First Civilizations
People who study and write about the human past
What is a Historian?
Area of fertile soil at the mouth of a river.
What is a Delta?
in Judaism, a deliverer sent by God.
What is a Messiah?
Thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders questions about life.
What is a Philosopher?
short tale that teaches a lesson.
What is a Fable?
Group of traveling merchants and animals.
What is a Caravan?
line of rulers from the same family.
What is a Dynasty?
Person believed to be instructed by God to share God’s words.
What is a Prophet?
Government in which a small group of people holds power.
What is an Oligarchy?
sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.
What is an Oracle?
method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
What is Irrigation?
Another word for god or goddess.
What is a Deity?
The belief in one God.
What is Monotheism?
person who takes power with force and leads with total authority.
What is a Tyrant?
what a person leaves behind when he/she dies.
What is a Legacy?
a person who regularly moves from place to place
What is a Nomad?
System of writing made up of thousands of picture symbols developed by the ancient Egyptians.
What is Hieroglyphics?
Jewish house of worship.
What is a Synagogue?
Government in which all citizens share in running the government.
What is a Democracy?
long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds.
What is an Epic?
complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system.
What is Civilization?
Payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protection.
What is a Tribute?
Refers to the scattering of communities of Jews outside of their homeland after the Babylonian captivity.
What is the Diaspora?
Person who was conquered and enslaved by the ancient Spartans
What is a Helot?
way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves
What is the Socratic Method?