Stone Age
What age used Bow and Arrows, hammers, harpoons, axes, etc?
Neolithic
True or False: They started out growing corn and cotton
False--- Wheat and Barley
What river was so important to them?
The Nile River
Where is this located at now?
Pakistan
What was the first real dynasty?
The Shang Dynasty
What stage in the Stone Age was the Ice Age in?
Paleo
How did they find their food before they started farming?
Hunting and gathering
Two stages of mummification
Embalming and wrapping
True or false: The Indus Valley come up with the idea of taking out their waste
True
How can a dynasty end?
It is overthrown
What are the names of the three different parts in the Stone Age?
Neolithic, Paleolithic, and Mesolithic
What rivers did they live by?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What are Pharaohs?
Political and religious leaders of the Egyptian people
Why was the Indus Valley civilization different from others?
They were peaceful and there was no evidence of a war.
What invention helped them build the Great Wall of China?
Wheelbarrow
What age lasted from 8,000 to 4,000 BC?
Neolithic
What country is Mesopotamia located in today?
Iraq
Two types of land that make up Ancient Egypt
Red land and black land
Why did they civilize around river valleys?
They were flat, well watered, provided rich soil.
Why did they build the Great Wall of China?
To keep out Northerner invaders
What was the average life span of Paleo/Meso?
40 years
What was the biggest thing Mesopotamia invented?
The wheel
What is the Rosetta Stone?
It was a key to unlock the Ancient Egyptian writing.
Best known artifacts of the civilization
Seals
What did Ts’ai Lun invent?
Paper