origin stories
Which Egyptian god was the first mummy?
Osiris
Who created The Book of the Dead?
The ancient Egyptians
Which direction does the Nile River run in?
giant carved heads
What does "meso" mean?
What happened to the human beings that the Mayan gods tried (and failed) to make out of wood?
They became monkeys.
The Epic of Gilgamesh was recorded on a series of clay __________.
tablets
Which pharaoh tried to bring monotheism to Egypt?
Akhenaton
Which empire used quipu (a system of knotted string) to keep records?
The Inca
Who are the stars of the TV show called The Great Human Race?
Bill and Cat
Why did the gods of the ancient Mesopotamians create Enkidu?
To create a proper match for Gilgamesh, who was harassing the people of Uruk.
What did archeologists use to translate Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
Where did Hatshepsut send a major trading expedition to?
The Land of Punt
"The Aztecs" actually called themselves the __________.
Mexica
What makes history different from physics, chemistry, biology, etc.?
It's the study of human development & society.
Huitzilopochtli told the migrating Aztecs to look for a sign that would tell them where to settle: what was the sign?
An eagle sitting on a cactus.
Why did the Olmecs make carvings of well-fed babies?
To show the wealth of their societies.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, cosmic order is known as __________.
maat
The Maya organized themselves in a network of smaller ______-______, instead of one big empire.
city-states
What does "B.C.E." stand for?
"Before Common Era"
Who were Hunahpu and Xbalanque?
The "Hero Twins" of ancient Maya mythology
What is a codex?
Books written by the ancient Maya
Before the pharaohs, who were the three early kings of Egypt?
The Bee King, The Reed King, and the Hawk King
What are chinampas and who used them first?
Floating gardens pioneered by the Aztecs.
Around 245 million years ago, all land on Earth was fused together in a giant supercontinent known as _________.
Pangaea