Question 1

wrote a legal code of laws that covered most areas of daily life

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 2

helped spread ideas around the world

Accepted Answer

Trade

Question 3

early period of human history

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Stone Age

Question 4

first civilizations developed next to

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River Valleys

Question 5

revolutionary change that took place during the Neolithic Age

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Farming

Question 6

what the the Hittites taught the Assyrians to build that helped make their army stronger

Accepted Answer

Stronger Iron

Question 7

things made by humans long ago

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Artifacts

Question 8

a long poem that tells the story of a hero

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Epic

Question 9

a group of many different lands under one ruler

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Empire

Question 10

building dams, channels, walls, and ditches to bring water to crops

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Irrigation

Question 11

area known as the "cradle of civilization"

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Mesopotamia

Question 12

a grand temple with a shrine at the top, like a giant square wedding cake

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Ziggurat

Question 13

people who regularly move from place to place

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Nomads

Question 14

traces of plants and animals preserved in rock

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Fossils

Question 15

record keepers who often went on to become government officials because they could read and write

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Scribes

Question 16

people who study heavenly bodies

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Astronomers

Question 17

the land around the Nile River delta

Accepted Answer

Lower Egypt

Question 18

Egyptian invention used to prevent the pharaoh's body from decomposing

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Embalming

Question 19

the result of the river flooding every year in Egypt

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Fertile Soil

Question 20

a plant used in paper making

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Papyrus

Question 21

believed to be the son of Re, the sun god

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Pharaoh

Question 22

world's longest river

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 23

female pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 24

largest desert in the world

Accepted Answer

Sahara

Question 25

astronomer who said the sun was at the center of the universe.

Accepted Answer

Aristarchus

Question 26

used by the Spartans to control its citizens

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Military

Question 27

form of government used by the Spartans

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Oligarchy

Question 28

thinkers who ponder the questions about life

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Philosophers

Question 29

another name for a tiny, independent country

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Polis

Question 30

open areas used for meeting places and markets

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Agora

Question 31

focused on military service in their polis

Accepted Answer

Spartans

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