Early Humans
The shift from hunting and gathering to farming
100: What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Earliest form of writing
100: What is Cuneiform?
River essential to Egyptian life
100: What is the Nile?
Greek genius who improved pi
100: Who is Archimedes?
Government ruled by a king
100: What is a monarchy?
Tools that helped early humans survive
200: What are stone tools and fire?
King who created the first written laws
200: Who is Hammurabi?
Egyptians preserved bodies for this reason
200: What is preparation for the afterlife?
Structure started by the Qin Dynasty
200: What is the Great Wall?
Government ruled by wealthy elites
200: What is an oligarchy?
Early humans improved with these changes
300: What are bigger brains, better tools, and teamwork?
Fertile land between two rivers
300: What is the Fertile Crescent?
Egyptian guidebook to the afterlife
300: What is the Book of the Dead?
Government ruled by the people
300: What is democracy?
Government ruled by the people
300: What is democracy?
Archaeology studies this
400: What is human history through artifacts and remains?
“Cradle of Civilization” region
400: What is Mesopotamia?
God the Egyptians hoped to imitate after death
400: Who is Osiris?
Roman leader called “dictator for life”
400: Who is Julius Caesar?
Government ruled by one person with absolute power
400: What is a dictatorship/tyranny?
The three technological ages
500: What are the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages?
Mesopotamia is between these two rivers
500: What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
Process used to preserve bodies
500: What is mummification?
Groups excluded from Greek citizenship
500: Who are women, foreigners, and enslaved people?
Government where power is shared and people vote
500: What is a republic?