Paleolithic and Neolithic
The Neolithic Era began with this revolution.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Besides water, civilizations like Mesopotamia might owe their agricultural success to this nutrient-filled material.
Even though he died trying to reach immortality, this emperor lives on through his magnificent terracotta army
Who is Qin Shi Huang Di?
Talk about going out in style. Pharaohs of Egypt’s Old Kingdom would often be buried in these structures
What are pyramids?
This sort of climate leads to heavy rainfall during the wet season, and warmer temperature during the dry season.
What is monsoon?
This is the language they spoke and wrote in in Ancient Rome
What is Latin?
During the Paleolithic era, people gathered their food this way.
What is hunting and gathering?
The name “Mesopotamia” means this in Greek
What is the land between rivers?
The Xia dynasty may have been the first dynasty of Ancient China, but we do not know for sure. It is considered this.
What is semi-mythological?
This writing style is named after the Greek words for “holy carvings.”
What are hieroglyphics?
This book, part of the larger text known as the Mahabharata, details the story of a kshatriya’s conversation with Vishnu over what to do in a battle against his family.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
This man was famous in Roman times for his conquest of Gaul, but today he’s more well known for being assassinated by his fellow senators.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The word "Neolithic" means this in Greek.
What is "New Stone Age"?
This set of laws is one of the first of its kind in history.
What is Hammurabi's code?
This concept explained how dynasties would rise and fall according to the will of the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This Eagle-Eyed god of Ancient Egypt was hailed as the god of the sun in traditional mythology
Who is Ra?
I wrote a question in the Indus Valley script, but I’m having a hard time asking it due to this unique fact about this language
What is that we can't read it?
This is the type of government they had in Ancient Athens and in the Roman Republic
What is Democracy?
During the Neolithic we get the first of food blank, which helped communities grow larger.
What is surplus?
While styli and tablets might seem like modern things, they’re actually key components of this wedge-shaped writing style
What is cuneiform?
Originally used to predict future events, this writing system became the foundation of the writing used in China today.
What is Oracle Bones Script?
To prepare a body for the afterlife, Egyptians would mummify the body by removing the organs and drying it out in this substance. It is not naturally occurring in Madison, so we had to make it in the 6A classroom
What is Natron?
Talk about life-changing (or even next life changing). Emperor Ashoka Maurya’s conquest of the Kalenga kingdom led to him converting to Buddhism, as evidenced by his creation of these two objects.
What are stupas and pillar edicts?
This is where the Parthenon Marbles are split between today, and it’s causing some disagreement
In the Paleolithic Era, everyone had the same job: to survive. In the Neolithic era, people began doing different kinds of work. This change in jobs is referred to as this
What is Specialization?
Perhaps the oldest written story in history, this epic poem tells the story of a king who tried to conquer death.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
It is hard to run a civilization as big as China. That’s why the Shang emperor split it up into these.
What are provinces?
Narmer (or “catfish chisel”) is most famous for being the first person to do this
What is unite lower and upper Egypt?
Based on the belief in samsara, everyone gets a new this when they die.
What is maya ring?
This is a type of government meaning ‘ruled by a few'
What is oligarchy?
Flint Knapping is the Paleolithic art of using flint and other stones to do this.
What is making tools?
Akkadian for “to rise high,” these holy structures were said to be homes of the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
Between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, aristocrats replaced warlords in running the civilization for the emperor. It is a form of government know as this.
What is feudalism?
A queen with a complicated legacy, this woman has been seen as everything from a brilliant diplomat to the one who led Roman Rulers astray
Who is Cleopatra?
The Dhammacakkappavattana-Sutta translates to this from the language of Pali.
What is the first turning of the wheel of dhamma?
This is the philosopher that wrote ‘The Allegory of the Cave’
Who is Plato?
This is the place that saw growth in Agriculture about 10,000 years ago.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Akkadian government required this from their people, which they used to help build their cities
What is tributes?
A government official in the Han Dynasty would have to do this in order to get their job. These guys would probably be great at Jeopardy!
What is pass the civil service exam?
If you died, in ancient Egypt, they believed that your heart would be weighed against a feather of her, the Goddess of Balance and Order.
Who is Ma'at?
Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva represent this 3-part cycle reflected in the world around us.
What is creation, maintenance, and destruction?
Aristotle argued that the education of children needed to be the business of this.
What is the polis?
The word “Caveman” might not be entirely accurate, but it’s likely they were made of materials that were easy to move or would have broken down over time, since Paleolithic people had this sort of lifestyle
This wonder of the Ancient world shows that there were large scale building projects and a form of aqueducts in Ancient Mesopotamia
What is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Unlike any other civilization, merchants are almost at the bottom of the social pyramid in China. It is because of this philosophy
What is Confucianism?
This is the time when things got a little weird in Ancient Egypt, where King Tut’s dad, Akenaten, decided to change everything up and worship Aten, the sun disk
What is the Amarna Period?
This the name of the man who came to be known as the Buddha.
What is Siddhartha Gautama?
This is the name of the volcano that destroyed Pompeii.
What is Mount Vesuvius?
Agriculture requires the domestication of these two items.
Animals and Plants
Possibly one of the first emperors in history, this man’s takes over the area known as Sumer
Who is King Sargon of Akkad?
These three geographic features formations led to China being able to last for thousands of years without being invaded
What are deserts, mountains, and oceans?
The Egyptians had a short calendar, consisting only of these three seasons.
What are Akhet, Peret, and Shemu?
We did a meditation in class where we followed our breathing along with the ringing sounds of this object.
What are Tibetan Singing Bowls?
This is the name of the hero in Homer's famous epic poem, soon to be portrayed by Matt Damon.
Who is Odysseus?