople located on the __________ ______. | Bosporus Strait |
| major religion of the Byzantine Empire | Christianity |
| effort in God's service waged by Muslims in defense of the Islamic path | Jihad |
| the four people who took over after the death of Muhammed | caliphs |
| pilgrammage Muslims must make once in their life | Hajj |
| Islam holy book | Quran |
| Christian holy book | Bible |
| founder of monotheism religion | Abraham |
| three major groups of Judaism | Orthodox, Conservative, Reform |
| 3 major groups of Islam | Sunni, Suffi, Shiite |
| city most holy to Jews, Christians, AND Muslims | Jerusalem |
