Paleolithic Age
What does Paleolithic mean?
Old Stone Age
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
Between which two rivers was Mesopotamia located?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Which river was essential to ancient Egyptian civilization?
The Nile River
What river gave this civilization its name?
The Indus River
What two activities did Paleolithic people use to get food?
Hunting and gathering
What major change allowed people to settle in one place?
The development of agriculture or farming
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
What natural event helped make the Nile Valley fertile?
The annual flooding of the Nile
Name one major city of the Indus Valley civilization.
Harappa or Mohenjo-daro
What type of lifestyle did Paleolithic people have?
Nomadic; they moved from place to place
What is domestication?
Training plants or animals for human use
What type of writing did the Sumerians develop?
Cuneiform
What was the title of an ancient Egyptian ruler?
Pharaoh
What was a major feature of Indus Valley cities?
Planned streets and advanced drainage systems
What material did early humans use to make many of their tools?
Stone
What were permanent settlements called?
Villages
What were the large stepped temple structures called?
Ziggurats
What is a pyramid?
A large structure built as a tomb for Egyptian rulers
How were the streets in Indus Valley cities organized?
Streets were laid out in a grid pattern, with roads crossing at right angles.
On what continent did the earliest humans originate?
Africa
How did farming lead to job specialization?
People could produce extra food, allowing others to do different jobs
Which Babylonian king created a famous written law code?
Hammurabi
What process did Egyptians use to preserve the dead?
Mummification
What is one mystery about the Indus Valley civilization?
Its writing has not been deciphered, so much about its people remains unknown