Test Review

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3. Belief in many gods
5. Economic concept that describes the total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers.
6. Ancient city-state of Greece known for its fierce military.
7. Ancient Egyptian writing.
9. What is the holy text of Islam?
12. A religion that started with Abraham and the Hebrew people
14. New Stone Age (when new developments allowed people to farm, live in larger settlements, trade, etc.)
15. An advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, technology, and government has been reached.
18. A member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place.
21. A person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and traditions and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation.
23. A natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life.
24. Distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian (line from the North to the South Pole).
26. When people started using METAL tools.
27. Complete authority to act in an area.
28. A group of territories or peoples under one ruler.
31. Extreme shortage of food.
32. Which religious text is sacred to Judaism?
33. An ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile floodplain on the Indus River and its vicinity.
36. What is the holy book of Hinduism?
37. The name that was formerly given to people who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent.
38. Which holy text is associated with Christianity?
39. One of the first written languages.
41. The vast empire of Southwest Asia founded by Cyrus II after 546 B.C. and brought to the height of its power and glory by Darius I and his son.
42. Supreme council of the Ancient Roman empire.
44. Ancient form of writing found in Mesopotamia.
45. The longest river located in Egypt, Africa that flows through the desert, and was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt.
46. A river of about four thousand miles, it is the longest river of China and of Asia.
47. The process by which water is diverted from streams and other bodies of water, in order to water crops
48. Able to read and write
49. The spread of culture, including aspects such as clothing and food, from one group to another, typically as a result of making contact.

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1. A dictatorship with one-man rule that evolved from the Roman Republic.
2. An artifact that was written on in both Greek and Hieroglyphics. Since we could read Greek we could use this stone to crack the code of Hieroglyphics.
4. A system of pipes and channels used to carry water to cities.
8. A sacred agreement between God and a person or group of people.
10. Farming (The growing of food on a regular basis)
11. An ancient network of trade routes that for centuries were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent.
13. Belief in one God
16. Long periods of extreme cold on the Earth.
17. Large temple in Ancient Mesopotamia.
19. Leader in Ancient Egypt
20. A union between people, groups, countries.
22. What does B.C. stand for?
23. People who move from place to place to survive.
25. A form of government in which power resided in elected individuals representing the citizen body, and government leaders exercise power according to the rule of law.
29. A city that is like a small independent country due to having its own laws and government.
30. Half moon shaped area of land located where small villages began to form.
34. An economic principle that describes a consumer's desire and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.
35. East-west lines parallel to the equator used to measure distance in degrees north or south of the equator
40. The first civilization that was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.
43. What does A.D. stand for?