Civilization Characteristics
Enough food to keep a society healthy and strong.
What is a stable food supply?
It was used to stay warm, cook food, scare animals, and provide light.
What is fire?
The first crop that was grown.
What is wheat?
The civilization that developed written language?
What is Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer?
The title of the leader in ancient Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
This binds people together with a common belief.
What is religion?
People without permanent homes who wander from place to place.
What are nomads?
The first animal that was domesticated.
What is a dog?
The Sumerians created this to record crops and taxes.
What is written language?
What is cuneiform?
The meaning of polytheism.
What is "the belief in many gods"?
An advancement that makes life easier for humans.
What is technology?
The type of tools the Paleolithic humans used.
What are stone tools?
This is also called the "New Stone Age".
What is Neolithic?
A circular shaped object that made pulling carts much easier.
What is a wheel?
What are toothbrushes and toothpaste?
Organization of people based on jobs and wealth.
What is Social Structure
The reason early humans moved around a lot.
What is.. following the herd or animals for food?
What is.... to find food?
What is agriculture?
Who ruled in Mesopotamia?
What is a King?
This contained spells, codes, and magic to help a soul navigate to the afterlife.
What is the "Book of the Dead"?
The system of people and laws that direct people's lives and make life orderly.
What is government?
The continent where modern humans first appeared.
What is Africa?
It was the reason why people had time to do other things.
What is agriculture or farming.
Who were farmers and slaves?
The monuments were built to house the tombs of the pharaohs.
What is a pyramid?