Prehistory
An individual who studies the past and writes about it after assessing primary and secondary sources.
Historian
India's geographical location, where it juts out off of the Asian Continent is often described as a __.
Subcontinent
Big stone heads.
Olmec
Popular city-state with a beautiful palace with frescoes.
Constantine moves the capital of the Roman Empire to __.
Constantinople or Byzantium are acceptable answers.
A period of time where people traveled in family units hunting and gathering for food.
The Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period
A wind that brings hot dry air or extreme downpours of rainfall.
Monsoon
Modern day Mexico City and capital of the Aztec Empire.
Tenochtitlan
Means "two levels."
Polis or Acropolis accepted.
When a king's entire kingdom is not allowed to partake in the sacraments (holy communion and baptism), because of his actions.
Interdict
Taking an animal or plant and adapting it for use near a place where one lives.
Domestication
The god of thunder, storms, rain, and war.
Indra
Common crop in Meso-America.
Maize or Corn accepted.
The first Greeks are known as the __.
Minoans
The practice of putting interest on a loan. This was frowned upon in the medieval church.
Usury
The oldest city we have located.
Jericho
A person comes back as a plant or animal.
Style of house in Meso-America made from wet mud and brick.
Adobe
The Greeks developed a system of trial so that the judge, king, or emperor did not decide a person's fate. Who did then?
The Jury
The pope responsible for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II
A ruler who developed a set of rules and guidelines for his people to follow in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Hammurabi
Buddha's way to nirvana.
The Eightfold Path
Capital of the Inca Empire.
Cuzco
Pericles (ruler of the city-state of Athens) is responsible for what war between Athens and Sparta, because of his "love" of democracy?
The Peloponnesian War
The idea that the pope had more power than kings and queens, because he controlled their salvation. In turn, leading to his involvement in political decisions.
Papal Supremacy