Early Man
What do you call an object made by humans?
Artifacts
Ancient Mesopotamia was located in the fertile crescent. What does fertile mean?
Land that is capable of producing crops/ Land where things grow.
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
Pharaoh
The first excavations of the Indus Valley civilization was carried out at which two places?
Harappa and Mohanje-Daro
The earliest man-made tools were made out of what material?
Stone
What was the name of the first writing invented?
Cuneiform
The process of preserving a body is called
Mummification
The area that we call the Indus River Valley civilization is now in what modern country?
Pakistan
On what continent do we find the oldest hominid fossils?
Africa
Name the King who was responsible for writing the first law code in history.
King Hammurabi
She was the last Pharaoh in Egyptian history.
Cleopatra
The Indus Valley script has never been deciphered.
True
The time before writing was invented is known as
Prehistory
Name one of the two rivers that ancient Mesopotamia relied on.
The Tigris or Euphrates Rivers
Who was the first female Pharaoh in Egyptian history?
Hatsheptsut
With which important ancient civilizations did the Indus Valley civilization trade?
Mesopotamia
Some of the earliest ways early man got his food in order to survive was
Hunting, Gathering, Scavenging
What was the first civilization in ancient Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
What are three examples of how the ancient Egyptians used the Nile?
To fertilize crops, for hunting and fishing animals, and trade route to the Mediterranean Sea
What continent is the Indus Valley on?
Asia