social studies review Flashcards

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What did humans develop to meet their needs and wants?

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Technology

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What is anthropology ?

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The study of how human beings behave where they came from and how one group of people differs from another

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Where do scientists believe that humans originated?

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Africa

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What is considered a modern human?

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Complex language

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What name is given to one of the theories scientists have about early migration?

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Out of Africa

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What made homosapiens more advanced than Neanderthals?

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The Homo sapiens had complex language, made art and music, and had complex burial practices

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What is a person that moves from place to place with out a permanent home?

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Nomad

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What are beliefs customs practices and behavior of a particular nation or group of people?

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Culture

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What are preserved remains of ancient human animal or plant

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Fossil

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An object made by a human being.

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Artifact

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What are the first five books of the Hebrew bible?

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The Torah

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What is the name of sacred writings?

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Scriptures

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What is the name of the collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew bible and Jewish law?

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Talmud

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Jews gather in a ___________________ to pray and discuss scriptures.

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Synagouage

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The land of Israel came to be known as the _________________ community of Jews liVing outside their ancient homeland.

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Promised land

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Jews observe the ______________ from Sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday

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Sabbath

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Jewish ______________ , religious teachers recorded oral laws that they believe came from the teachings of Moses

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Rabbis

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Ezekiel was a _______________ believed to be chosen by god to bring a message of truth to the people.

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Prophet

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The escape of the Israelites from Egypt is called _______________

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Judaism was the worlds first religion based on _________________________

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What two religions has Judaism influenced?

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Christianity and Islam

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Mesopotamia means _____________________

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Land between rivers

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The __________________ empire became the largest empire the world has ever seen

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Nebuchadnezzar most famous project was the _________________

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The hanging gardens of Babylon

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_______________ allowed the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem
Cyrus
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_______________ created the worlds first empire
King Sargon
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What did judiaism influence?
Islam and Christianity
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Who did god make a covenant with?
Abraham
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Who are the patriarchs of the Jewish people?
Abraham, issac,jacob
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What food did the Israelites eat on exodus?
Manna
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How did the Israelites carry the 10 commandments?
The ark of the covenant
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Why didn't Moses enter the promised land?
He died
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Name the three sections of the Hebrew bible?
The scriptures, the writings, and the Torah
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What is sabbath?when does it take place?
Weekly day of rest starts sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday
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What was papyrus used for?
To write medical books calendars poems prayers
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What was the purpose of the pyramids?
Tombs of early rulers were underground chambers of rooms the burial chamber contained items the ruler might want. In the after life
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Another word for king of Egypt
Pharaoh
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A ruling family
Dynasty
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A body preserved by a special process
Mummy
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What is the words longest river
The Nile river
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Which Egyptian leader ruled as a man but was not
Hatshepsut
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Who is the god of the dead?
Osiris
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Who is the mother goddess of Egypt ?
Isis
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Which god was believed to be part of the pharaoh
Horus
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Which god is the most Important to Egyptians?
Amon re
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What guards the tombs of Khufu and his family?
The sphinx
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Who killed Osiris
Seth