Components of SS
This component deals with past events.
History
This is a complex society and culture of people that share a number of common elements, such as religion and language. Is it a civilization or subculture?
Civilization
An ancient cultural stage of human development characterized by the use of stone tools. Often referred to as the Paleolithic Age.
Is it the Old Stone Age or Age of Enlightenment?
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Age)
This is the earliest known human civilization that arose at the southern of Mesopotamia.
Sumer
The ancient Egyptians called this river--around which the civilization developed--"Iteru."
The Nile River
Geography
These elements of civilization have to do with the control of potable (drinking) water and the farming of a consistent food supply.
Irrigation & Agriculture
This was the final stage of human development characterized by the use of stone tools, domestication of animals and plants, and permanent settlements. It is often referred to as the Neolithic Age.
Is it the New Stone Age or the Middle Ages?
New Stone Age (Neolithic Age)
The people of Sumer and Mesopotamian kingdoms worshipped many otherworldly and superhuman deities. Is this an example of monotheism or polytheism?
Polytheism
When the Nile flooded, it affected life in this essential way.
Was it that the overflow caused hot winds to scour the land OR did the overflow leave rich silt for farming?
Rich Silt for Farming
This component deals with jobs, money, and the way natural resources are used.
Economy
A large town or community with a high population: country or city?
City
The change from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age was due to these vital implementations. Were they writing and religion or establishing permanent settlements farming?
Farming and Permanent Settlements
This is the name of the writing system employed in Sumer and Mesopotamia.
Is it hieroglyphics or cuneiform?
Cuneiform
This is the creator god of ancient Egypt. As a matter of fact, his name was used for the original name of this ancient African civilization: HWT-KA-PTAH.
PTAH
This component deals with people and their interactions, as well as their ways of life.
Society & Culture
A group of people that make laws, enforce laws, and determine what to do with lawbreakers.
Government
This is an artifact of Paleolithic Times.
Is it a clay tablet or a stone arrowhead?
Stone Arrow Head
These were the four historic and major civilizations of Mesopotamia.
Were they Sumerian Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilizations
OR
the Indus, Chin, Mongol, and Hellenic civilizations?
Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian
This is the ancient Egyptian word or title, which meant "Great House." It also happened to be the name of their kings.
Pharaoh
This component deals with the rights and duties of citizenship, as well as the art and science of governing.
Civics & Government
A method of representing sounds of a language by written symbols AND the human expression of creative skill and imagination.
Writing & Art
This is the scientific study of human activity through the findings of ancient artifacts.
Is it archaeology or anthropology?
Archaeology
This is the reason for the name of the Fertile Crescent.
Is it because this region lay under a crescent moon or was it because it lay between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Fertile land adjacent to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The group of nine (9) gods that ancient Egyptians worshipped throughout the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms.
Were they the Ennead or the Olympians?
Ennead