VOCABULARY
Neolithic & Paleolithic Review
Inventions
Empires
Random
100
People working together to create an an organized society
What is civilization?
100
A person who moves frequently and has no permanent home is called a ?
What is nomad?
100
The Sumerians created this first system of writing
What is cuneiform?
100
This was the first empire in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
100
Mesopotamia means_______________
What is land between the rivers?
200
Bringing water to dry land
What is irrigation?
200
The earliest people migrated from this continent
What is Africa?
200
The Sumerians invented this round item that we use every single day
What is the wheel?
200
This empire was lead by Sargon the Great
What is the Akkadian Empire?
200
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
300
bridges, roads, sewer systems, power, etc.
What is infrastructure?
300
Paleolithic people survived by doing this
What is hunting and gathering?
300
This tool revolutionized farming and is still used today
What is the plow?
300
This empire was ruled by Hammurabi and famous for its hanging gardens.
What is Babylonia?
300
Mesopotamia is located in this modern-day country
What is Iraq?
400
the world's first written language
What is cuneiform?
400
The Neolithic Revolution changed peoples lives because people began doing this
What is farming? (living in permanent settlements or specialization of jobs are also acceptable)
400
The Sumerians created one of these that had twelve months each with thirty days and was based on the cycle of the moon
What is a calendar?
400
This empire was known for its cruel and fierce army that had superior weapons made of iron, chariots, and battering rams
What is the Assyrian Empire?
400
this is many laws Hammurabi's code had
What is 282?
500
an independent state consisting of a large city and all the surrounding farmland ruled by one person.
What is a city-state?
500
Which technology was first used in the Neolithic age: stone tools fire irrigation
What is irrigation?
500
Sumerians created these to help control the flooding rivers and provide irrigation to their fields
What are canals, gated ditches, and levees?
500
This empire created the first alphabet, had a cedar trees as a natural resource and were known for making a purple fabric from shellfish.
What is the Phoenician empire?
500
The Fertile Crescent was a good place for the first civilizations because it had this
What is rich, fertile soil good for farming? (Sources of water is also acceptable)
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