Mesopotamia
River Valleys
Early Man
Civilization
Miscellaneous
100
What is another name for Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
100
Which geographic feature was common to Egypt, China, India, and Mesopotamia
River Valleys
100
What Mountain Range was the ice man found on?
Alps
100
China's natural boundaries make it __________.
Isolated
100
Belief in one God
Monotheism
200
The fertile crescent of Iraq gave rise to which civilization?
Sumer
200
Which river valleys have unpredictable flooding?
Mesopotamia, India, and China
200
The Paleolithic Age ended with the development of what?
Agriculture/Farming
200
Which Civilization was forced to build city walls to protect themselves from outside invasion?
Sumer of Mesopotamia
200
Italy, Korea, and India are similar that each is considered?
A peninsula
300
Name a city of ancient Sumer
Ur
300
The Nile runs from ______ to _______.
South to North
300
What is the name for the event when humans changed from hunters and gathers to settled farmers?
Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution
300
The Hebrew story of Noah is similar to which Sumerian story?
Epic of Gilgamesh
300
Prehistoric means the time in history before what?
Invention of writing
400
What is the system of writing in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
400
Which river valley had predictable flooding?
Nile River
400
What was the name of the earliest female hominid found?
Lucy
400
Name two Indian cities along the Indus River
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
400
What occupation did Mary and Louis Leaky have?
Archeologists
500
What temples did Sumerians build to honor the Gods?
Ziggurats
500
The yellowish silt at the bottom of the Yellow River?
Loess
500
What part of Africa were the oldest skeletons found in?
Great Rift Valley
500
What was the first Chinese Dynasty?
Xia
500
The dry season in India is when the winds go from ______ to ________.
East to West
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