Unit 1
People who get their food by hunting, fishing, and getting food from their environment
Who were hunter-gatherers
1. The river would provided water for drinking, bathing, and watering crops.
2. The rivers could be used to transport goods.
a people's shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors
What is Culture?
independent states that include a central city and the territory around it. (Hint: Think Athens or Sparta)
What is a city-state?
How old were Spartan boys when they joined the military?
Seven Years Old
A line of rulers from one family
What is a Dynasty?
True or False: Pyramids were built by many ancient civilizations around the world.
True
the personal characteristics of an individual
What is their identity?
made by armed forces; volving soldiers, arms, or war
What is the military?
What two geographic features led to most Greek city-states developing independently?
What are mountains and seas?
A form of writing that uses symbols and pictures.
What is are hieroglyphics?
What is a drawback of living near rivers, like the Huang He River?
Rivers can overflow and cause fatal floods.
Name one of TWO groups who made up the largest social classes in ancient Egypt?
2. Enslaved people
True or False: Women played an important role in ancient Maya society.
True
the custom of passing along stories down through speech alone
What is oral tradition?
True or False: All early civilization had the same beliefs about how the world was created.
False
What is irrigation?
Who were considered citizens in ancient Athens?
Who where men who owned land and born in Athens?
What area of daily life for modern-day Americans has been most influenced by ancient Greek culture?
What is language?
What do most Africans use to identify themselves today?
Their ethnic group
Name one of two reasons that early humans began to domesticate animals?
1. So animals could transport goods
2. So the could use the animal's meat, milk, or wool.
What was unique about the first civilizations that developed in the Americas compared to the rest of the world?
Name two factors that influenced where early ancient people settled in Africa. (Hint: They affected almost every ancient civilization)
1. The Climate
2. Geographical features
Name one of two of the following were achievements of the Inca?
1. A network of roads
2. Advancements in engineering (building)
What is ethnocentrism?