Neolithic Era
After the Agricultural Revolution, people often settled near these because the soil was more fertile.
What are rivers?
The two rivers that define Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The writing system used by Ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
This famous archaeological discovery includes thousands of life-sized soldier statues buried with China's first emperor.
What are the Terracotta Warriors?
A government ruled by the people, for the people.
What is democracy?
When people focus on working at a single job or craft.
What is specialization?
The temples built by Summerians.
What are ziggurats?
The purpose of pyramids for pharaohs.
What are tombs?
This major trade route connected China with Europe and the Middle East.
What is the Silk Road?
A government with a single leader who takes power by force.
What is tyranny?
Two skeletons archaeologists uncovered that helped them study early humans.
Who are Lucy and Ardi?
The exchange of goods without money.
What is bartering?
A type of paper made from reeds along the Nile.
What is papyrus?
The belief that a dynasty has a god-given right to rule.
What is the mandate of heaven?
A government ruled by a small group of rich, elite people.
What is oligarchy?
The piece of land that connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
The king who established ancient laws in Babylon. (Hint: it was called his "Code.")
Who is Hammurabi?
The pyramid that was the tallest manmade structure on earth, at its time.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
The two most important rivers in Ancient China.
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
The main difference between Athens and Sparta.
What is Athens focused on education and the arts, while Sparta focused on military training and discipline?
Cave paintings from this place gave clues that early humans practiced animism.
What is Lascaux?
Triangular-shaped writing developed by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform?
The Nile River emptied into this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
These three philosophies/religions shaped ancient Chinese culture and government.
What are Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism?
The type of poetry exemplified in The Iliad and The Odyssey?
What is epic poetry?