Category 1
What is an artifact, and how are they useful?
A man-made thing from the past. Helps us to make inferences about the way of life of people in the past.
An example of a secondary source?
What is..
Textbook/Documentary/Biography/Teacher Lecture
In the Paleolithic Age, how did humans get food?
What is: hunting and gathering
An example of a primary source?
Diary entry/Speech/Artifact/Photograph/Autobiography
An example of an artifact.
What is: tools/pottery/jewelry/clothing/writing records
The rivers that Mesopotamia formed between are.
What is: Tigris and Euphrates?
Who was Hammurabi, and what is his significance?
What is: King of Babylon who enacted harsh laws in Mesopotamia that were uneven based on social class ("an eye for an eye")
The river that the Harappan civilization is based on is...
What is: Indus River
The nickname of Mesopotamia is.
What is: fertile crescent or the land between two rivers?
The writing system in Mesopotamia.
What is: cuneiform
What is job specialization?
Why did early civilizations form near rivers?
Access to water for farming/domesticating animals, fertile soil
Define nomad.
What is: people who have no permanent settlement who constantly move place to place
Name a geographic feature of Mesopotamia
What is: Tigris or Euphrates river, fertile soil, dry climate/limited rain fall
In the Neolithic age, how did humans get food?
What is: farming and domestication of animals
Name a geographic feature of China.
What is: Himalaya mountains, Gobi Desert, Pacific Ocean, Huang He/Yellow River
Define ethnocentrism
What is: the belief that your culture is superior to everyone elses
Name a geographic feature of India
What is: Himalaya mountains, Indus/Ganges river, Deccan Plateau, Indian ocean
The river that the Shang Dynasty is based on is...
What is a monsoon, and which of our early river valley civilizations dealt with them?
What is: seasonal winds that can bring flooding, and Indus River Valley/Harappan civilization
What are oracle bones? Which early river valley civilization used them?
What is: religious act of carving questions into bones or turtle shells, applying heat, and interpreting the cracks. Ancient China/Shang Dynasty
How did the geography of China impact people living there?
What is: population density in eastern China near rivers/Pacific ocean, terrace farming on mountains, limited contact with outside world at times ---> ethnocentrism
Why was the Agricultural Revolution considered a turning point?
What is: the discovery of farming led to surplus of food, allowing people to form permanent settlements, in turn leading to the start of civilizations
What is a way people in Mesopotamia adapted to their environment?
What is: irrigation, building walls and ditches to deal with unpredictable flooding
How did the Harappans adapt to their environment?
What is: use rivers for farming/fertile soil, drainage systems to manage water