early humans
This period was known as the Old Stone Age.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
Mesopotamia developed between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
The belief in one God is called this.
What is monotheism?
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire was this city.
What is Constantinople?
Early humans survived mainly by doing this.
What is hunting and gathering?
The Egyptian writing system using picture symbols was called this.
What are hieroglyphics?
The belief that actions affect future lives is called this.
What is karma?
Followers of Jesus who spread Christianity were called these.
What are apostles?
This prison was stormed at the beginning of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This discovery helped humans cook food and stay warm.
: What is fire?
Large stepped temples built in Mesopotamia were called these.
What are ziggurats?
The Chinese belief that rulers received authority from divine forces was called this.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This emperor helped Christianity become accepted in the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
This period was marked by mass executions under Robespierre.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The shift from hunting to farming was called this revolution.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This Mesopotamian king created one of the first written law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
A family of rulers passing power through generations is called this.
What is a dynasty?
The journey of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina is called this.
What is the Hijrah?
Napoleon’s legal system promoting equality before the law was called this.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
Objects made by early humans like tools and weapons are called these.
What are artifacts?
Unlike Mesopotamia, Egypt benefited from this predictable river flooding.
What is the Nile River flooding?
This trade network connected China to Europe and spread goods and ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
Muslims worship in this place.
What is a mosque?
Gandhi used this peaceful protest method against British rule.
What is civil disobedience?