Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Ancient Sumeria
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
100
Time before the invention of writing when prehistoric humans populated the earth
What is pre-history
100
Another name for the Neolithic Era
What is the Agricultural Revolution
100
Land between the rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
Deposit left by the Nile which made land fertile
What is silt
100

The Zhou ritual vessel was used for this Ancient Chinese ritual practice

What is ancestor verneration/worship

200
Remains, left behind by humans, that vie clues about how they lived their lives
What is an artifact
200
Humans who travel from place to place in search of food so they can survive
Who are nomads
200
The two rivers that make up the river valley of Ancient Mesopotamia

What are the Euphrates and Tigris

200
When a culture does not interact with other cultures because of natural barriers
What is geographic isolation
200

The Chinese political ideaology that the ruler is the "Son of Heaven" established by the Zhou to legitimize their rule

What is the Mandate of Heaven

300
Pictures that give an idea of what everyday life was like for prehistoric humans
What are cave paintings
300
Controlling of plants or animals so humans can use them for their benefit
What is domestication
300
Ditches dug by the Sumerians to get water to their fields
What are irrigation ditches
300
First king to unit upper and lower Egypt
Who is Menes
300

The purpose of monumental architecture in all Ancient River Valleys was to demonstrate this

What is the political power of the rulers

400

Early hominids originated in this world region before migrating to other regions

What is East Africa?

400
Humans established communities around
What are rivers
400

Ancient Mesopotamians used this form of writing to keep records for a variety of uses

What is cuneiform

400

When a ruler claims his right to rule comes from the gods t

What is divine rule

400

The development of the scribe class can be explained by this major change in the Neolithic era

What is agriculture and food surplus?

500

Early Humans migrated often because they were in search of these things

What is food and other materials needed for survival?

500

Two out of the five features of a civilization

What is Advanced Cities, Specialized Labor, Complex bureaucracy, Record Keeping and/or Advanced Technology

500
Code of laws that applied to everyone but had different punishments for different social classes.
What is the Code of Hammurabi
500

Ancient Egyptians relied on this social structure based on gender to divide labor/roles

What is Patriarchy?

500
Contained the first examples of Chinese writing
What are Oracle Bones
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