Key Terms/Core Concepts
Agriculture and Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Random
100
The mastering of farming led to more food than was needed for survival.
What is surplus
100
Things like place of settlement, climate, and water supply are all this GRAPES letter.
What is G-Geography
100
Due to the easy access to numerous resources (including water), the first civilizations developed here
What are river valleys
100
This geographic feature protected Egyptians from invaders
What are deserts
100
The continent where the first signs of human origins were found
What is Africa
200
Earliest cities formed governments, had specialized workers, and leader. These are features of this thing.
What is a civilization
200
In order to create settlements, early peoples had to learn how to farm and adapt plants and animals.
What is domestication
200
The temples created by Sumerians to worship their gods.
What is ziggurat
200
The plain located at the mouth of a river that is rich with fertile sediment
What is delta
200
The name of the 5,000 year old mummy found well-preserved in ice
Who is Otzi
300
Ancient China and Egypt were both ruled by a series of rulers who were from the same family or ethnic group.
What is a dynasty
300
Which GRAPES letter is defined by agriculture, trade, and how people make their money?
What is E-Economics
300
This Mesopotamian civilization created the first alphabet.
Who is Phoenicia
300
The writing system of the Egyptians
What is hieroglyphs
300
Information that comes from the ORIGINAL records from a particular time period, such as an autobiography
What is a primary source
400
Events and achievements in Ancient Egypt were defined by time period.
What are kingdoms
400
The ability of farmers to produce grain surpluses led to the growth of-
What are villages
400
The two critical water sources for the people of Mesopotamia
What are the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
400
An example of an important religious belief in Ancient Egypt was?
What is a mummification or their belief in the afterlife
400
Information sources that REFERENCE information from a particular time period, like a textbook
What is a secondary source
500
A rich, fertile land at the MOUTH of a river is known as?
What is a delta
500
Civilizations grew strong and successful and spread new ideas through this important ECONOMIC PROCESS
What is trade
500
An example of a city-state in Mesopotamia is...?
What is Sumer
500
What are the three kingdoms we learned about during our Egypt unit?
What are Old, Middle, New Kingdom
500
Scientific process scientists use to find a date of a historical object
What is radiocarbon dating
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