Semester 1 Review- 6th grade

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What ancient civilization came first? Sumer (pronounced Sue-mer), Babylon, Egypt, Assyria

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Sumer (pronounced Sue-mer)

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What does BCE stand for?

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Before Common Era

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Which of the following happened first?
The development of cities,
The domestication of animals,
Humans started hunting and gathering for food,
Neolithic Revolution

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Humans started hunting and gathering for food

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Title used by Egyptian rulers

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pharaoh

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Series of rulers from the same family

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dynasty

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Ancient Egyptian writing system that used picture symbols

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hieroglyphics

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The Sumerian writing system was called

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cuneiform

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Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? Justice was very important to him.

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Hammurabi

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Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

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irrigation

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belief in only one God

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monotheism