Stone Age
What was the big change between the Paleolithic and neolithic age?
agriculture and farming
What two rivers were located on either side of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Name a specific physical feature of Ancient Egypt and/or the surrounding areas.
4
When is Halloween celebrated?
Octber 31st
What is the new stone age called?
Neolithic
Name and describe one specific achievement of the Mesopotamians (technology, food and water supply, written language etc.)
Various Answers
What body of water was directly east of Ancient Egypt
Red Sea
What are all four of the intermediate directions?
NE NW SE SW
What mythological creature transforms during a full moon?
werewolf
Describe how agriculture changed the way people lived.
Various
What was the first major settlement in Mesopotamia called?
Sumer
What is hymm?
Religous song
Lines of latitude are called...
Parallels
Which Halloween candy bar is famous for its combination of peanuts, caramel, and nougat?
Snickers
What is the nickname given to the bones of a hominid that were discovered by the Leakeys in Ethiopia?
Lucy
What were the name of the large slabs of stone that Mesopotamians carved their achievements into?
stele
What is papyrus, and where was it grown?
Usually on the banks of the Nile River
Lines of longitude are called...
Meridians
What was the name of the skeleton who is the main character in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’?
Jack Skellington
Describe the ideal location for an early civilization to develop. What types of physical features and resources would they need?
Various Answers
What was the name of the king that built the hanging gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
What makes the Nile River Unique?
Flows North
flows into a larger river or lake
tributary
Fill in the lyric:
He did the monster mash
(The monster mash) it was a _______________
graveyard smash