General
What is an early society?
Groups of people who lived together and created communities that formed the bases for later civilizations.
Early societies generally developed near which physical feature?
Water
What does "BCE" stand for?
Before Common Era
Which society used aqueducts for freshwater?
Ancient Rome
What is a social class?
A grouping of people into a set of social groups.
Name three early societies we learned about
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, Indus River Valley
Some people in this early society lived in homes called longhouses.
Six Nations
What were Egyptian Rulers called?
Pharaohs
What is a guild?
A group of craftsman/merchants who were involved in the same trade.
In a feudal society, which group had the least rights?
Serfs
What is a feudal society?
Describes a society that is organized based on land ownership.
Which group of people had the least amount of rights in most early societies?
Women
The process the Ancient Egyptians used to preserve their dead.
Mummification
The name of the famous tournament created by the Ancient Greeks that is still played today
The Olympics
Who selected the Haudenosaunee chief?
The clan mother
What is an archeologist?
Someone who studies the past by exploring early societies and searching for artifacts.
The river that most Ancient Egyptian societies were located along
The Nile River
What is a pull factor?
Positive reasons to go settle in an area or country.
This society created tools for uniform measurement
Indus River Valley Civilization
A nomadic group is a group that ...
moves a lot to find food
Name 2 reason how we are different than societies in the past.
-We have access to grocery stores to buy our food
-We have better protection from dangers (eg. weather, predators, etc.)
Ancient Egyptians used picture words to write called
Hieroglyphics
What is a push factor?
Conditions that make it unappealing to stay in an area or country.
Which society created paper and which plant was it made from?
Ancient Egypt and Papyrus
Which other organizational system is the most similar to the Caste System?
The Feudal System