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Prehistory

The period of time before 3,000 B.C.

Old Stone Age

The era when people lived in small groups.

New Stone Age

The period where man forms the first governments and religions.

Old Stone Age

The era when fire is first used for cooking.

Middle Stone Age

The period noted for the invention of the canoe.

Old Stone Age

The age associated with the development of spoken language.

New Stone Age

The era noted for the agriculture and growing crops from seeds.

Trowel

A small shovel archaeologists use to dig.

Carbon dating

The method used to determine the age of some living thing that has died.

Civilization

The society developed by a group of people.

Culture

The behaviors, beliefs, arts, of a particular group of people.

Site

The location where a dig is taking place.

Trial trenches

Cuts made in the earth to determine the size of an archaeological site.

Relic

An item from the past.

False

The statement regarding the start of recorded history, 2,000 B.C.

Barter

People exchanged goods in the Old Stone Age without currency.

False

The assertion that diaries and old books were studied by archaeologists for prehistoric insights.

False

The claim regarding the first weapons being poison darts and bows and arrows.

True

The belief that early man crossed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

Bison

Another name for a buffalo.

Stonehenge

A prehistoric structure made of huge stones.

Obsidian

Volcanic ash used to make weapons.

Bronze

A blend of copper and tin.

Domesticate

To tame animals.

Nomad

A person who moves from place to place.

Fishing and a form of transportation

One of the most important contributions of the Mesolithic period.

Bows and arrows

Not a contribution during the Neolithic period.

Paleolithic

The age of Neanderthal, Java, and Cro-Magnon men.

Religions

First developed because man did not understand natural disasters.

Form governments, barter, become potters and weavers

Actions man could take as settlements grew.

Fish

Harpoons were used to help early man do this.

Indians

The first people in North America from the Old Stone Age.

Wheel and sail

Improvements in transportation after their invention.

Asia

The continent where Mesopotamia is located.

Scribes

They kept written records for the Sumerians.

Orphans

The group that was not subjected to taxes according to the laws.

Slaves

The group that received a low fine if injured.

Plow and arch

The inventions attributed to the Sumerians.

Sumer

The world's first civilization began here in southern Mesopotamia.

False

The belief that Sumerians worshipped only one God.

False

The assertion that all children were allowed to attend school.

False

The statement about ziggurats supporting heavy walls.

False

The claim regarding most people earning a living from manufacturing and trade.

True

The name Mesopotamia means land between the rivers.

600

The number of symbols in Sumerian writing.

Ziggurat

A large temple in Mesopotamia.

12

The number of city-states in Mesopotamia.

3

The number of social classes in Mesopotamia.

Cuneiform

The name given to the writing in Mesopotamia.

Polytheism

To worship more than one God.

Netherworld

The concept of the Mesopotamian afterlife.

Contracts

Documents sealed in clay envelopes.

3

Farmers were in this social class.

1

Nobles were in this social class.

1

Priests were in this social class.

2

Merchants were in this social class.

Demons

What people believed caused illness and disease.

Gate of the God

The meaning of Babylon.

Directing worship, governing the city, teaching school

Responsibilities of priests.

A freedman

A slave that was freed.

True

Ziggurats were built in each city to please the Gods.

True

The belief that the oldest civilization began in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C.

True

The assertion that Sumerians invented a writing system.

True

The statement about Sumerians inventing a wheel vehicle.

True

The assertion that Sumerians invented democracy.

False

The belief that writing tablets were made of bricks.

True

The Mesopotamian civilization weakened due to disunity among city-states.

The strong shall not injure the weak

The main idea of Hammurabi's code.

True

Ancient Egyptians believed in eternal life for preserved bodies.

True

Egyptians developed mummification techniques.

False

The claim that it took 40 days to mummify a body.

False

The statement regarding wealthy Egyptians being buried naked.

True

Priests chanted prayers from the Book of the Dead at funerals.

True

The possessions of the deceased were considered signs of importance.

Heart

The center of intelligence according to ancient Egyptians.

Internal organs

Removed from the body to prevent decay.

Natron

Special salt used in mummification.

Have children

What was permitted only for women blessed by the mother goddess.

Timber and wool

Resources abundant to the Minoans.

Magic ball of golden thread

What Ariadne gave to the architect.

A king

Who the Aegean Sea was named for.

Dionysus

The god Ariadne married.

King Minos

The ruler of Crete.

Hercules

Who killed a mad bull.

Helios

The sun god in Greek mythology.

Poseidon

The god of the sea.

King Aegeus

The father of Theseus.

Dionysus

The god of wine.

Naxos

The island where Ariadne was left.

Crete

The island in Greece known for its elaborate palaces.

Mount Olympus

Where the gods lived in Greek mythology.

Knossos

The location of an elaborate palace in ancient Crete.

False

The claim that Hercules was jealous of Zeus.

False

The assertion that the Athenians sent 14 young people to Crete to be eaten by the Minotaur.

False

The statement regarding Theseus forgetting to change sails.

True

The fact that Arthur Evans discovered the palace of Knossos.

Linear A

The writing system of the Minoans.

Mount Olympus

The home of the gods.

Labyrinth

The maze associated with the Minotaur.

Parchment

Which covered doors and windows.