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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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(Chapter 1) Section 1.3 Vocabulary Review - The First Empires
Please use these activities to practice your vocabulary, in anticipation for your upcoming Chapter 1 Test (Friday, 9/24/10)!
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| Assyria | A Mesopotamian empire about 1,000 years after Hammurabi, in the north of Mesopotamia near the Tigris River |
| Persian Gulf | A body of water at the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates River |
| Nineveh | The Assyrian capital on the Tigris River |
| Provinces | Political districts or divisions of a large empire |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Chaldean king, controlled all of Mesopotamia 605 B.C. – 562 B.C. |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | terraced gardens with large trees, and a variety of plants, built by Nebuchadnezzar |
| Caravans | Groups of traveling merchants |
| Astronomers | People who study the heavenly bodies; studied stars and planets, phases of the moon; used sundial; created calendar with 7-day week |
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Social Studies - 6th Grade World History |
Deerlake Middle School |
| Tallahassee, FL |
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