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What is the difference between primary and secondary sources
The primary source is a book , a document , an artifact, or another record that supplies firsthand information about a subject
How does archeologist work together with a historian?
They work together to find out information about the past
What are the five themes of geography
Location, Place, Region, Human-Environment interaction, Movement
When food is in short supply this economic condition is know as__________________.
Scarcity
What event ended prehistoric time and started history.
People developed writing
Prehistory
Time before history
During the New Stone Age food surpluses allowed more people to become________________.
Farmers.
List the river associated with each civilization:
a. Fertile Crescent
b. Egypt
c. India
d. China
e. Rome
f. South America
g. North America
A. Tigris and Euphrates, B.Nile, C. Ganges And Indus, D. Huand and Yellow River, E. Tiber, F. Amazon, G. Mississipi, Missouri, and Colorado River
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Euphrates and Tigris
Name the type of writing from Sumer
Cuneiform
What is the difference between the Old and New Stone Age
Old: They were Nomads, No farming, New: Farming started
What did the Egyptians use to predict that the Nile would flood
Sirius the dog star
What important event occurred during the Old Stone Age?
Our Ancestors learned to make and use Fire
Why was Hammurabi's Code Important?
These codes told people how to settle conflicts in all areas of life.
Why did the Israelites leave Canaan?
A Famine, a time with so little food that people starve, spread across Canaan