Early Man
What is the Paleolithic Era?
Stone Age (2 million to 10,000 years ago)
What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
Land between the rivers
What continent is Egypt located in?
Africa
What continent is Greece located in?
Europe
What peninsula is Rome located on?
Italian Peninsula
What development allowed early man to communicate?
Language
What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What river was ancient Egypt located on?
Nile
What type of land form is Greece?
Peninsula
What river runs through Rome?
Tiber
What development allowed early man to modify their environment?
Fire
What three main city states were in Mesopotamia?
Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria
What were the god kings of Egypt called?
Pharaohs
What covered 3/4ths of Greece?
Mountains
What type of government did the Romans invent?
Republic (Representative Democracy)
What development started the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture
What group became the first kings in Mesopotamia?
Priests
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
Tombs for pharaohs
What were the names for Greek stories that helped explain religions and the world?
Myths
What were the underlying and immediate causes of the fall of Rome?
Underlying: Inflation, Poor leadership, civil wars, weakening military, declining population, break down of family values, collapse of trade.
Immediate: Barbarian Invasions
Where did early man originate?
Africa
Who built the world's first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon the Great of Akkad
What ended Egyptian civilization?
Conquest by the Sea People and then the Romans
What civilization eventually conquered Greece?
Rome
What were the 3 periods of Rome history?
Monarchy (753 to 509 BCE)
Republic (509 BCE to 27 BCE)
Empire (27 BCE to 476 CE)