The first closest ancestor to humans was found here
What is Kenya (East Africa)?
100
The first emperor recorded in history.
Who is Sargon?
100
When the Nile River would flood, it left behind...
What is silt?
100
The geographical location of the Indus River Valley
What is India / Asia?
100
You would find the Yellow River in this present day country
What is China?
200
Early people who moved around in search of plant foods and animals to eat are called
What is a hunter-gatherer
200
Name the two rivers that flood leaving behind silt
What is the Tigris & Euphrates?
200
This "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
What is an advanced form of human culture that includes writing, living in cities, and are skilled in science and technology AKA: a complex, highly organized social order
What is civilization?
200
The reason the Huang He River is also known as the Yellow River because it leaves behind yellowish colored
What is loess?
300
These sources are particularly useful to historians because they provide a first hand account of events.
What is a primary source?
300
Name the Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform?
300
Since the Nile River would flood once a year in July it allowed the Ancient Egyptians to create this...
What is a calendar?
300
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are civilizations along the Indus River valley that left behind the most...(things that help us study the past)
What are artifacts?
300
To rule be a ruling family in China you must claim the
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
400
This species brain was bigger then ours with less hair.
What is Neanderthals?
400
The first written laws for people to follow were known as
What is Hammurabi's Code?
400
The writing system of the Ancient Egyptians is known as
What is hieroglyphics?
400
The ancient ruins of Harappa show their cities and roads were placed in what type of pattern
What is a grid pattern (for their streets)?
400
The Yellow River valley is very isolated. Name one of the many natural barriers that protects the Yellow River.
What is Ocean, Deserts (Gobi), Mountains (Himalayas), Plains?
500
This was a transformation in world history when people domesticated plants & animals and learned to farm.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
500
Mesopotamia had very few natural barriers which resulted in Mesopotamia being constantly
What is invaded?
500
These were built as tomb's for pharaoh's
What are the Pyramids?
500
One of the greatest achievements of the Indus Valley civilization was:
a) its advanced plumbing and sewage system
b) the invention of the wheel
c) iron tools
d) its number system
What is (a) its advanced plumbing and sewage system?