Early People
The earliest tools were made from this material.
What is stone?
These two rivers flow through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
An Egyptian king
What is a pharaoh?
The continent where China is located.
What is Asia?
A system of government where all citizens have the right to vote.
What is a democracy?
To move from one habitat to another according to the seasons.
What is migration?
Wrote this type of writing on clay tablets in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
The formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphs (or hieroglyphics)?
What is a dynasty?
The temple, built for Athena, that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens.
What is archaeology?
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
This type of paper was made from a reed plant.
What is papyrus?
A structure that was built in Northern China to protect them from various nomadic groups.
What is the Great Wall of China?
A public open space used for meetings and markets.
What is an agora?
The continent where the first people were said to have evolved.
What is Africa?
A multi-storied, temple tower in Ancient Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat?
The process of preserving a dead body by drying it out.
What is mummification?
Two important rivers that run through China's river valley.
What are Yellow (Huang) and Chang (Yangtze) Rivers?
Fictional stories told by the Ancient Greeks (Characters: Zeus, Athena, Hades, Poseidon)
What is Greek Mythology?
This technology helped early people have light, warmth, and protection.
What is fire?
King Nebuchadnezzar built this beautiful masterpiece for his wife in the city of Babylon.
What are the Hanging Gardens?
The north-flowing river that is located in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
The three main philosophies and religions of ancient China.
What are Daoism, Confucianism, and Legalism?
The five city-states that we learned about during our Greek Olympics.
What is Corinth, Athens, Megara, Argos, and Sparta?