Stone Age
True/ False: Early humans in the Stone Age had established communities and institutions.
False
The two rivers that ran through ancient Mesopotamia were the ________ and the Euphrates rivers.
Tigris
The river that runs through Egypt is called?
The Nile
Ancient Greek city known for producing warriors
Sparta
What does BCE stand for?
Nomadic people who lived by hunting, fishing and collecting wild food were called?
hunter-gatherers
What continent is Mesopotamia located on? (modern day Middle East)
Asia
These were built by Egyptians as monuments / tombs for the pharaoh.
Pyramids
Ancient Greek city known as the birthplace of democracy.
Athens
Common Era is represented by what two letters on a timeline?
CE
Name two ways humans benefitted from fire.
Warmth, cooking, light, protection...
List 3 traits of a civilization.
cities, technology, record keeping, complex institutions, or specialized work.
Egyptians used reeds from what plant to make writing material?
papyrus
What crops were suitable to grow in Greece?
Olives, grapes, wheat, barely
Is modern history BCE or CE?
CE
A person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and artifact analysis is called?
An archaeologist
The supply of water to land or crops to help growth by means of channels is called.
Irrigation
Roughly how many days did it take to mummify a body?
70
Name 3 Greek gods/ goddesses
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus.
What type of sources are first hand accounts / objects from a time in history?
Primary
The practice of farming, producing crops and raising livestock is known as?
Agriculture
Describe specialized workers.
People began specializing in one job or trade. They created surpluses of their goods to trade for food / other things needed.
What system of writing (mostly pictoral characters) was used by the Egyptians.
Hieroglyphics
Who fought in the Persian Wars?
How many years is a century?
100 years