What is History (Chapter 1)
This amount of time is equal to 100 years
A Century
Most of the earliest forms of humans moved around from place to place in order to find food, water, and shelter. These people were ______
Nomads
"The land between rivers"
This is the largest pyramid in Egypt
The Egyptian form of writing
Hieroglyphics
This field of study focuses on studying various cultures of different societies, past and present
Anthropology
The time era in which cavemen were primarily present is called the __________ Age
Paleolithic
Often regarded as the world's first major city, which was located in the Mesopotamian region
Sumer
What is often referred to as the "lifeblood" of Egypt, even now?
The worship of many Gods as opposed to just one
Polytheism
I am in Egypt trying to learn about the pyramids by taking small samples from the Great Pyramid and trying to determine the material it was made from and the time it was built. This would make me a _______
Archaeologist
This event allowed humans to finally settle in one area as opposed to moving around from place to place all the time. Humans formed communities and even entire empires because of this
Agricultural Revolution
Mesopotamia lies in between two major rivers, called
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers
- The Nile River was very difficult to cross because of cataracts
- Surrounding by an unforgiving desert, known as the "red land"
The world's very first set of written laws
the Code of Hammurabi
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D, killing hundreds of thousands of people in Southern Italy. Exactly how many years ago did this happen?
1,945 years ago
These were found in some areas in Mesopotamia; often considered early signs of religion taking place
Shrines
We often referred to this city in class as being like the "ancient Dubai", very beautiful, advanced city with hanging gardens and streets paved with marble and limestone
Babylon
Narmer
A system of government which revolves around religion exclusively
Theocracy
Julian Calendar
Most all early societies formed along one of the four great river valley civilizations. Name ALL four, in any order.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, & China
Many empires ruled the region of Mesopotamia over the centuries. One empire was known for having the most brutal, powerful and advanced army in the world at the time, allowing them to easily brutalize and destroy enemies and rule for hundreds of years unchallenged. This is the ___________
Assyrian Empire
The process of embalming involved:
removing the dead body's organs, storing the organs in jars, salting the bodies (human jerky), wrap the dead body in linen (mummies) and bury them in the tomb.
The team that Taylor Swift's boyfriend plays for ....
Won the Super Bowl in which 3 years?
1970, 2020, 2023