Thinking Like a Historian
The time period before the invention of writing is known as?
What is prehistory?
All early civilizations shared a common characteristic in terms of where they were located, because they were all located near one of these.
What is a river? Located near or along a major river.
The name 'Mesopotamia' literally means this.
What is the 'land between two rivers?'
System of writing invented by the Ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
Before humans lived in civilizations, they lived lifestyles that kept them on the move. This was called:
What is nomadic?
Archaeologists help historians by uncovering these, which can provide clues about life in early civilizations.
What are artifacts?
Egyptian civilization depended on the flooding and irrigation of this river.
What is the Nile River?
The Code of Hammurabi is known as the world's first written set or code of these?
What are laws?
This was the title for Egyptian rulers
What is a pharaoh?
A major transformation for humans came with the invention of this, which also required that humans settle in one area.
What is agriculture?
When people learned to adapt to their environment by controlling nature (plants and animals) to benefit them.
What is domestication?
Ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet the needs of humans, which eventually makes their lives easier.
What is technology?
This was the first form of writing, and used wedge shaped marks on clay tablets.
What is cuneiform?
Egyptians used this as a form of paper
What is papyrus?
A time period that refers events that took place after the birth of Jesus Christ
What is 'anno domini?'
These sources of information are particularly useful to historians because they provide a first hand account of events.
What are primary sources?
The invention of tools, mastery over fire, and the development of language are some of the most impressive achievements in human history and they took place during this time period known as
What is the prehistoric time period called the Stone Age?
Mesopotamia was situated between these two rivers.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The Nile River is approximately this long
What is 4,000 miles long?
When government and religion are combined, acting as one and the same.
What is theocracy?
Human technology that diverts water from rivers to grow crops is known as...
What is irrigation?
A people’s unique way of life, such as language, religion, and traditions
What is culture?
The people in Mesopotamia that created the first known cities and civilizations.
Who are the Sumerians?
People whose job was to write and keep records were called this
What are scribes?
Most early civilizations had this type of belief system.
What is polytheistic? Worship of many gods.