Origins of Civilization
The belief that spirits inhabited animals, plants, or other natural objects
What is Animism
The first civilization in south Asia
The Indus Civilization
This environmental challenge in Sumerian civilization turned soil into dust, and created famine
What is droughts
The first people came to America this way
What is via land bridge
Games in Greece to show strength of a city state
What is The olympics
The belief in multiple gods
What is Polytheism?
These two tenets of Vedic traditions refer to (1) action and result and (2) the religious and moral duties of an individual
What are Karma and Dharma?
The kingdom in Egypt which was turbulent and filled with corruption and rebellion
What is the Middle Kingdom
These people lived in AZ, NM, CO and UT
Who are the Puebloans
The wise and trusted leader of Athens that made reforms
The theory that first all people lived in Africa and then migrated to other areas
A single spiritual power that existed beyond the Gods of Vedas
Who is Brahman
Ziggurats in Sumer are building that are
What are Large Pyramid Temples
The first people who came to America were of this decent
What is Asian
The hilltop of a city state
What is Acropolis
Because of this, the non-vegetarians among us could stay in one place instead of hunting and gathering
What is domesticating animals
Indias greatest epic
Mahabharata
These people were held higher in ancient sumer than other societies
Who are Women
Maize
What is corn
The name of Spartan Slaves
The name of the kingdom that Hammurabi ruled
What is Babylon?
This religion has no major founder or sacred text and evolved over 3500 years ago
What is Hinduism
Ancient Egypt is set in this geographic area
What is the Nile River Valley
The religion of the Aztec, Inca and Mayan people
What is polytheistic
These people ran the family estates in Sparta
Who were women
The greatest change in humanity's way of life until the industrial revolution, this period planted to seed for all civilizations to come.
What is the Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution
The vedas belongs to which civilization
Who are the Aryans
The first great city states ever developed
What are Ur and Uruk
This type of farming was used by the Maya civilization to clear and fertilize the land at the same time
What is Burning and Clearing
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Until the modern era, these two groups were traditionally the highest tiers in civilizations' social hierarchies.
Who are priests and nobles?
The complex system of social groups in Indian society. People are born into it and it rarely changes
What is the varna / caste system?
This person began ruling in the name of a male heir who was too young, wore a false beard and won over key officials after declaring themselves pharaoh
Who is Queen Hatshepsut
This civilization lived in the gulf of Mexico and are considered the first American civ.
What is the Olmec civilization
This group of people were very well educated in Athens
Who are Boys
The other name for Siddhartha Gautama
This flat black stone had hieroglyphics, demotic and greek script
What is the rosetta stone
Payments of conquered people
What are Tributes
The most powerful Olympian, has children Ares, Aphroditie and Athena
Who is Zeus
The name for people who move around from place to place without settling
Who are Nomads
Buddha fasted and meditated by a tree for 2 years seeking the purpose of life
What is Enlightenment
Ancient Israelites had a unique belief system that differed from most because they were
What is monotheistic
Incas strong emperor
Who is Sapa Inca
War between Athens and other greeks who resented them. Athens gets defeated by Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War
An environmental phenomenon that repeatedly led nomads to seek refuge in or invade agrarian states, often leading to the collapse of older civilizations and the rise of new, more expansive ones.
What is climate change?
This was built under Shi Huangdi, but was mostly a demonstration of strength
What is the Great Wall of China
Gods 2 promises to Abraham
What are god chose the Israelites and the Promised Land
These people settled in the Mississippi River Valley
Who are Mississippians
Philip II son who wanted to conquer the Persian Empire
Alexander the Great