Artifacts
(1) Ancestor of paper - writing medium used in Ancient Egypt
What is Papyrus?
(5) Located in modern-day India along the Indus River
What are the Indus Valley River civilizations?
(4) A society in which peoples move around without building permanent structures/hunt and gather.
What is Nomadic?
(3) Unique societal roles amongst early civilians
What are specialized workers?
(2) The oldest hominid to date, discovered in East Africa
(2) Ancestor of cups/pots - found in almost all ancient/early civilizations
What is pottery?
(1) Located in modern Egypt along the Nile River
What is Ancient Egypt?
(5) A society in which peoples stay in one area and develop the land agriculturally.
What is sedentary?
(4) Booming villages with proof of civil engineering
What are advanced cities?
(3) Bipedal, early human beings
What are hominids?
(3) Ancestor of machete/combine harvester - used to gather plants in agricultural society
What is a Sickle?
(2) Complex societies marked by agriculture, advanced tools, economic progress, and complex social systems?
What is civilization?
(1) Man-made objects or tools from ancient societies.
What are artifacts?
(5) Social castes/classes and systems of ruling
What are complex institutions?
(4) Preceeded the Neolithic/Stone Age
What is the Paleolithic Age?
(4) Ancestor of calculator - used to add or subtract numerical values for trade/business purposes
What is the abacus?
(3) Located in modern-day China along the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers?
(2) Peoples unique way of life and their traditions.
What is culture?
(1) (Written) systems meant to track economic and other activities
What is record-keeping?
(5) Main three crops of Mexican/Central American civilizations (aka "three sisters")
What are beans, squash, and corn?
(5) Ancestor of modern drums - used in music and storytelling
What is the Dong Son Drum?
(4) Located in modern-day Iraq along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What is Mesopotamia?
(3) The discovery of agriculture, leading many peoples to become sedentary and develop civilizations
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
(2) New tools and techniques associated with societal roles
What is advanced technology?
(1) Economic systems that valued communication and cooperation
What is trade?