Time period when people began to farm rather then hunt and gather for food.
What is the Neolithic Era?
100
Area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet is called this...
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
The most famous ruler in Babylon.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
The most important river which overflowed to provide alluvial soil (silt)
What is the Nile River?
100
Change over a period of time.
What is a revolution?
200
people who move around from place to place.
What are nomads?
200
The first written form of language.
What is Cuneiform?
200
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," is an example of this...
What is the Hammurabi Code?
200
Place where Pharohs are laid to rest and await afterlife.
What is within the pyramids?
200
The belief in one God. The belief in multiple Gods.
What is Monotheism and Polytheism?
300
The process of hearding animals and keeping them to help with food production.
What is domestication?
300
A term which refers to draining swamps and moving water to different locations to use for drinking, washing and farming.
What is irrigation?
300
Accomplishments of King Hammurabi...(name at least 3)
What is the creation of the law code, increased farming production using irrigation, building granaries, created a more fair tax system, set up a fair wage system. etc.
300
The process of embalming a body before it is placed into the sarcophagus.
What is mummification?
300
Religion, Government, Infrastructure, Writing system, Social classes, Art, Job specialization, Development of cities
What are the 8 characteristics of a civilization?
400
For a stable food supply and protection.
What is the purpose of farming and settling?
400
The name of the location where the Sumerians lived.
What is Mesopotamia?
400
The main purpose of this was to deter people from committing crimes.
What is the Hammurabi Code?
400
The most important of the Egyptian Gods
What is Ra?
400
A group of people living and working together for the purpose of creating an organized society.
What is the definition of a civilization?
500
Varied food supply, freedom to move around
What are the benefits of hunting and gathering?
500
Name 3 reasons why the Sumerians were successful people.
What are the invention of plumbing, the invention of written language, the utilization of farming techniques, complex cities. etc.
500
The Babylonian people took this very seriously which was apparent when looking at Hammurabi's code. Many of the laws had to do with this topic.
What is economics, trade?
500
Contained 3 different langauges. Name what it is and the 3 languages.
What is the Rosetta stone? What are Hieroglyphics, Hieroglyphics (in a simpler form) and Greek?
500
The region of the world where Ancient Egypt, Babylon and Sumer existed. State the region, and explain why it is called this. (You must point to it on one of the maps in the room)
What is the Middle East? The frame of reference comes from the Europeans who named it this.