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Who were the first humans to use fire?
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What discovery allowed humans to move from hunters and gathers to village dwellers?
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Human beings that walk upright are called?
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The time period before people developed writing is called?
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People who study rnaterial remains.
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People who study physical features of hominids.
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The first hominids to leave Africa.
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The Paleolithic Age is also cailed the?
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What area was thought to be the first place where agriculture replaced hunting and gathering?
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On what continent did Neanderthals live?
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What quality of soil did the Fertile Crescent possess?
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Which group of people in the Ferlile Crescent gained most of their wealth from trade?
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Which people were known for their ouelty?
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Name the man who wrote the first written code of laws.
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These people were the first to believe in monotheism,
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The metal that replaced bronze as the materials most commonly used for making tools and weapons.
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Who built the largest empire in the Fetile Crescent?
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Did the Summerians have a strong army?
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What was the Babylonians greatest achievement?
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These people were known for their seafaring expertise.
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Persia was located mostly in what present day country?
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What was the most important geographic feature of Eglpt?
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A series of rulers who that all come fiom the
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The area between Lower Egypt and the First Cataract was called?
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This structure served as a tomb for the Pharaoh.
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Egyptian form of writing.
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The most irnportant person in Egyptian society.
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Most of the Egyptian gods were related to?
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What was the name of the ruler who united Egypt?
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This was used to translate hierogllphics.
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What natural boundary blocked Egyptians liom traveling the full length of the Nile?
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This pharaoh was the greatest builder in Egyptian history.
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What Mountain range separates India from China?
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Most civilizations formed near?
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People in India are divided into social groups called?
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The lowest social group in India.
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The pass used by foreigners to enter India from the Northwest.
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What enabled the Chinese to develop the oldest civilization in the World?
state that conquers other lands and then rules over them.
same
family is called?
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How did the Summerians get water for their crops?
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Narne the sea around which Greek civilization grew up.
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Identifu the first great Bronze Age civilization to develop in Greece and Crete.
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Polis means?
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What was the name of the city-state that defeated Athens in 4048.C.?
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Hellenistic culture was based mainly on the
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The Greek city-state with the most powerful army.
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The Greek ideal of excellence was called?
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Most people in Greece lived in
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Alexander use this battle formation.
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The river on which Rome was founded.
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Where did the Carthaginians originate flom?
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Roman gods originated fiom
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What two groups of people fought for power during the early years of the Roman Republic?
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Name the general who invaded Italy with elephants.
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Roman women were not allowed to?
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Identifu the mountain that separates Italy from the rest of Europe.
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The urban, landless poor of Rome were called
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culture.
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The 200 year peace in Rome was called the_.
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Who was the first Roman Emperor?
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The story of Jesus' life comes rnainly from the new
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This emperor ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.
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What building material did the Romans invent that allowed them to build domes?
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What geographical features prohibited the Greeks from having a strong central govemment?
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The main city of the eastem part of the Roman empire was named?
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Followers of the Islamic faith are called?
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In what years did the early Middle Ages take place?
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The strongest civilizing force in Europe during the Middle Ages was the
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In 800, the Franks controlled the country now called?
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The monk who established strict rules for monastic life was named?
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The Middle Ages took place between what years?
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Who was crowned the 1" Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
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The name given to the disease called the "Black Death".
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The first European country to be devastated by the "Black Death".
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The Black Death originated on this continent.
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During what years did the Middle Ages take place?
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Approximately what propottion of Europe's population died during the Black Death?
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Where is the Notre Dame Church located?
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Prime Mlnister Ehud Olmert is leader of what country?
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Mahmud Ahamdinejad is leader of what country?
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What is the country of France banning in public places?
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Who is Nancy Pelosi?
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This gas is in high demand and unfortunately there is a shorlage-what gas is it?
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Where did peasants seek safety during troubled times?
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What was the name of the first man-made satellite?
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Rebith of the soul in
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founder ofBuddhism
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This Greek philosopher tutored Alexander the Great
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The name of Alexander's mother
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What civilization starled near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
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What is the name of the Jewish holy book?
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European civilization was formed by Germanic peoples, Christian church, and the legacy of the R
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bodily fotm
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The real change in the Neolithic Revolution was the shift fiom hunting and gathering to
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The Buddha believed that suffering is caused by
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The city that Constantine selected to be the new capital of the Roman Empire.
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By what rivers did systematic agriculture first replaced hunting and gathering
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The force senerated bv one's actions that is held in Hinduism.
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agriculture.
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Which leader extended the Persian Empire into Europe to become the largest empire the world had yet seen (Cyus or
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Darius)
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patriarchal:
monotheism:
polytheism:
of
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Han rulers based their policies on the teachings
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A Muslim house of worship whose cornerstone was a sacred stone ca11ed the
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How many times a day does a Muslim pray?
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The Greek language and culture spread to Southwest Asia during the H
The Romans borrowed the Arch from
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Chinese civilization is
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The main city of the Jewish faith.
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
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Modern China has a population
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civilization.
Chinese culture and society are based upon the concept
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The Peloponnesian War resulted from conflict between Sparta and
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What river is sacred to the Hindu relision?
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The prophet who began the Islamic religion was named . .
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The Jewish people consider this man to be the first Jew.
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India's caste system was brought by what people?
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The Sumerian civilization emerged near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers around what year?
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The name of the mountain range that separates the Indian civilization ffom Asia.
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Who wrote "The Body of Civil Law"?
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The Fertile Crescent stretches from the Persian Gulfto
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What does Filial piety mean?
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Who is governor of California?
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Constantine renamed Byzantium
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Buddhism
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Name given to Holy books of Hinduism
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U.S. Secretary of State
The lowest group in India.
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Body of water located to the southeast of India
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This large landform is located in the southem parl ofthe Indian sub-continent.
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How much money do Florida's citrus farmers make
a year?
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What is causing serious problems with this year's crop?
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What insurance plans does the Senate Bill want to tax?
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What did Mark McGwire admit to?
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:a small or barely detectable amount of something?
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What is the world's most expensive city to live in?
Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarenc Thomas are all members of what govermental body?
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Nicolas Sarkozy is president of
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What is the world's most popular sport?
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What country will host the next World Cup?
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What does USS stand for?
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Where did the steel for the USS New York come from?
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What European city was separated by a wall that created a communist side and democratic side in 1 961
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What event in history ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 1lth month?
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Approximately how many names are carved on the Viet Nam Memorial?
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What does the German word "Tannenbaum" mean?
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Who is Stanley McChrystal?
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tropical cyclone or hurricane located in the westem Pacific Ocean area
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