Geography
This is used to identify what the symbols and colors mean on a map.
The Map Key
This a complex society that has an organized government, culture and writing.
Civilization
Monarchy
Location where a stone was found in 1799 that helped solve how to read hieroglyphics.
Rosetta
The most important leader of the protestant revolution.
Martin Luther
This is a measuring line for distance on a map.
The Map Scale
This person searches for ancient artifacts (man-made objects) to help us learn about life long ago.
Archaeologist
This is when one person or group controls all the production and prices of a product or service which results in higher prices.
Monopoly
Location of the Great Pyramids
Giza
Paid for each days work and wants to become a master in a guild.
Journeyman
Why were the world's first civilizations created in river valleys?
The area nearest the rivers was so fertile which made the land suitable for farming.
This group of people in Mesopotamia created the world's FIRST civilization.
Sumerians
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.
Empire
Discovered the hidden tomb of King tut in 1922.
Howard Carter
Invented the printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
Which is the New Stone Age and which is the Old Stone Age?
New Stone Age is the Neolithic Age. The Old Stone Age is the Paleolithic Age.
A group of people who were war-like from Mesopotamia that created an empire through conquest.
Assyrians
A form of government that elects leaders.
Republic
A triangular piece of swampy land located in northern Egypt.
A large or elegant residence owned by the rich.
Villa
This transported water to crops usually through canals, ditches or pipes.
Irrigation
This is a mythical god-king with extraordinary strength and bravery who ruled in early Mesopotamian times.
Gilgamesh
Woman god-king who dressed like a male pharaoh.
Hatshepsut
A system where landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for service.
Feudalism