People
The first written language was invented by these people.
Who are the Sumerians / Mesopotamians?
This river was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians.
What is the nile?
This wedge-shaped writing system was used in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
This theme of geography involves how people, goods, and ideas travel.
What is movement?
Ancient Egyptian rulers are called this.
Who are the pharaohs?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This religion/philosophy was started by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
This theme of geography explains how people change their surroundings.
What is human-environment interaction?
This Chinese emperor began the building of the Great Wall.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This is the mountain where Moses received the 10 Commandments.
What is Mt. Sinai?
Hindus believe in this cycle of rebirth.
What is reincarnation?
These documents, ancient versions of the Old Testament, were found by two boys playing in a cave.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This Hebrew patriarch made a covenant with God to move to Canaan.
Who is Abraham?
This is the highest mountain range in the world, found in Asia.
What are the Himilayas?
This Chinese philosophy teaches respect for elders and proper behavior.
What is Confucianism?
These sacred Hindu texts are written in Sanskrit.
What are the Vedas?
This ancient fossil of an early human was discovered in Africa in 1974.
Who is Lucy?
Humans raised their standard of living by building these.
What are mud brick houses?
An economic system where goods are traded; there is no uniform value.
What is a barter system?
This "revolution" allowed humans to stop being hunter-gatherers and build civilizations.
What is the agricultural revolution?