Paleolithic/Neolithic
A group of people who obtain food by foraging
What are hunter-gatherers
River(s) associated with Mesopotamia
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
River associated with Ancient Egypt
The Nile River
Name of the river(s) associated with the Indus Valley
The Indus and Ganges Rivers
Name of the river(s) associated with Ancient China
A way of ranking people in society based upon their occupation
What is class system and/or Specialization of labor
Name of a Mesopotamian stepped pyramid
Ziggurat
Title of the leader of Egypt
What is a Pharaoh
A seasonal weather pattern of wind and rain that effected trade and agriculture
What is a monsoon
Title of the ruler of Ancient China
Term for a society where all members are "equal"
What is egalitarian
A simple innovation that greatly improved agriculture
The Plow
Name of a paper-like material used to record information like taxes and data
Papyrus
The two largest urban centers in the Indus Valley
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
A line of hereditary rulers of a region
What is a dynasty
The nickname for the Paleolithic Era
What is "the Stone Age"
Name of the Mesopotamian style of pictographic language
What is cuneiform
Name of the Egyptian style of pictographic language
What are hieroglyphics
Utilized a form of writing that uses images, symbols, or shapes to communicate meaning
What is a pictograph
The belief that a leader was given the "right" to rule by the gods themselves
The Mandate of Heaven
The term for the period of history with NO writing
What is "Prehistory"
Name of the first written legal code in human history
The Code of Hammurabi
Name of the artifact that helped translate Egyptian hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone
Group of warlike nomads who possibly caused the decline of the Indus Valley
Who are the Aryans
The act of offering daily sacrifices to dead ancestors in order to communicate with the gods and gain their favor
Ancestor veneration