Stone Age
What types of materials were tools made from?
stone, bone, wood, horns
Mesopotamia is known as "the land between...."
Rivers
The name of the river that flows through Egypt
Nile
A series of walls built along the northern border of China
The Great Wall of China
A city state is...
an independent city with its own laws, culture, and government
A nomad is....
a person who moves form place to place
The name of the Mesopotamian place of worship or temple
Ziggurat
The name of the Ancient Egyptian writing system
Hieroglyphics
A dynasty is....
when power is passed from one family member to another
In their farming communities, what types of food and animals were grown and raised?
wheat, olives, grapes, sheep, and goats
The last phase of the Stone Age
Neolithic
The name of the two rivers in mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the title of a professional writer?
scribe
The philosophy of Daoism emphasized balance, nature, and harmony using the symbol....
yin yang
The name of Zeus' wife
Hera
The name of the most compete hominin skeleton discovered at the time (1970's)
Lucy
The name of the ruler who united all the city-states and developed a set of 282 laws
Hammurabi
What were the intended use of the pyramids?
tombs to preserve bodies of important people for the afterlife
The name of the trade route where merchants traveled to exchange goods between China and western countries
Silk Road
Name three differences between Athens and Sparta
Education differences, military, women's rights, lifestyle.....
What is the process of taming animals and the planned planting of food that changed the lifestyle from hunter-gatherers
domestication
The name of the first civilization in Mesopotamia
Sumer
The name of the fluid that dead bodies were soaked in during the beginning of the mummification process
Natron
The name of the emperor who created the Terracotta Army
Qin Shi Huang
What were the original five events for the pentathlon
javelin, long jump, wrestling, running, and discus