TCAP Review

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TCAP Review
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• Who were the earliest people who came from
  Africa, and traveled in bands?
• Hunter-gatherers

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• Name the time period people migrated across the
  Bering Strait into North America?
• Ice Age

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• What does agriculture mean?
• Farming

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• An object that is human made from long ago is
  called an _________.
• artifact

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• A way of life that includes food, language,
  religion, clothes, and hobbies is called ____.
• culture

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• Which civilization is a part of the Fertile
  Crescent, located between 2 rivers, and is
  located on the continent of Asia?
• Mesopotamia

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• Which 2 rivers is Mesopotamia located between?
• Tigris and Euphrates

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• A way of supplying water to an area of land is
  called?
• Irrigation

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• Located in the countryside is called?
• Rural
• Located in the city is called?
• Urban

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• Worshipping many gods is called?
• Polytheism
• Worshipping one god is called?
• Monotheism

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• A long story poem about Sumers first king is
  called?
• Epic of Gilgamesh

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• The worlds first writing system with
  wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets is called?
• Cuneiform

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• The first set of written laws that is known by
  the quote, an eye for an eye is?
• Hammurabis Code

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• The longest river in the world that flows from
  south to north is the?
• Nile River

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• A series of rulers from the same family is called
  a ______.
• dynasty

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• Egypt is located on the continent of ______.
• Africa

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• A ruler of Egypt is called a ________.
• pharaoh

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• What is the name of Egyptian writing?
• Hieroglyphics
• What is the name of the finding that helped
  translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?
• Rosetta Stone

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• China is on the continent of _____.
• Asia
• Name the major body of water east of China.
• Pacific Ocean
• Which mountain range is to the south of China?
• Himalaya Mountains

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• Farmers with small farms are called ______.
• Peasants
• Name the person who wanted the Chinese to return
  to ethics.
• Confucius

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• What was built during the Qin dynasty to help
  keep out invaders from the north of China?
• Great Wall
• A 4,000 mile long network of trade routes from
  China to Europe is called the ____ ______.
• Silk Road

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• The spread of ideas from one culture to another
  is called _______.
• Diffusion
• Which religion is the largest religion in India
  today, believes in reincarnation, and the caste
  system?
• Hinduism

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• Name the founder of Buddhism.
• Siddhartha Gautama The Buddha
• Name the founder of Judaism.
• Abraham
• What is the name of the journey where Moses led
  his people out of Egypt.
• Exodus

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• Followers of Judaism are called ____.
• Jews
• Name the holy book of Judaism.
• Torah

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• What is the name of the holy book of
  Christianity?
• Bible
• Jesuss rise from the dead is called?
• The Resurrection

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• Name the founder of Islam.
• Muhammad
• Followers of Islam are called?
• Muslims

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• The holy book of Islam is called?
• Quran
• The name for the god of Islam is called?
• Allah

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• Slaves in the Spartan society are called?
• Helots
• Who was the military commander who was the son of
  Philip of Macedonia, conquered most of the entire
  known world, and helped spread Greek culture?
• Alexander the Great

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• Who was the king of the gods and god of the sky?
• Zeus
• Italy is located on the continent of?
• Europe

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• What geographic form does Italy represent?
• Peninsula
• What is the name of the 2 brothers who helped
  found the city of Rome?
• Romulus and Remus

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• Name the Roman dictator who was killed on the
  Ides of March.
• Julius Caesar
• Which part of a map shows what the map is about?
  1st thing you should look at
• title

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• Which part of a map shows what direction north,
  south, east, and west lie on the map?
• Compass rose
• Which part of a map gives the distance between 2
  points on the map?
• Scale

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• Which part of a map displays what the symbols on
  the map represent?
• Map key or legend
• Name the form of government where it began in
  Athens, and people rule themselves.
• Democracy

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• Name the type of government where a king or queen
  is in charge, and the position is inherited.
• Monarchy
• This type of government only has a few people in
  power, and Sparta is an example.
• Oligarchy

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• This form of government is religious, and is led
  by religious leaders.
• Theocracy
• During the Middle Ages, the ____ was everything.
• Church

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• Name the empress who married Justinian I, and
  helped give more rights to women.
• Theodora
• Who was the leader of the Franks that believed
  greatly in education?
• Charlemagne

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• Which set of laws forced the king to obey the
  laws like everyone else?
• Magna Carta
• Name the event that was caused by the fleas on
  rats and killed ¼ of Europe.
• Black Death

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• Name the great seafaring people who traveled by
  longships, and traveled to Europe and Asia.
• Vikings

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• Name the person who helped establish feudalism in
  England, and became king of England in 1066?
• William the Conqueror
• Name the woman who helped rally the French troops
  against the English in the Hundred Years War.
  She eventually was burned to death.
• Joan of Arc