Studying and understanding the ________, the __________, the __________, and the __________ of people from the past will enable you to make good decisions for yourself and future generations.

________ includes the study of human fossils.

_______ involves the discovery of human remains and artifacts.

Excavation is the main technique of discovery used by _________.

The study of the earth's surface and the life it sustains is called __________.

The _____ environment can greatly influence the course of human events.

_________ includes the study of the management of resources by a people.

_________ includes the study of governments and their impact on people.

_________ is important to understanding the ideals, traditions, and motivations of a people.

_________ and ___________ play a huge role in shaping history.

_________ reflects the experience and events of society; Latin word for "develop."

______ culture is enjoyed by the majority of people in a society.

A society or region is usually divided into two subcultures: __________ and __________.

Advances that change the economy of a nation are called ___________.

AD is the abbreviation for the Latin term "anno domini" which refers to _________.

The term Circa is Latin meaning _______.

The Gregorian Calendar is based on __________.

Dates occurring "Before the Common Era" are marked .

An event occurring in the year 1110 BC could be said to have taken place during the _______ century BC.

Much of what is written in history books about the origin of humans is based on ________ left by the first humans. Select all that apply.

A simple story about the beginning of time and other complex events in history is called a ______.

In the narrative of the ________, Kaang brought the first man up through a hole in the earth.

"__________," in the Cherokee narrative, watched Selu fill her basket with beans and corn.

For what purpose did Zeus create Pandora, the first woman?

In the ________, Eve was the first to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The Garden of Eden included a tree with the knowledge of __________.

According to the Watchmaker analogy _______.

Who was the French philosopher and scientist that compared the human body to machines?

Who was the author of the book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, in 1859?

According to ____________ evolution, humans exist because they evolved from a single cell hundreds of millions of years in the past.

According to Darwinian evolution, apes and humans ___________.

Which theory or story states that amoeba-like forms over billions of years eventually evolved into humans?

__________ helps historians determine the truths of human history.

The main technique for finding artifacts is ____________.

_______ is one of the primary scientific techniques for obtaining information about people without a written history.

_________ is a technique or method for finding, removing, and recording physical remains.

The _____ techniques available today are somewhat accurate, but they are not perfect or exact.

The technique of radiocarbon dating was developed in 1949 by _____.

This technique measures carbon 14 in dead organisms.

What technique is used in the dating of certain types of rocks?

What technique evaluates dating based on the stratum in which the artifact is found?

What technique involves the examination of records of the movements of the sun and moon?

What technique compares tree-ring growth?

The study of __________ will help you make good future decisions.

_______ is the study of humans.

Excavation is the main technique of discovery used by _________.

A hammer would be considered an artifact.

Economics involves the study of _________.

The ____ and religion of people can have the greatest influences on their decisions.

_______ is based on the Latin word for "develop or cultivate."

_____ culture consists of masterpieces of art, music, and literature.

The Gregorian Calendar is based on __________.

A _____ is a simple explanation for a complex truth.

What did Pandora bring to the world when she opened the box that Zeus gave her?

According to the scriptures of ________, God created the universe.

The creation of the universe by an intelligent being is part of the _________.

According to Darwinian evolution, the evolutionary process from amoebas to humans occurred _______.

Darwinian evolution states that humans and _____ have a common ancestor.

Archaeologists use a technique to find, remove, and record physical remains. What is this technique called?

Radiocarbon dating was developed in 1949 by _________.

_________ measures the amount of argon present in a rock.

______ is/are based on the measurement of tree-rings.

_________ is the period before the invention of writing and keeping historical records.

Who was the Danish archaeologist and inventor of the Three-Age System (Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age) in 1816?

The Three-Age System is useful for the study of _________.

_________ is the first age of the Three-Age System.

_______ is the second age of the Three-Age System.

_________ is the last age of the Three-Age System.

The three periods of the Stone Age are ______, ______, and ______.

According to the Three-Age System chart, people lived in caves during the ______ and ______ periods.

To make ready for human use is to _______.

What significant change occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?

The Neolithic Revolution occurred during the _______ Age.

People __________ and __________ goods before the use of money.

The map of the Fertile Crescent suggests that the region _______.

