Early Man
A person who moves from place to place in search of resources needed to survive.
What is a nomad?
Item the Ancient Chinese made that only they knew how to produce for many years.
What is silk?
Egyptian written form using pictures
What are hieroglyphics?
Type of landform covering nearly 80% of Greece, making land travel difficult
What are mountains?
Group of people the Romans modeled much of their religious beliefs and architecture from.
Who are the Greeks?
Term that means "about" or "approximately"
What is circa?
Most well known philosopher in Chinese history.
Who is Confucius?
Name of a type Egyptian leader, believed to have been a living God
What is a pharaoh?
Greek god of the sky, lightning, and thunder.
Who is Zeus?
Roman leader who was assassinated on the "Ides of March"
Who is Julius Caesar?
Era when people learned to farm and began settling in one place.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Extensive trade routes that connected China with the civilizations of the Mediterranean
What is the Silk Road?
The ancient Egyptians most commonly used this material to write on.
What is papyrus?
Greek city-state responsible for creating democracy
What is Athens?
Roman emperor who divided the empire
Who is Diocletian?
Translates to "Old Stone Age"
What is Paleolithic?
This desert lies in both China and Mongolia. It is also known as a cold desert.
What is the Gobi Desert?
The discovery of his tomb taught us much about Egyptian burial practices
Who is Tutankhamen (King Tut)?
A system of government where a small group of rich and powerful men rule
What is an oligarchy?
Capital city of the Byzantine Empire, now referred to as Istanbul
What is Constantinople?
The study of working with metal
What is metallurgy?
The belief in China that good rulers got their authority from heaven.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This discovery in 1799 CE finally allowed modern scholars to translate ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
War that began because Persia wanted to punish Athens for interfering in the Ionian Revolt
What are the Persian Wars?
Term that describes new era of prosperity began by Caesar Augustus that lasted 200 years
What is the Pax Romana?