Early Humans
9,000 years ago, farmers began to plant these
What is Staple Crops.
This was the first civilization in Mesopotamia.
What is Sumeria.
The title given to ancient Egyptian kings.
What is the Pharaoh.
A mass of land that projects out and is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula.
This is the word for a cruel, all-powerful ruler.
What is a tyrant.
This means to tame or adapt something for your own use.
What is Domestication
This means the belief in many gods or goddesses.
What is polytheistic.
This is the longest river in the world.
Greek citizens created this form of government where citizens govern themselves.
This was a type of government where three people have equal power.
What is a triumvirate.
This is the period when people made the switch from hunting to farming.
What is The Neolithic Revolution.
These were temples shaped like pyramids built in Sumeria.
What are ziggurats.
This structure took 20 years to build using 2 million stones and 100,000 workers.
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza
This Greek poet tells the story of the Trojan War in his epic poem the Iliad.
Who is Homer.
Who is Julius Caesar.
This is when you have more than is needed.
What is a surplus.
A type of government in which a god or deity is the supreme ruler.
What is a theocracy.
This structure was built to protect the Great Pyramid.
What is the Great Sphinx.
This goddess was the queen of the gods in Greek Mythology.
Who is Hera.
This leader declared war on Egypt when Marc Antony left his sister for Cleopatra.
Who is Octavian (Augustus).
This is the name of a famous hominid that walked on two legs and had a small brain. She was discovered in 1974.
Who is Lucy.
These were cities that acted as politically independent and made up a kingdom.
What are city-states.
One of the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs, who began ruling at 9 years old is called:
Who is King Tutankhamen (Tut)
The games created by the Greeks to honor the gods. These games included running, jumping, discus throw, wrestling, martial arts, and horse and chariot races.
What are the Olympics.
This was the religion spread throughout Rome by Jesus and his followers.
What is Christianity.