Paleolithic and
Neolithic Age
Neolithic Age
What material did the first humans mostly use to create tools?
-Stone
-Jade
-Steel
Stone (the stone age)
What were the rulers called in ancient Egypt?
What ancient Chinese wall was built to protect them from the Mongolians in the North?
The Great Wall of China
Who came first in ancient Greece? The Myceneans or the Minoans
The Minoans
Which Mesoamerican civilization is located in South America rather than in Central America? Aztec, Olmec, Maya, or Inca?
Inca
What was the man that was found stuck in ice from the Neolithic age called?
The Iceman
What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?
The Nile River
What does the term reincarnation from ancient India mean?
The Colosseum
Were Mesoamerican civilizations polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic (worshipped many gods)
Which came first the paleolithic or the neolithic age?
The paleolithic (paleo-old, neo-new)
Finish the sentence:
The hanging gardens of ____________ were beautiful gardens built by the ruler for the woman that he loved.
Babylon
Which type of Chinese philosophy believed that people needed strict order and rules?
-Daoism
-Confucianism
-Legalism
Legalism
What was the name of the great palace that was built by the first civilization in ancient Greece?
Hint: Kn______s
Knossos
Which crop was very prominent in the Olmec, Aztec, and Mayan cultures?
Corn/Maize
What were the two main ways that people from the paleolithic and neolithic age would get food?
Hunting and Gathering
What were the names of the two rivers that Mesopotamia was built between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What were the two main religions in ancient India?
Who was assassinated (stabbed in the back) after the Roman Empire was formed?
Julius Ceasar
Who came from Europe and conquered the Mesoamerican civilizations?
The Spanish (from Spain)
How do archeologists believe the Iceman died?
By being shot by an arrow
Who was the ruler from ancient Egypt that was known as 'the boy king' and who's tomb has been discovered by archeologists?
King Tut
What was the name of the legalist ruler in ancient China who was responsible for the building of the Terra Cotta Warriors and The Great Wall of China?
Shi Huangdi
Who is Homer from ancient Greece?
A poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey which is about the Battle of Troy
What did most Mesoamerican civilizations do to honor their gods?
Give human sacrifices