Prehistory
The period of time before written records.
What is prehistory?
Early civilizations were built next to these.
What are rivers?
A water control system that supplies water to the land.
Irrigation
A man made object of historical significance.
What is an artifact?
A writer who's job it was to copy documents.
What is a scribe?
Prehistoric people were called this because it was their way of securing food.
What are hunter-gatherers?
An organization that sets the laws and procedures for a society.
What is government?
Caused land bridges to show, allowing for migration from continent to continent
Low sea levels
Before written language, nomads would communicate through...
cave art/paintings
What were the different types of or sections the Roman government was divided into?
What are the consuls, praetors, Senators, the Twelve Tables
The advent of agriculture caused this.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
Becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.
What is specialization?
Historians used this object to translate hieroglyphics
What is the Rosetta Stone?
The process of adapting animals for human use.
What is domestication?
When people stay within it's social status/level is known as a
Caste System
Humans that traveled from place to place in search of food.
What are nomads?
Why is the Nile River nicked named "the gift of the Nile"?
Egypt would not exist without it. Provided water, food and transportation for Egyptians.
List 4 facts about the Nile River:
- flows South to North
- Longest river in the world
- Over 4,000 mi long
- Located in Africa
- Nicknamed "the Gift of the Nile"
The New Stone Age that began around 10,000 BC.
What is the Neolithic Age?
A rectangular stepped tower sometimes surmounted by a temple.
What is a ziggurat?
The Old Stone Age when bones and stone were used as tools.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
A river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent
What is the Tigris River?
The amount of food grown that exceeds a population.
What is agricultural surplus?
Someone's way of life that includes traditions, foods and activities.
What is culture?
What other language did the Romans speak
What is Latin