Culture/Religion
Hunter-Gatherers
Agriculture
Mesopotamia
Egypt
100
What does monotheisitic mean?
Belief in one god
100
What is a nomad?
A person who moves from place to place. No permanent home.
100
What is another word for agriculture?
Farming
100
Where in the world was Mesopotamia?
The Middle East. Present day Iraq and Syria
100
What continent is Egypt located on?
Africa
200
What type of scientist studies prehistoric people and their culture through the artifacts they leave behind? (Think of our dig a few months ago)
Archaeologist
200
Name two tools a Hunter-Gatherer might use.
Spear, knife, bow-and-arrow, rock etc....
200
Name two tools that may have been used for farming.
Shovel, plow, ax, knife, etc....
200
Why did people set up a civilization in Mesopotamia?
Fertile soil because of the rivers
200
What are the two important geographic features in Egypt?
Sahara desert, and Nile River
300
How can culture spread from one place to another?
Trade, travel, war, ect....
300
What is a Hunter-Gatherer?
A person who moves from place to place in search of food, water, and shelter.
300
Domestication means using animals for what?
Work, food, security
300
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers did this every year that provided the people of Mesopotamia with fertile soil?
Flood.
300
The Egyptians used these to get water from the Nile River to their farms?
Irrigation canals
400
Name one geographic feature that can affect culture
River, mountain, desert, lake, forrest, ocean, etc....
400
What was the Ice Age?
A period of the earth's history when much of the planet was covered in snow and ice.
400
What type of animals were domesticated?
Non-dangerous. Cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, etc....
400
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian system of writing.
400
Why did the Egyptians mummify their dead?
According to their religion, they believed in an afterlife where the dead soul would need its body for the rest of eternity.
500
What is culture?
The way a group of people live and behave
500
What were the roles of men in a Hunter-Gatherer society? What were the roles of women?
Men hunted for food, women cooked the food and raised the children.
500
What was one result of the Neolithic Revolution (agriculture)?
Food surplus, trade, population increase, travel, war, etc....
500
What is a city-state?
A system of government within a civilization with many small cities each with their own leader and set of laws.
500
How is an Empire, like in Egypt, different from a city-state like in Sumer?
An empire has one leader and one set of laws for the whole civilization. A city-state has many small cities within the civilization each with their own leader and set of laws.
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