Ch 1-2

Question 1

To arrange or set down in writing

Answer 1

Codify

Question 2

Site of the worlds first civilization, located in south eastern Mesopotamia

Answer 2

Sumer

Question 3

The peninsula that makes up the Asian portion of modern Turkey; also known as Asia Minor

Answer 3

Anatolia

Question 4

Branch of law that deals with offenses against others

Answer 4

Criminal law

Question 5

The way of life of a society, which is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience

Answer 5

Culture

Question 6

A skilled craftsperson

Answer 6

Artisan

Question 7

The belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams

Answer 7

Animism

Question 8

A person who moves from place to place in search of food

Answer 8

Nomad

Question 9

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

Answer 9

Empire

Question 11

In the Ancient East, a system of writing introduced in ancient Sumer that used wedge- shaped marks.

Answer 11

Hieroglyphics

Question 11

A belief in many gods

Answer 11

Polytheistic

Question 12

The study of people and cultures through their material remains

Answer 12

Archaeology

Question 13

The period of time before hand writing was invented

Answer 13

Prehistory

Question 14

An object made by human beings

Answer 14

Artifact

Question 15

The spreading of the Jews beyond their historic homeland

Answer 15

Diaspora

Question 16

Mesopotamian narrative poem that was first told by Sumer

Answer 16

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 18

A binding agreement; specifically, in the Jewish tradition, the binding agreement God made with Abraham

Answer 18

Covenant

Question 19

The world first village, established in the modern-day West Bank between 10,000 and 9,000 B.C

Answer 19

Jericho

Question 20

A plant used to make paper-like writing material in ancient Egypt

Answer 20

Papyrus

Question 21

Mapmaker

Answer 21

Cartographer

Question 22

Region within the Fertile Crescent that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Answer 22

Mesopotamia

Question 23

The skills and tools people use to meet their basic needs

Answer 23

Technology

Question 24

The most sacred text of the Jewish bible which includes the first five Books of Moses

Answer 24

Torah

Question 25

The title of the rulers of ancient Egypt who were considered to be gods as well as rulers.

Answer 25

Pharaoh

Question 26

The study of the origins and development of people and their societies

Answer 26

Anthropology

Question 26

System of writing in which pictographs represent objects, concepts, or sounds

Answer 26

Cuneiform

Question 27

In ancient Mesopotamia, a large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief God or goddess

Answer 27

Ziggurat

Question 28

The preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth

Answer 28

Mummification

Question 29

The final era of prehistory, which began about 9000 BC; also called the New Stone Age

Answer 29

Neolithic period

Question 30

Believing in one God

Answer 30

Monotheistic

Question 31

Economic system in which one set of goods is exchanged for another

Answer 31

Barter economy