The Beginnings of Human Society
Fertile Crescent
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient China
100
This invention leads to the difference between Prehistory and History.
What is writing.
100
Name the two rivers that form the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
100
This crucial river flowed north into the Mediterranean Sea and provided Ancient Egyptians with fertile soil to farm in the Spring.
What is the Nile River
100
Name the geographical barrier to the south of India
What is the Indian Ocean
100
This person has the most authority in Chinese society.
What is the Oldest Male
200
Fire allowed for people to move to.....
What is colder climates.
200
This wedge and line form of writing was used in Mesopotamia and was very complex to read and write.
What is Cuneiform
200
Title of king in ancient Egypt
What is Pharaoh
200
This is the belief in many gods.
What is Polytheism
200
Name the two principles that Confucius came up with.
What is Merit System and Golden Rule
300
Farming allowed people to stop being.....
What is nomads.
300
This king united the cities of Babylon and Sumer
Who is Hammurabi.
300
What is Egyptian writing and why did this translation help historians gain more information on Egyptian culture?
What is Hieroglyphs, and by understanding a cultures writing helps historians understand how that culture lived, what they did, what they traded, and what they wrote about.
300
This is the rebirth of the soul into another living thing, and what religion is this associated with?
What is reincarnation and Hinduism
300
Which dynasty built the Great Wall of China, and why was it built
What is Qin dynasty and to protect them against attacks from the Mongols.
400
Having more than enough of something is called....
What is surplus.
400
This means the belief in one god, and these people were responsible for spreading this belief in the Fertile Crescent.
What is Monotheism, Israelites
400
Name the man who translated hieroglyphs, what language he used to translate hieroglyphs, and what object was crucial to this translation.
What is Jean Francois Champollion, Greek, and Rosetta Stone
400
Buddhists believe in practicing this way to reach Nirvana. Explain this way.
What is the Middle Way, a way of life that avoided too much pleasure and too much worry.
400
He was responsible for starting the Silk Road
Who is Wudi
500
Describe how having a surplus impacted the growth of civilization.
More food means you'll be able to feed more people, goods can now be traded, ideas exchanged, and new technologies can be developed as a result from the exchanging of ideas.
500
Describe the Phoenician alphabet and how it was better than cuneiform.
It was a 22 letter alphabet with only symbols based on sounds, easier to remember, more people were able to use it, and more people could gain knowledge.
500
This is the study of the stars, and how did this study help the ancient Egyptians?
What is Astronomy, they were able to predict the changing of the seasons through the movement of the stars, could predict when it would flood, and came up with a 365 day calender to keep track of the passing of time.
500
Explain the reincarnation life-cycle.
What is If you lived a bad life, then you would be reborn into something worse. If you lived a good life, then you would be reborn into something better. If you lied a perfect life, then you would leave the life cycle and become one with Brahman.
500
Explain why prices of goods went up the further they traveled the road.
What is as goods make their way down the Silk Road, merchants who buy and sell these goods need to make a profit, they will charge more an item than what they bought for it. This process continues as these goods make their way from China to Rome.
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