Vocabulary
A large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler.
Empire
Something that shows proof that something is true.
Evidence.
Name the material produced by mixing copper and tin.
Bronze
The Assyrian empire extended into these four modern day countries...
Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq
Name of the important Egyptian book that contained prayers and magic spells used to prepare people for the afterlife.
The Book of the Dead
People who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves.
Nomads
Australopithecus Afarensis was a species of our human ancestor who lived more than 3.2 million years ago. She was nicknamed...
Lucy
Names of the two largest Neolithic communities that developed in Southeast Asia...
Jericho and Catalhuyuk
The grandest city built by the Amorites around 1800 B.C. is...
Babylon
Name the Egyptian system of writing.
Hieroglyphics
1. Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age.
2. A time when glaciers covered much of the land
1. Paleolithic
2. Ice Age
Name of the test used to determine the credibility of sources...
CRAAP Test
Four benefits of a sedentary life are..
1. Greater security
2. steady food supply
3. growing population- and more working people available
4. emergence of trade due to food surplus
5. job specialization
6. changing roles of men and women
7. depletion of natural resources in certain areas
The ancient city of Babylon was established in this modern day country...
Iraq.
Identify the role of these three Egyptian gods/goddesses (Hapi, Isis, Thoth)
Hapi - the river god
Isis - goddess of motherhood
Thoth - god of learning
1. Relating to the latest period of the Stone Age.
2. the period when people began to make and use bronze.
1. Neolithic
2. Bronze Age
The CRAAP Test stands for...
C- urrency
R- elevance
A- uthority
A-ccuracy
P- urpose
List three ways that early humans adapted to Ice Age conditions.
1. Changing their diets, enriching meals with fat.
2. Building sturdier shelters.
3. Making warm clothing using animal furs.
4. Using fire to help them stay warm
Name of the Assyrian king who built one of the world's first libraries at Nineveh.
Ashurbanipal.
List the steps of the embalming process:
1. Organs were removed from the body by priests and placed into canopic jars
2. Body covered with natron/salt and dried out
3. Dried body wrapped in linen
4. Body buried in a sarcophagus
1. The study of objects to learn about past human life.
2. The organized growing of food on a regular schedule.
1. Archaeology
2. Systematic Agriculture