Vocabulary
Hardened remains or imprint of living things that existed long ago
What is a Mummy
Between 7000 and 5000 BCE, the evidence suggests that much of the present day _______________ had a wetter climate.
Where is the Sahara?
Name the name of the 3 periods that Ancient Egypts was divided into.
What is the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
King of ancient Egypt
When Egypt weakened, ____________ became an independent kingdom with its own ruler.
What is Kush?
A writing surface similar to paper named after the papyrus reed that grew along the Nile river in ancient Egypt
What is Papyrus
About 2.5 million years ago, during the _______________ or Old Stone age, early humans learned how to make tools out of stone.
When is the Paleolithic Era?
How do Scientists determine the age of fossils?
They compare objects found in several layers of rock or soil to determine the age
Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants
What is technology?
During the 3000s BCE, two kings in Egypt developed in ___________ and ___________ Egypt.
Where is upper and lower Egypt?
Nomadic person who survived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants
What is a hunter-gatherer
Archeologists study _____________ and ______________ to learn about early humans.
What are artifacts and fossils
Which period was known for being the time in which Egypt was the richest and most powerful kingdom?
What is the New Kingdom?
System of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations
What is a Bureaucracy?
By uniting the kingdoms, _____________ became the first pharaoh of united Egypt and founded the earliest dynasty.
Who is Namer?
Symbol that stands for a word, idea, or sound
What are hieroglphics
In 1960, ________________ and ___________________ discovered a piece of human like skull in East Africa.
Who is Mary and Louis Leakey
How did using stone tools help the prehistoric people?
It helped them with hunting larger animals such as Bears
An object made by human being, such as a tool or weapon
What is an artifact?
_________ were the only ones who knew how to write.
Who are scribes?
Practice of raising livestock on open planes
What is Pastoralism
In 1974, American fossil hunter _______________ made a discovery in the East African country of Ethiopia. He found 40 percent of a 4.5 foot tall female human skeleton which he named _______________.
Who is Donald Johnson and Lucy?
What were several things that discovering fire helped prehistoric people?
This word means a ruling family
What is a Dynast?
Kush moved their capital south to the city of _____________, a trade route from Central Africa that was easier to defend