Prehistory
Neolithic
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent
Wild Card
100
Paleolithic
What is the name given to the oldest period of human history?
100
Neolithic Revolution
What was the introduction of agriculture and the domestication of animals called?
100
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers of the Fertile Crescent?
100
Ziggurat
What is the name given to a Sumerian/Babylonian temple?
100
20 years
How many years has Mrs. Spencer taught at MKA?
200
Stone, wood, bone
What were the earliest tools made of?
200
Women
Who were considered the "cave artists" of prehistory?
200
Polytheism
What is belief in many gods?
200
Mr. Hrab
What teacher has been at MKA the longest?
300
Hearth
What was the central gathering place of the stone age place?
300
"iceman"
What is the name given to a hunter, found frozen in the Italian Alps in 1991?
300
Pictograph
What is the name of the earliest form of writing?
300
King, nobles, clients, commoners, and slaves
What made up the Fertile Crescent social hierarchy?
300
Tom
What is the name of MKA Upper School's new chef?
400
Nutcracker Man
What is a discovery of Leakey that had a large jaw and molars?
400
Gender Roles
How are the behavior/jobs of men and women decided in prehistory?
400
Cuneiform
What is the name given to the Sumerian form of hand writing?
400
Epic
What is a long, narrative poem called, that tells the exploits of a hero?
400
Cougar
What is the MKA mascot?
500
Olduvai Gorge
What is known as "The Crater of Mankind"
500
Urban areas, government, jobs specialization,writing, religion, art/architecture,social classes
What are the characteristics of a civilization?
500
Persian Gulf
What is the body of water that Sumer touches?
500
Epic of Gilgamesh
What is the oldest known piece of literature?
500
Mr. Lynch
What Upper School teacher was once a contestant on Jeopardy! ?
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