Historians Tool Kit
Why is history important?
So we can understand what happen to people in the past.
Early period of human history the Stone Age was called
Paleolithic
After the Ice Age, Earth's temperature rose; therefore, people did not have to move as much. They started to _______________________ to animals.
Domesticate
Sumerians built the first cities in
Southwest Asia
Mesopotamia means
"land between the rivers
An empire is a group of many different _____________ under one ruler.
lands
The Nile River was ideal for human settlement because of its
fertile land
Who are the people who study history?
Historians
These people were ____________ who wandered from place to place.
Nomads
The period from 8000 B.C.E. to 4000 B.C.E is the ______________ Age
Neolithic
Sumer's people formed
city-states
What are the two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates.
What king created the first empire?
Sargon
Why was the Nile River important to the ancient Egyptians?
Because it was the "creator of all good"
What tools do we use to measure time? (name 2)
periods, decade, era, or century.
Paleolithic people survived by
The Neolithic Age made the hunter-gathers start to
agriculture or growing their own food
The Sumerian people worshipped many gods, a type of belief is knows as
Polytheism
What is one benefit of living between these two rivers?
Stable food supply by having fertile soil
Hammurabi's Code
True (it flows 4000 miles).
How long is a decade?
10 years
What is one tool the Paleolithic people used?
hand axe, bow and arrow, spears, hard stone for knives and harpoons
How did the development of agriculture result in the creation of the first cities?
People were more stable and had a stable food supply. They could grow their own crops and build communities
A large temple in the city-state where the gods were worshipped is called
Ziggurat
What is one problem the rivers caused?
Flooding at times and being dry in the summer
Hammurabi's code that says, "eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." means
The punishment for a crime should match the seriousness of the crime.
Waterways form a fan-shaped area of fertile marshland called a
Delta
B.C.E and BC or the same but B.C.E stands for
Before Common Era
protection, cooking food, light, and warmth
Why would Neolithic peole want to build a settlement near a river?
Transport and food & water.
Sumerians had a class system. The middle class consisted of
merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans. They were the largest social group.
The method of watering crops is?
irrigation
What is the difference between a city-state and an empire?
A city-state is independent and governs itself and its surrounding territory. An empire is a group of many different territories governed under one ruler.
The largest desert in the world is the
Sahara
Earth and its people
They communicated by
grunts and gestures
Specialization in jobs is
People had special jobs based on their talents. Some became skilled workers.
What ideas and inventions did the Sumerians pass on to other civilizations? (Give me 3)
Writing, the wheel, the sail, the wooden plow, the seed drill, technology, and mathematics.
Flood waters was filled with ___________ to help crops.
Silt
Hammurabi's Code helped establish
order between various groups.
What geographical features protected Egypt?
The deserts and the Nile
Five themes of Geography
Location, Place, Human environment interaction, movement, and region
What is another way that Paleolithic people communicated?
Art
What are the characteristics of a civilization?
Sumerians created a way of writing called ________________. Some students became _________
cuneiform; scribes
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates is part of a larger crescent-shaped region that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Zagros Mountains and the Persian Gulf.
Fertile Crescent
This law protected the less powerful and protected wives from abuse by their husbands. True or False
True