Historical Thinking
Geography/Maps
Paleolithic/Neolithic Eras
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
100
A challenge or problem that a society has faced and debated or discussed across time
What is an enduring issue?
100
This map of the United States is which type of map
What is a political map?
100
The Paleolithic Era is also known as this
What is the Old Stone Age?
100
Ancient Mesopotamia was located near these geographic features
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
Ancient Egyptians settled near this river
What is the Nile River?
200
A textbook account of the Roman Empire would be considered this type of source
What is a secondary source?
200
The theme of this map of India is
What is population?
200
One who gets their food by hunting for it and collecting wild fruit, vegetables, and nuts; most humans in the Paleolithic Period were this
What is a hunter-gatherer?
200
This is the most impactful innovation that developed in Mesopotamia
What is writing/literacy?
200
Ancient Egyptians used this form of writing
What are hieroglyphics?
300
World War II would be an example of this enduring issue
What is conflict?
300
A piece of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
What is a peninsula?
300
The most important innovation from the Neolithic Era is
What is the birth of agriculture?
300
This leader created a law code that was the first in the world
Who is Hammurabi?
300
This social class was considered the second highest on the Egyptian social hierarchy
Who are priests?
400
An account of the first Thanksgiving by the Pilgrims would probably show a lot of this
What is bias?
400
Some of the benefits of living near rivers include
What is water for agriculture, drinking, hygiene, trade, travel?
400
This characteristic of civilization is the development of a system of power in which certain people have more or less power
What is social hierarchy?
400
This is the name of the writing system of Ancient Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
400
When people die, Egyptians believed they were judged by this god
Who is Osiris?
500
Power is the influence or control over the behavior of people and it is a part of every human interaction. You can see the effects of power in your relationships with your family and friends, and in schools, sports, business, and government. This is related to which enduring issue
What is desire for power?
500
This type of map is
What is a topographical map?
500
The Ancient Chinese settled near this river valley
What is the Huang He (Yellow) River?
500
Mesopotamia's name comes from Greek and means this
What is "country between two rivers"?
500
Egyptians believed the pharaoh was the son of this god
Who is Ra?