Early Humans
Early humans who moved from place to place to find food were called this.
What are nomads?
This river is known as the “Yellow River” and was important to early Chinese civilization.
What is the Huang He?
This is news or information shared through TV, websites, newspapers, or social media.
What is media?
This map tool shows directions like north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass (or compass rose)?
This word means “land between two rivers” and describes where Mesopotamia was located.
What is Mesopotamia?
This period is known as the “Old Stone Age,” when early humans used simple stone tools.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
This long wall was built to protect China from invaders.
What is the Great Wall?
This happens when information is shared in a way that favors one side or opinion.
What is bias?
This part of a map explains what the symbols and colors mean.
What is a map key (or legend)?
These two rivers helped Mesopotamian farmers grow crops and supported early cities.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This major discovery helped early humans stay warm, cook food, and stay safe.
What is fire?
This Chinese philosopher taught respect for family, learning, and good behavior.
Who is Confucius?
This type of headline is written to grab attention and make you want to click (sometimes out of anger), even if it exaggerates.
What is clickbait (or ragebait)?
These imaginary lines run east to west and measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
This was one of the world’s first forms of writing, created by the Sumerians using wedge-shaped marks.
What is cuneiform?
These are pictures or drawings made on cave walls by early humans.
What is cave art (or cave paintings)?
This system chose government workers based on tests instead of family status.
What is the civil service exam?
This is when important facts are left out so the story supports one point of view.
What is missing information (or omission)?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This set of laws, created by King Hammurabi, is one of the earliest written law codes in history.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This change allowed people to settle in one place and form villages.
What is the Neolithic Revolution (or farming/agriculture)?
This idea explains how Chinese rulers believed they had the right to rule if they governed well.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This is the best way to check if a news story is fair by comparing it with other reports.
What is using multiple (reliable) sources?
This type of map shows physical features like mountains, rivers, and deserts.
What is a physical map?
Because the land flooded unpredictably, Mesopotamians built this system to control water for farming.
What is irrigation?