Stone Age
What were nomads?
A person who move from place to place in search of food.
What does ziggurat mean?
It means to rise high in Akkadian.
What does pharaoh mean?
Great House.
What was the Indus Valley called in ancient India?
The Cradle of Ancient India.
What is a pyramid?
A tower where Egyptians thought it would be easier for the pharaoh to walk to Ra and ride his boat.
---------- was the time before writing.
Prehistory
What is irrigation?
A method Mespotamians used to grow crops.
What did the Ancient Egyptians think pharaoh's father was?
The Sun God Ra.
How many years ago did nomads settle in valleys in the Indus River?
About 5,000 years ago.
What does Paleolithic mean in the Greek words?
Old Stone.
What type of stone did early people in the Peloithic Age use to make weapons.
Flint.
What is a surplus?
A extra amount of something you don't need.
What is a theocracy?
A political or religious leader in Ancient Egypt.
What kinds of large crops did people in the Indus Valleys grow?
Wheat, barley, and beans.
Which Empire made The Hanging Gardens?
New Babylon (Which Nebuchadnezzar made it for his girlfriend.)
What is a monarchy?
A type of government led by a king or queen.
Who was the first to make the code of laws?
Hammurabi.
Who was the pharaoh who united both kingdoms Lower and Upper Egypt?
Narmer.
What were the two important cities in the Indus Valley Civilization?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
What did people do while they were in the big bath?
They would socialize.
What did paleolithic people do back in the Old Stone Age?
They hunted and gathered.
Which Empire took down Babylon?
The Assyrian Empire.
What thing has a head of a human and a body of a lion?
A Sphinx.
What did they make jewelry made out of?
Shells, ivory, and gold.
What legend had a harsh ruler but ended with a friend named Enkidu?
The Story Of Gilgamesh.