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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?