Early Humans
another name for the Old Stone Age
What is the Paleolithic Era?
name the two important rivers of Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
name of the important river in Egypt
What is the Nile River?
the river where the Indus civilization settled along
What is the Indus River?
the main geographic feature that all civilizations began along
What is a river?
another name for the New Stone Age
What is the Neolithic Era?
The name was given to the area of Mesopotamia
What is the Fertile Crescent? or
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
in Egypt, papyrus was used for....
What is paper?
the mountain range that borders India to the North
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
belief in one God
What is monotheism?
name two ways the Old Stone Age people adapted to their environment
What are hunting and gathering?
the wedge-shaped system of writing developed in Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
the written language of the Egyptians
What is hieroglyphics?
the first language of Ancient India
What is Sanskrit?
objects made by the people of the past
What is an artifact?
learned how to tame plants and animals, which is known as
What is domestication?
built by the Sumerians to honor their gods
What is a ziggurat?
The name for an Egyptian king
What is a pharaoh?
the major world religion of India. Still, the most practiced in India today.
What is Hinduism?
belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
another name for farming
What is agriculture?
a set of 282 laws
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Most famous pharaoh became a king at a young age
Who is King Tutankhamen?
or
Who is King Tut?
these are wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons in India
What is a monsoon?
name four characteristics of a civilization
government, religion, achievements, politics, economy, society
written language
surplus of food