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| Humans first appeared on which continent? | Africa |
| The Old Stone Age is also called the ___ Period. | Paleolithic |
| The New Stone Age is also called the ___ Period. | Neolithic |
| The Middle Period of prehistory is called... | Mesolithic |
| What effect did Agriculture have on early humans? | They settled into villages. |
| A person that travels around in search of food and water is called... | A nomad |
| Archaeologists use what scientific process to determine the age of an organic materials? | Radio-carbon dating |
| Any material that at one time had been living is called what? | Organic |
| Anything made by early humans is called what? | An artifact |
| An early human that hunted animals and wild plants is called... | A hunter-gatherer |
| When did homo sapiens first emerge in Africa? | About 100,000 to 400,000 years ago? |
| A people's way of life, including diet, religion, art and language is called what? | Culture |
| Simple stone tools are acredited to which period of prehistory? | Paleolithic |
| Prehistory changed to history when what was invented? | Writing |
| Humans settled into permanent dwellings in which period? | Neolithic |
| What period saw the inventions of jewelry, pottery and weaving? | Neolithic |
| An archaeological site from the Neolithic period located in England is called... | Stonehenge |
| Which civilization was located along the Indus River? | India |
| The earliest known permanent community (and later civilization) was what? | Mesopotamia |
| What was the most important geographical feature of the four main early civilizations? | Rivers |
| What geographical feature kept India and China isolated from each other? | The Himalayan Mountains |
| What did the Phoenicians do to survive all along the Mediterranean Coast? | Traded on the Sea |
| What civilization was located up the Nile River from the Egyptians? | Kush |
| What were India's three natural barriers? | Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Indian Ocean |
| What law code specified specific punishments for each crime? | Hammurabi's Code |
| When the powers of government and religion are in the same hands, this is called... | A theocracy |
| What is the harsh set of laws of the Babylonians called? | Hammurabi's Code |
| What do the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi's Code have in common? | They are written laws |
| What is important to the early civilizations if they are ruled by a theocracy? | Religion |
| What is the sacred text of the Hebrews and Jews? | The Torah |
| What group had the only monotheistic religion in the early civilizations? | Hebrews |
| Judaism spread due to... | Exile and Diaspora |
| What is the writing of the Mesopotamians? | Cuneiform |
| What is the writing of the Egyptians? | Hieroglyphics |
| What civilizations invented the first alphabet? | Phoenicians |
| The scattering of Jews outside their homeland is called... | Diaspora |
| What group settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jodan River Valley? | Hebrews |
| What is the worship of many gods called? | Polytheism |
| What civilization treated fairly those they conquered? | Persians |
| Who is considered the father of monotheism? | Abraham |
| Who led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt? | Moses |
| What are the people called who invaded India from the north and introduced the caste system? | Aryans |
| The founder of Buddhism was... | Siddhartha Gautama |
| Most Indians practice what religion? | Hinduism |
| What was the religion of the Persian empire? | Zoroastrianism |
| The cycle of rebirth into another life form is called... | reincarnation |
| The Aryans entered into through which pass in the Hindu Kush mountains? | The Khyber Pass |
| What are the two important rivers to India? | The Indus and Ganges Rivers |
| Siddhartha Gautama left his life as a prince in search of... | Enlightenment |
| Which religion uses the Four Nobel Truths and the Eightfold Path to reach nirvana? | Buddhism |
| As a Hindu, one would least like to be... | A pariah |
| In which class system were people unable to change their position? | The Caste System |
| Hindus and Buddhists both believe in... | Reincarnation and Nirvana |
| Which emperor is credited with spreading Buddhism? | King Asoka |
| What trade route linked China with the Roman Empire? | The Silk Road |
| What was built to protect China from northern invaders? | The Great Wall |
| Duing which dynasty was the Great Wall built? | Qin |
| Chinese dynasties used this principle to conquer another weakening dynasty. | Mandate of Heaven |
| In Confucianism, who were children supposed to respect the most? | Their parents |
| Humans are inherently good comes from which religion? | Confucianism |
| The opposing forces present in all of nature are called | Yin and Yang |
| When educated citizens pass and exam to get government jobs, this is called... | Civil service |
