unit 1
What are the three kinds of questions the archaeologist ask?
Who lived in this place? When did they live here? What were they like?
What is the name of the faous river that flows through Egypt?
The Nile river.
What is the name of the Indian religon?
Buddhism.
What is a scale and weights used for in Ancient India?
They were used to store grain
The growing of crops and raising animals is called what?
Agriculture
What contenit is Egypt on?
Africa
Why were the untouchables called the untouchables?
They were called that because they did dirty work and if you touched them you would have to have someone cleanse you.
What did the Hindus call the soul?
They called it Atman
What are the two periods in the stone age?
Neolithic and paleolithic
What was the largest social class in ancient Egypt?
Peasants.
What did aricholgist think the Great Bath was used for?
Bathing or for rituals and religist purposes.
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile river
What was one of the greatest inventions of ancient Sumer?
The plow/wheel
What was on thing that happend to the Nile river every year that helped grow crops?
It flooded.
what 2 mountin ranges in the Himilayn mountins form a v?
The western and eastern ghats.
What were the three most important Enviamental factor of Ancient Egypt?
Water, topography, and vegetation
What written language did ancient Sumerians use?
The used Cuneiform
where did the Hewbrew slaves go when the escaped from Egypt?
The sinai dessert.
What is the name of the anicent Indian religon?
Sanskirt.
What is silt?
Particles of rock