Hunter-Gatherers
Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age
What is the Paleolithic Age?
The historical revolution that occurred after the Ice Age
The Agricultural Revolution
An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge
What is technology?
This is the approximate time when CIVILIZATIONS first began to develop
What is 3000 B.C.?
These began to arise as the power of Sumer faded, around 2400 B.C.
What are empires?
They moved around to follow the food sources
Who were nomads?
The Neolithic people developed many things. Name 2 inventions
What is (widespread) farming?
What are communities?
What are shrines?
What is bronze?
etc.
What is systematic agriculture?
(will not accept JUST agriculture)
Many early civilizations purposefully formed around these geographical features.
What is water (rivers, oceans, etc.)?
This man was the ruler and creator of the first empire in the world. To receive points, you must say the man's name and the empire he created.
Who was Sargon, of the Akkadian Empire?
This was first used by Paleolithic people
This occurred when people began farming, as a result of staying mostly in one place
What is settled life?
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
Who were the priests of the ziggurats?
Who was Hammurabi? What is a legal code/Code of Hammurabi/system of punishment?
The Paleolithic people developed these. List two inventions.
What is spoken language?
What are (complex) tools?
What is fire?
etc.
Communities formed the first of THESE to protect themselves and their land
What are governments?
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
What is a caravan?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
The Sumerians contributed much to the development of the ancient world. Name one thing. Double points if you can name two.
What is WRITING?
What is MATHEMATICS?
What is the WHEEL?
What is the SAILBOAT?
What is the WOODEN PLOW?
What is JEWELRY?
What is ASTRONOMY?
etc.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
While Mesopotamia existed, it was home to many empires. Name one empire, and the MAIN thing it is known for. Double points if you can name two.
What is the Akkadian Empire, and being the first empire?
What is the Babylonian Empire, and the Code of Hammurabi?
What is the Assyrian Empire, and its army?
What is the Chaldean Empire, and rebuilding Babylon?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
This is what CAUSED the migration to North America (double points if you can name the two things that ENABLED the migration)
What is searching for food?
What is the Ice Age and the Land Bridge?
These types of people made up the largest social class in early civilizations
Who are free people - farmers, artisans, craftspeople?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero. Double points if you can name and SPELL the one we studied.
What is an epic?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This is one factor of farming that enabled farming to spread between civilizations, and allowed for surpluses and population growth.
What is irrigation?
There are two reasons why the Chaldeans were also known as the New Babylonians. Name one.
What is descendants of Babylon?
What is rebuilding Babylon?