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5651422771an expert who interprets evidence of early humansarchaeologist0
5651426904used to identify the age of fossilscarbon dating1
5651430274first form of manHomo sapiens2
5651436246location of the first appearance of Homo sapiensEast Africa3
5651441305early man was first able to make _________tools4
5651446619early man's existence was influenced significantly by their _____________________________________physical enviornment5
5651453951early man was a hunter-gather that relied on the availability of ____________________wild plants and animals6
5651822774agriculture and domestication of animals led to ____________settled communities7
5651862687archaeological site located in England, started in the Neolithic and completed during the BronzeStonehenge8
5651883101earliest civilization developed near a ____________major river9
5651903113earliest civilization found around 3500BCTigris and Euphrates River Valley10
5651912350earliest form of writingCunieform11
5651919617creators of CuneiformSumerians12
5651955610harsh law code created by the Babylonian KingHammurabi's Code13
5652382273Egyptian form of writingheiroglypics14
5652386684godlike rulers of EgyptiansPharaohs15
5652391481places of burial to honor the Pharaohs in the afterlifepyramids16
5652396725geographic features that protected IndiaHindu Kush and Himalayan Mountain Range17
5652406148ancient texts brought of by AryansVedas and Upanishads18
5652416824earliest form of writing using picturespictograms19
5652420985geographic features that protects ChinaHimalayan Mountains, deserts, Pacific Ocean20
5652432108stretches from the Tigris and Euphrates to the E Mediterranean Sea RegionFertile Crescent21
5652441219created the alphabet, skilled sailors, and located east of Mediterranean SeaPhonecians22
5652449650first monotheistic religionJudaism23
5652453249Ten CommandmentsHebrews24
5652455580AbrahamHebrews25
5652458924_________ led Jews out of EgyptMoses26
5652471731Persians demonstrated ____________ toward conquered peopletolerance27
5652473732developed the world's largest empirePersians28
5652476321religion of PersiaZoroastrianism29
5652486649religion emphasizing good over evil; influenced Judaism, Christianity, and IslamZoroastrianism30
5652493890father and son who entered into Persian Wars with GreeksDarius and Xerxes31
5652502014rigid social system influenced by the Aryanscaste system32
5652508086reincarnationHinduism33
5652510513karma based on caste systemHinduism34
5652510514Vedas and UpinshadsHinduism35
5652517434height of culture under GuptaGolden Age36
5652520112concepts of mathematics, zeroGupta Empire37
5652526850Siddhartha GautamaBuddhism38
5652526851reincarnationBuddhism39
5652529396rejected caste systemBuddhism40
5652529397end sufferingBuddhism41
5652536988Four Noble Truths and Eight fold PathBuddhism42
5652543042__________ sent missionaries to spread Buddhism, reached ChinaAsoka43
5662525187other title for the Huang He RiverYellow River44
5662532153respect for elders, structure based on relationships and educationConfusianism45
5662534604responsible for building the Great Wall of Chine to prevent the Mongols from invadingQin Dynasty46
5662539329trade route connecting China to the Roman Empire and Med. SeaSilk Road47
5662551053Chinese items traded along the silk roadsilk, compass, gun powder, porcelian, paper and civil service48
5662557421individual relationship with nature, ying and yang (opposing forces of nature)Daoism/Taoism49
5662570953located in Aegean Sea basin with access to the Med. SeaAncient Greece50
5662575723mountainous geography, influencing development of independent city-statesAncient Greece51
5662577697direct democracyAthens52
5662577698responsibilities of citizensAthens53
5662581895Perciles (Golden Age)Athens54
5662581896ParthenonAthens55
5662581897Delian LeagueAthens56
5662591693tyrants of AthensDraco, Solon, Cliesthenes57
5662593750oligarchySparta58
5662598698militaristic/aggresiveSparta59
5662598699Peloponnesian LeagueSparta60
5662614633Persian WarsDarius and Xerxes61
5662622685Battle of __________________ and ___________________ allowed Greek to control the Aegean SeaMarathon, Salamis62
5662629614Athens vs Sparta, competition for power led to the downfall of GreecePeloponnesian War63
5662636036Corinthian columns64
5662636037Ionian columns65
5662639533Doric columns66
5662655985spread Hellenistic cultureAlexander the Great67
5662663752surrounded by the Med. Sea and the Alps on the Italian PeninsulaRome68
5662669848influenced the names of the planetsRoman mythology69
5662673372upper class societyPatricians70
5662673373lower class societyPlebeians71
5662679925responsibilities of citizenstaxes and military service72
5662688090___________ was most powerful in the representative democracySenate73
5662688091first emperorAugustus Caesar74
5662697115Marc Anthony and Cleopatra were friends/enemiesenemies75
5662697116fought against Carthage, resulted in expansion of Roman EmpirePunic Wars76
5662701800led CarthageHannibal77
5662704605led RomeScipio78
5662706379period of peace and prosperityPax Romana79
5662709956Roman written lawsTwelve Tables80
5662713955Peter and PaulRoman Christianity81
5662715983New TestemantRoman Christianity82
5662719344__________ was the head of the Catholic ChurchPope83
5662727031cuneiform84
5662728477stonehenge85
5662730308Roman colosseum86
5662731212Parthenon87
5662732681Aqueducts88
5662734135Panthenon89
5662736510Pyramids90
5662738152Ziggurats91

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