The Natufians lived near the Euphrates at Tell Abu Hureyra and are believed to be the first people to _________.

_________ advances were made when people exchanged goods because they would exchange ideas at the same time.

Mesopotamia comes from the ______ word meaning "the land between the rivers."

________ is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers,

A simple, less advanced civilization is considered to be ________.

How did the Göbekli Tepe ruins contradict the standard thinking about Neolithic people?

According to the map of Mesopotamia, the Tigris River _______.

A system of belief that has been written down is called a ______ religion.

A distinct group of people with a common culture and interest is called a _______.

A complex society is characterized by __________.

A city-state is _________.

The Sumerians used __________ to make crop production more efficient.

__________ is a means of survival.

_________ was essential to the Sumerian economy.

________ used mud bricks to build ziggurats, arches and domes.

________ dominated Sumerian civilization.

Sumer is thought to have been ruled by priests at one point because _______.

Most of what is known about Sumerians daily lives was learned from their ________.

The Sumerians are credited with the invention of ______.

The Sumerian number system is based on _______.

________ were the people that ruled Akkad during its rise to power.

________ was overtaken and destroyed by barbarian invaders.

Who was considered a god by his subjects?

Who was the 6th king of the Babylonian Empire?

Who were the people that ruled Babylonia on its rise to power?

Who, at different times, was ruled by Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar?

The ancient city of Babylon was located near the modern-day city of _____.

The code of Hammurabi was based on the ancient Middle Eastern principle of ______.

Mesopotamia was a strict ______ society, where fathers were given the dominant roles.

According to the monument engraved with the code of Hammurabi, the laws were given to him by the sun god, _______.

The Middle Eastern principle of retaliation is best described as ______.

What do the punishments of the code of Hammurabi indicate about the Babylonians?

According to the code of Hammurabi, if a man could not pay his debts, why did he have to sell himself, his wife, or his children?

The _________ protected the Egyptians from invasion.

A seasonal wind that brings vast amounts of rainfall is a _____.

The _________ mountains protected the ancient people of the Indian subcontinent from invaders.

Most of the Indian subcontinent is in the shape of a _____.

The city of _______ has been dated C. 6500 BC, the oldest in the world.

The houses and building of the Indus River Valley were made with _____ bricks.

The sewage and drainage system of Mohenjo-Daro included ________.

The streets of ________ and ________ were laid out in a grid.

The _______ civilization developed the first compass-like instrument.

What was significant about the standard ratio of the Indus bricks?

The underlying meaning of the symbols on the _____ is not known.

The preservation of history and culture by way of speech is called _____.

The ancient religious texts of India are known as ______.

A collection of sacred hymns is called _______.

______ is the supreme creator god of the ancient Indians.

A person's varna was determined by __________.

_______ was the basis for the Vedic society.

In _________ society, married sons remained in their parents' household and continued to live under the authority of the oldest male.

According to ancient religious texts, how were women to be treated in Vedic society?

Identify the two most powerful kingdoms of the Vedic Civilization.

The ____ was a warrior-ruler.

Religious literature intended to "tie" everything together is called _______.

Which of the following was written during the reign of the Kurus?

Which of the following was the classical language of India?

Ancient Chinese civilization began along the _____ and Huang He Rivers in east central China.

The Chinese were protected from invasion due to ________.

The first people of China are believed to have known how to make ______.

There is much uncertainty about the beginnings of ________ civilization due to a lack of written records.

The existence of the ______ dynasty has been confirmed by inscriptions on oracle bones.

Oracle bones were made from bones and ______.

_________ were buried with the rulers of ancient China.

The Shang worshiped their ancestor and the god, _______.

The Shang used ______ to make weapons.

The Shang writing system used characters similar to those of the _____.

The ______ worshiped a supreme god but not the supreme god of the Shang.

The ________ kings called themselves the "sons of heaven" and claimed to have been given the authority to rule by "the Supreme God of Heaven."

Identify the Zhou system of government.

The Zhou adopted the Shang __________ but did not live among them.

It was important for a family to have boys in ancient _______ because they needed someone to carry on the family name.

Who is the greatest teacher?