Early Man
What does paleolithic mean?
Old Stone
What continent Mesopotamia located on?
Asia
What river is next to Egypt?
Nile River
How was the city of Mohenjo-Daro planned
In a grid
What is a Senate?
A Senate is when a couple wealthy men ruled the City/Kingdom
What does Surplus mean?
Having more than needed
The belief in many gods.
Who was on the top of the social pyramid?
Pharaoh and the family members
What was the importance of monsoons in India?
To give the people warmth, wet air and rain needed to grow crops.
What rights did Spartan Women have?
They could take part in athletic training, raised strong children, and could own land.
Where was Otiz the ice man actually found?
In Italy
What are some Sumerian inventions?
Cuneiform,wheel, sailboat, wooden plow, bronze.
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
King Narmer (also Menes)
What kept India isolated from others
The Himalyas that were mountains along the Northern Borders and sea along the southern Border.
Why was Julius Caesar was Killed?
The Senate of Rome was afraid that Caesar was becoming to powerful.
What is domestication?
To tame or train animals of plants for human use
how did the flooding of the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers help the people?
The flooding provided silt creating fertile soil for farming
Who was the first female pharaoh in Egypt?
Hatshepsut
It opened opened trade with the west and Goods, Religion, Culture, and Ideas were also spread along the silk road.
What was the contribbutions of Augustus and how people felt about him.
He rebuilt the city of Rome. People were grateful for the peace he brought
What is specializtion?
Who was responsible for the first written law code and what were laws and punishments like?
Hammurabi; the punishments were harsh and often replicated the crime
How did the Nile River affect Egypt?
The river gave them fertile soil for farming, water for food, drinking, bathing, transportation, ability to trade, protection in the north (Nile Delta), Protection in the south (cataracts)
What were the achievements of Shi Huangdi?
They set up a common system of currency, weights, and measures, one system, of language. Shi Huangdi also broke China into provinces to make it easier to control.
Describe public life in Athens.
Men would go to the agora and participate in the government while boys, women and slaves didn't. Women did house hold jobs and thought their daughters how to do house hold jobs and women also had little rights.