early humans
Neolithic Revolution
Fertile Crescent
inventions of early humans
Egypt, India and China
100
What is the name for any human-mad object from ancient times?
artifacts
100
What is the name of the age in human history when humans began to practice agriculture?
Neolithic Age
100
What name means "between the rivers"?
Mesopotamia
100
What age began when humans began to make weapons out of bronze?
Bronze Age
100
What river did the ancient Egyptians live on?
the Nile
200
What term means the way of life of a group of people?
culture
200
What were societies called before they started farming? During this time they looked for food or hunted animals.
hunter-gathers
200
What are skilled workers who make things by hand called?
artisans
200
What method of purchase was used before money. In it people exchanged things to get what they needed.
barter
200
What was the name given to the rulers of ancient Egypt?
pharaohs
300
What term refers to early human ancestors?
Hominids
300
What is the name for a type of farming where forests are cut down and then burned to make clear, fertile fields?
slash-and-burn farming
300
What was the name of people trained to write before common people learned to write?
scribes
300
What type of building was constructed by the Egyptians?
pyramids
300
What was the name of the policy that Chinese rulers used to justify their rule? It was a policy that said the rulers were selected to rule by god.
Mandate of Heaven
400
What is the name of the time period in human history when people started using stone tools?
Paleolithic Age
400
What is the name given to "taming animals to help or to feed humans"?
domestication
400
What is one of the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris or Euphrates
400
What type of building was constructed by the Assyrians and Babylonians. It had a rectangular base.
ziggurat
400
In India, Hinduism was widely practiced. This religion had multiple gods / god-like figures. What is this type of religion with multiple gods called?
polytheism
500
What is the term for the "application of science to help people"?
technology
500
What is the name for the development of skills in a specific kind of work?
specialization
500
What was the earliest form of writing used in Mesopotamia?
cuneiform
500
This material, made from reeds that grew in the Nile was easy for scribes to write on. What was it called?
papyrus
500
What form of writing was used in ancient Egypt?
hieroglyphics