Prehistory
Prehistory is the time period before ______ record
Written
Mesopotamia is translated to "land between the _____"
Rivers
This is what preserved bodies from ancient Egypt are called:
Mummies
A religion the celebrates one god is called...
Monotheism
The Greek government structure based on voting
Democracy
The Lascaux Caves feature some of the oldest cave _____ in the world
Paintings
Mesopotamia was located in which modern-day country?
Iraq
The king or queen of Egypt
Pharaoh
A religion the celebrates multiple gods is called...
Polytheism
The rich landowners under the Roman Republic.
Patricians
Name 1 thing prehistoric people used to make tools.
wood, stone, bone, or metal
A form of writing using wedge-shaped impressions in clay
Cuneiform
Ruling families in China are known as
Dynasties
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are all based out of what religious text?
The Old Testament
A self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
Vault
Before agriculture, many prehistoric people were ____ and _____.
Hunters and Gathers
This is the oldest know law set in the world
Hammurabi's Code
The founder of Daoism is....
Laozi
In Hinduism, what determines who a person will be reincarnated as?
Karma
Rome’s enemy in the Punic Wars.
Carthage
The study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains is known as what science?
Archaeology
A large stone building with stepped sides, often with a temple on top. These were found in Mesopotamia.
Ziggurat
The duty of a child to respect and obey the parents
Filial piety
Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of which religion/philosophy?
Buddhism
The famous war between Athens and Sparta is known as...
The Peloponnesian War