Archeology/History Dating
Information that is organized in order of time
What is chronological?
The period of time before written records.
What is prehistory?
art, technology, inventions, impact on other cultures
What are Achievements or Accomplishments?
The cradle of civilization
What is Mesopotamia?
Civilizations that worshiped many Gods
What is Polytheistic?
Time period of a 1,000 years
What is a millennium?
Era where people were hunter/gatherers
What is the paleolithic era?
beliefs, places of worship, gods/goddesses, holy texts/scriptures
What is Religion?
The region is shaped like a crescent moon and is known for having fertile soil due to the rivers
What is the Fertile Crescent?
It grows near the Nile River and has many uses
What is papyrus?
The scientific study of the human past and cultures through material remains.
What is archaeology?
Era where people started communities and agriculture.
What is the Neolithic era?
Landforms, Bodies of Water, Weather and Climate
What is Geography?
The two rivers were very important to Mesopotamia because they made the soil fertile for growing crops.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
Held the most vital organs of the dead
What is a canopic jar?
The higher the number, the earlier the event happened
What is BC/BCE
All humans started here
What is Africa?
trade, goods, currency
What is Economics?
A ‘political-unit’ that includes a central city and its surrounding area including smaller villages
What is a city-state?
Built for protection over multiple dynasties and can not be seen from space.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The higher the number, the later the event happened.
What is CE/AD
The most famous early human
Who is Lucy?
leaders, type of government, laws, wars and military
What is Politics?
The first civilization/city-state.
What is Sumer?
What was your favorite project/lesson/memory from social studies this year?
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