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Mr. Corey's Exam for chapters 1-4 --

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Persian Empire
extended from India to Greece and help introduce the ideas of organization and importance of toleration and roads
how did Darius unite an empire?
He built the Royal Road. He could transport his armies and collect taxes. he always expanded his empire with conquests.
Plow
Was created by the Sumerians in 6000 B.C.
Examples of traits
Advanced cities;Kish,Nippur,Ur.Specialized workers;preist,king,artisan.merchants, educators, investors Complex institutions;the temple,army,schools.Record keeping;writing cunieform, pictograph.Advanced technology;irrigation,bronze tools,cuniform,days of week.wheel and plow
Fertile Crescent
An area of rich soil in the Middle East, stretching from the Mediterranian Sea through Mesopotamia to the Persian Gulf
5 traits of civilization
Advanced Technology,Advanced Cities,Record Keeping,Complex Institutions,Specialized workers
Paleolithic Age
The old stone age 2.5 million - 8000 B.C. was known for the use of stone tools
empire
A group of territories and peoples brought together under one supreme leader
Anatolia
The peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Seas that is now occupied by most of Turkey; also called Asia Minor
Surplus
An extra of something.
What important inventions came from mesopotamia
Wheel, plow, writing, law codes, irrigation, days of the week, 60 minutes, 60 seconds
Nebuchadnezzar
A Babylonian king who conquered Jerusalem,and built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
silt
fine,fertile soil deposited by a river.
Neolithic Age
The new stone age lasted from 8000 to 3000 B.C. and is was the begining of weaving and pottery
What makes a Government?
King/Queen,Education,Warriors, People to rule,someone to enforce rules,legal laws,scribes,record keeping
Ashurbanipal
An Assyrian king who told people to bring back writings and collected about 20,000 cuniform tablets were now found form him. Made a huge library in Nineveh
Lucy
The first human, the first human who left remains of her bones. She lived around 3.5 million years ago.
ziggurat
An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in steplike levels and was used to observe the stars.It was like a city center
justice
Fair treatment of people, in keeping with the law
Why are there 20 provinces
The land was to big so king Darius had to brake the land up to be organized
exile
Forced removal of one's homeland; banned for life
government
A system for creating order and providing leadership. Laws and rules and maintaining order in an effort to promote the economy.
Who were the Sumer?
They are the first civilization,which rose around 3300 B.C..They created bronze,the week,and writing(cuniform).The Sargon took over after.
tribute
A payment of money or goods by one ruler to another in order to ensure protection
province
A subdivision of an empire or country
7 countries of Central America
Belize,Costa Rica,El Salvador,Guatamala,Hondouras,Nicuragua,Panama
Irrigation
To dig ditches to water your crops.
Code of law
A set of written rules for people to obey
city-state
A city and it's nearby farmlands -- A political area that works together for a common goal
Technology
the use of one's mind to create what is neaded.
wheel
3500 B.C.
Sumerian writing
cuniform
4 types of homonids
Austrolopithecine,Homo Habilis,Homo Erectus,Homo Sapiens
king
The highest ranking leader of a group
slash and burn
Cutting down vegetation then burning it to create fine soil to grow crops
What type of rule did Cyrus have?
toleration
polytheism
the belief in more than one God
hunter-gatherers
A person who gathers food and hunts animals and moves when food gets scarce
Royal Road
A road built for the empire which king Darius built and was 1,775 miles long.
Chaldeans
The new Babylonians, their king was king Nebuchadnezzar.
Farming started
8000 B.C.E. to 5000 B.C.E.
Hammurabi
The ruler of the Babylonian empire from 1792 to 1750 B.C. and created the first legal code of laws.
6 big ideas
Government,Geography,Culture,Beleif Sytems, Science and Technology,Economics
Why was Cyrus better than Darius?
Darius was consumed with conquest and not focusing on keeping everyone happy by practicing tolerance
What is the largest river in Egypt?
Nile
Mesolithic Age
The middle stone age, lasted from 10,000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. when we startedto control fire and develope language.
Sargon
The first empire,aka the Akkadian empire.Hammurabi was their king.
drought
A period of little rainfall in which it makes it difficult to grow crops
Neanderthals
(Homo Neanderthalensis) were a extinct species or subspecies ( Homo Sapiens) that lived in the middle Paleolithic Age
growth of trade
Surpluses lead to the growth of trade because they had extra and they needed something else so they would trade
domesticate
To raise or tend an animal or plant to be the use to humans
Floodplain
Flat land bordering water or lake
What is the world's largest desert
antarctica
six island nations
cuba, haita, dom. rep, jamaica, bahamas, trinidad and tobago.
Complex Village
A lot of people,homes,public buildings,religious center,education, and trade
Assyrians
They are the next group to take over the Fertile Crescent after the Sargon.Their king was king Ashurbanipal.They were defeated by the Medes and the Chaldeans.
Migration
To move from one place to another
Hammurabi's purpose of his code
He made laws so there is justice.
5 themes of geography
Location,Place,Region,Movement,Human-Enviromental Interaction
Mesopotamia
The land between two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Greatest basketball team
Duke
social class
A group of people with the same parents jobs for example a warrior or farmer
religeon
The worship of god,gods, or spirits
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Built by king Nebuchadnezzar, a huge jungle tower.It is one of the seven wonders of the world.
geography
the study of earth and its people
Ashurbanipal
The Assyrian king.He collected many writings and many of them were found.
Sumer
An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia which rose around 3300 B.C. The first empire that ruled in Mesopotamia and is credited with inventing writing.
satraps
the governor of a province in the ancient Persian Empire. Tax collectors
South America
Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Columbia,Ecuador,French Guiana,Guyana,Paraguay,Peru,Surinam,Uruguay,Venezuela
civilization
A human society with advanced level of development in social and political organization and in the arts and sciences

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