Paleolithic Age
What tools did Paleolithic people use?
Simple tools made of stone.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers.
Who were the gods of the afterlife?
Osiris & Anubis
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer.
Who was Julius Caesar?
A general who ended the Roman Republic.
What was one of the first uses of fire?
Cooking food and providing warmth.
Name the two main rivers in Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What was the purpose of mummification?
To preserve the body for the afterlife.
What was the political system in Athens?
Direct Democracy.
What was the significance of the Pax Romana?
It was 207 years of peace and stability across the empire.
Name a type of art created during the Paleolithic Age.
Cave art.
Who created the Code of Hammurabi?
Hammurabi, the king of Babylon.
Name one of the major pyramids in Egypt.
The Great Pyramid of Giza.
What two City States was the cause of the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta.
Explain the term "plebeian" and "patrician."
Plebeians were the lower class; patricians were the upper class.
What were the main activities of hunter-gatherers?
Hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
What was the significance of ziggurats?
They were temples used for worship and storage.
What does the Nile River's delta create?
Fertile land for agriculture.
Name one philosopher from Ancient Greece.
Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle.
What architectural innovation did Romans create for water transport?
Aqueducts
What significant change marked the transition to the Neolithic Age?
The Agricultural Revolution.
What is the impact of the Phoenician alphabet.
Influenced the development of many writing systems.
Explain the significance of the Pharaoh Narmer.
He united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is known as the father of Democracy?
Pericles
Describe the events leading to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Invasions, economic troubles, and political instability