Ancient Civilization Origins
This discovery allowed early hunters to cook meat for food.
What is fire?
It is a tomb visible from great distances. It is a reminder to all who see it of the wealth and power of the leader of the people who built it and of his glory and greatness as a god here on earth. The speaker of this passage above is referring to the _____________________.
What is an Egyptian Pharaoh and his Pyramids?
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What bones were used for Oracle bones?
Sheep bones and turtle shells.
This is how the ancient Mesopotamians used the 2 rivers to increase food production.
What is digging irrigation canals?
The contacts between civilizations were primarily made by these types of people.
Who are merchants/traders?
This is one of the three civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer, Babylon, or Assyria?
This development most enabled early people to form permanent settlements and move away from a nomadic lifestyle?
What is advances in agriculture production? AKA FARMING
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How many wars did the Punic War have?
3
Name two of the Ancient Civilizations we have studied in class.
What are Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient China, Ancient India, or Ancient Israel?
This Chinese belief system best exemplifies having good relationships.
What is Confucianism?
These are the 2 rivers of ancient India.
What are the Ganges and Indus Rivers?
Pharaohs in ancient Egypt were mummified based on this belief.
What is the afterlife?
The term Before Common Era (BCE) replaced what designation?
What is Before Christ (BC)?
Cities / Complex government / Job specialization / Writing systems are all labeled as this.
What are 'achievements of a civilization'?
This King of Israel built the first Jewish temple.
Who is King Solomon?
The ancient Israelite left their homeland of __________ because of a ___________.
Canaan famine
This belief system of ancient China viewed people as inherently bad and needed to be harshly ruled.
What is legalism?
This religion believed in one god.
Monotheism
What allowed barter economies to grow during the Agricultural Revolution?
What is a surplus of food?
This road led to wealth for various countries and the exchange of culture, goods, and diseases.
What is the Silk Road?
This religion means multiple gods.
Polytheism
India and China were unique because of?
Answers will vary
This country has the geographic features of the Thar Desert, Ganges River, Deccan Plateau which contributed to its unique landscape and agriculture.
What is India?
This person in Greek mythology had the same name in Roman Mythology.
Apollo
This is the primary reason Ancient civilizations used myths about their gods.
What is to explain events in the natural world?
What is a place and its surrounding territory that forms an independent state and might have its own deity and identity.
What is a city-state?
Why was Hammurabi's code of ancient Mesopotamian important?
What is "established the first set of legal codes?"
Cuneiform and hieroglyphics were important achievements in the development of this achievement.
What is written language?
This is the use of metals to make weapons or tools.
What is metallurgy?
This civilization had a grid layout for their cities, flushing toilets, and oven baked bricks.
What is Harappa?
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Who was involved in the Persian War?
Greece and Persia
The concept of zero, the expansion of the caste system, and the creation of the decimal system are most closely associated with this civilization.
What is Gupta Empire (Ancient India)?
The earliest civilizations in Egypt, India, and China have this geographic feature in common that provided protections from invasion.
What are mountains or deserts?
How are Hinduism and Buddhism similar?
Answers will vary.
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This is the 2nd longest river in the world.
Nile River
Which Pharaoh expanded Egypt's economy?
Who is Queen Hatshepsut?