Early Civilizations
What was the name of the furry animal similar to elephants that existed during the ice ages.
Mammoths
What is a group of countries or peoples who are ruled by one government?
An empire
How long did it take to build the Great Pyramids of Giza?
20 yrs
What philosophy states that society needs a system of harsh laws and strict punishment?
Legalism
The first human beings appeared in Africa and they were called...
hunters and gatherers
What is the definition of prehistory?
What is the time before written record?
The first civilizations arose on a wide, flat plain between what two rivers?
The Euphrates and Tigris
_________, one of Egypt’s most important deities, was god of the underworld.
Osiris
What was China's longest dynasty?
The Zhou
In what part of the world did many of the earliest civilizations and cities arise?
The Middle East
Name one way early humans used fire
What is for protection, warmth, light, or hunting?
What were temples where Sumerian gods were worshiped in larger cities called?
ziggurats
How old was King Tut when he became pharaoh?
9
Who was the first strong emperor of the Han Dynasty?
Han Wudi - 141 BCE
The Sumerians practiced _________ , which means to worship many gods.
Polytheism
What does domestication mean?
What is the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. The cultivation of a plant for food.
People known as _________ migrated to Mesopotamia thousands of years ago.
Sumerians
Which female pharaoh had the longest reign?
Hatshepsut
What emperor started to build Great Wall Built and why did they do it?
Emperor Qin Shi Huang in the third century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from barbarian nomads. To protect China from invaders such as the Xiongnu. Around 220 B.C., Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China under the Qin Dynasty,
What are the first to letters in the Greek alphabet that gave the name to our modern day alphabet?
alpha and beta
Why were surpluses necessary for the birth of civilization?
What is they led to specialization.Meaning not everyone needed to focus on farming and allowed some individuals to dedicate their time to mastering a craft like toolmakers, potters, weavers, metalworking.
What were the 2 new agricultural techniques the Sumerians developed?
The plow and irrigation
Draw a pyramid and label the different social classes in ancient Egypt.
400 - 200 B.C.E
What river is the longest river in the world at 3,500 miles?
The Nile