Vocab
Geography
Ancient Egypt
Hunter Gatherers
Ancient Empires
100
A period of time during which hominids made tools and weapons from stone
Stone Age
100
The name of the land where the first civilizations started
Fertile Crescent
100
What were the pyramids of Egypt used for?
tombs for kings
100
What was the frame of a hunter gatherer shelter usually made out of?
bone
100
Athens and Sparta were two important city-states in this empire?
Greek
200
A person who has no settled home
nomad
200
the type of land form found south of the fertile crescent
desert
200
What was the name given to Egyptian kings?
Pharaoh
200
What were hunter-gatherer tools mostly made out of?
stone
200
Aqueducts were a major part of bringing in clean water to this empire?
Roman
300
The belief in more than 1 god
polytheistic
300
How did people in Mesopotamia get river water from the river to their fields?
dug ditches
300
What river did the Egyptians use to help sustain life?
The Nile
300
What was the biggest influence on where hunter-gatherers lived?
where they could find animals/plants to hunt and forage
300
Name one of the great philosophers of ancient greece
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle
400
The exchange of goods and services for other goods and services
trade system
400
The two rivers that made the outer border of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
400
Why were Egyptian kings buried with a lot of gold, clothing, and food?
So they would have it in the afterlife
400
Hunter-gatherer art mostly consisted of what images?
animals
400
What major world religion started during the Roman Empire
Christianity
500
A group of people living together in a community
Society
500
What current country is made up of much of the former Roman Empire?
Italy
500
Name three ways a river influenced Egyptian society
1. water crops 2. drinking water 3. transportation
500
What ended the Hunter-Gatherer lifestyle?
Agricultural Revolution
500
Who is the wife to Zues and queen to the gods of ancient greece
Hera
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