Vocabulary
These were large political units that controlled diverse peoples and territories.
What are empires?
Which characteristic of human civilization matches the following description:
roads, buildings
infrastructure
Early civilizations developed all over the world. What are three characteristics they all shared?
warm climate, near water, at least some fertile soil
Developed the concept of zero...
Who were the Mayans?
Ideas, including language, beliefs, and certain customs, shared by a group of people
What is culture?
When people move from the country to cities...
What is urbanization?
Which characteristic of human civilization matches the following description:
often based on the perceived value of people’s jobs
social structure
Identify which of the ancient civilizations developed near the following body of water:
Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Created farmlands, chinampas (garden islands in water)
Who were the Aztecs?
When natural elements all thrive together in a single environment.
What is natural diversity?
A group of people unified by one of a variety of factors, from a common history or ancestry to a shared culture or language
What is a nation?
Which characteristic of human civilization matches the following description:
keeps track of important knowledge and records
writing
The area where the first civilizations developed is called the....
What is the fertile crescent?
This civilization had great infrastructure (25,000-mile road).
Who were the Incas?
Spread of cultural ideas, practices, and languages from one culture to another or within a single culture
The cost of emigration of individuals who received advanced training in their home country and took their skills to a more desirable place
What is human flight capital (brain drain)?
Which characteristic of human civilization matches the following description:
farming, metallurgy, inventions such as the wheel
technology
This civilization gave us:
Hammurabi’s Code
Codified Laws – written in stone
Who were the Babylonians?
Their leaders vacationed at Machu Pichu...
Who were the Incas?
A group of people with the same national origin living outside their traditional homeland
What is a diaspora?
Formal government that oversees that country or territory.
What is a state?
Which characteristic of human civilization matches the following description:
helps society resolve issues and protect the rights of people
government
What are two geographic characteristics that helped the “river valley civilizations” grow?
the rivers provided transportation, access to other natural resources, constant source of water for drinking and farming, gave soil with nutrients, or warm climates
Contributed Pictographs, Mathematics and Astronomy
Who were the Mayans?
The process by which an ethic minority completely abandons its own culture
What is cultural assimilation?