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
What is the name of one important river in Ancient China?
Yellow River or Yangtze River
What is a continent?
A large piece of land separated from other continents, usually with many countries in it.
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
What was their valley called?
The Yellow River Valley
What is the longest river in Africa
The Nile
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
Who united the villages of China?
Huang Di
What is the name of the large desert in Africa
The Sahara Desert
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
How long did the Shang Dynasty last?
500 years
What did archeologists find when they dug down into the hard, dry dirt of the Sahara desert?
Pollen, seeds, bones of animals
What modern-day country are the Lascaux Caves found in?
France
What was the first civilization in ancient Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
What was the name of King Tutankhamen's father?
Akhenaten
What is the name of ancient Chinese script?
Pictograms (Han)
Why did the people of Ancient Africa go South
Because the Sahara began to dry up