World History Final Exam Review

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Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, lay between which rivers?

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Most ancient civilizations were polytheistic because they

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worshipped many gods

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A delta is a(n)

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large deposit of silt at the mouth of a river

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A form of government, such as in Sparta, where a few people held all of the power is called a(n)

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oligarchy

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Bringing water from its natural source to crops is called

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irrigation

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The Egyptians built the pyramids primarily as

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tombs for the dead pharaoh's bodies

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Paleolithic means...

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Old Stone

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One problem historians encounter when studying the past is when sources allow emotion and opinion to judge people and events. This is called

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bias

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Lines that circle north and south around the earth and measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian are called

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longtitude

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What major change took place during the Neolithic Age?

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people began farming