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
Two major river systems of China
What are the Huang He & the Yangtze Rivers
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
Flooding of the Euphrates and Tigris was
What is unpredictable
200
When a culture does not interact with other cultures because of natural barriers
What is geographic isolation
200
The belief that your culture is superior to others
What is ethnocentrism
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
Nickname the Huang He received because of its violent floods
What is China's Sorrow
400
The oldest hominid in Ethiopia
Who is Lucy
400
Humans established communities around
What are rivers
400
Took control of Northern and Southern Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon of Akkad
400
When a divine (religious) figure is the ruler of government
What is a theocracy
400
A single family rules/controls a civilization for a significant period of time
What is a dynasty
500
Found prehistoric footprints which resembled modern humans in Eastern Africa
Who is Mary Leakey
500
Two out of the five aspects of a civilization
What is Advanced Cities, Specialized Workers, Complex Institutions, 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
3 most important gods/goddess
Who are Ra, Horus, & Isis
500
Contained the first examples of Chinese writing
What are Oracle Bones
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