Vocabulary
Geography
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Miscellaneous
100
Who would examine objects to learn about the past?
What is an Archaeologist?
100
What and where is the longest river in the world?
What is Nile River in Egypt?
100
What do we call the graphic organizer that had the 8 things on it: government, religion, job specialization, cities, art and architecture, social classes, public works, and writing.
What is Characteristics or Features of a Civilization.
100
Hieroglyphic and cuneiform symbols provided writing and the basis of what?
What is the development of recorded history.
100
Which civilization was known as great sailors who colonized Spain and Northern Africa, traded purple dye and developed the alphabet?
Who are the Phoenicians.
200
Who would ask questions to find out more about what happened in the past?
What is a Historian?
200
What and where is the highest mountain range?
What is Himalayas in India?
200
What was the Sumerians number system based on that we still use today?
What is the number 60.
200
The process if mummification helped Egypt to do what?
What is prepare the dead for the afterlife.
200
Which characteristic was shared by the Egyptian, Aztec and Mayan civilizations?
What is they all built pyramids.
300
What technological advancement in agriculture allowed people to stay in one place and form cities?
What is the discovery of irrigation?
300
What are the rivers in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
300
What did the Sumerians invent that made it possible for their armies to use chariots?
What is wheels.
300
Which pharaoh unified Lower and Upper Egypt?
Who is Menes Narmer.
300
What and where was the first form of writing?
What is cuneiform in Sumer?
400
What is the pulling of iron and other metals out of the ore?
What is Metallurgy?
400
What are the two major rivers in China?
What are the Yangtze and Yellow River(Huang He)?
400
Why were the Code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables designed?
What is to record existing laws for all to see.
400
Which female pharaoh brought prosperity to Ancient Egypt through trade and architecture?
Who is Hatshepsut.
400
The Ten Commandments had the greatest influence on what?
What is the Western moral and ethical teachings.
500
What characteristic was essential to the survival of an ancient river civilization?
What is control over natural resources, or a stable food supply.
500
What is the massive desert in Egypt?
What is the Sahara?
500
What is one reason the Euphrates, Indus, Nile, and Tigris valleys became centers of early civilizations?
What is they had means of irrigation and transportation.
500
What is visible from great distances, a reminder to all of the wealth and power of the leader who built it, and his glory and greatness as a god on Earth? a. the Parthenon b. the pyramids c. the temples
What is B, the pyramids.
500
The Mayans are best known for their achievements in what areas?
What is mathematics and astronomy? Making the calendar!
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