Basic Facts
A culture that has achieved a specific level of a development is a
Civilization
The Sumerians in Mesopotamia used clay tablets to record a form of writing called
cuneiform
The pyramids were
burial tombs
Ancient Mesopotamia today is the country of
Iraq
A cultural hearth in South America:
Inca, Aztec, Maya
The creation of the wheel and the calendar are evidence of a civilization’s
technology
The Mesopotamian civilization developed in the region known as
the Fertile Crescent
A leader in Egypt was called a
pharaoh
What is the name of the river the Chinese civilization developed around?
Yellow River
Maintain order (by laws) within the community
Government
A synonym for farming
Agriculture
Why did the Sumerians settle in the Fertile Crescent?
It had good soil due to the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
The Ancient Egyptian form of picture writing is called
hieroglyphics
Nile, Tigris and Euphrates, Yellow, and Indus
4 river valleys
People are separated into different jobs/responsibilities
Social Structure/ Hierarchies
The taming of animals for human’s benefit
domestication
A set of laws wrote to bring justice and fairness Mesopotamia
Hammurabi’s Code
What is the name of the largest river that helped with the development of the civilization?
Nile River
On what continent would I find the Indus Civilization?
Asia
People who move from place to place
nomads
A type of government where the ruler is a king and god
Theocracy
what are the two main reasons there was a shift between hunter-gather to permanent civilizations
domestication and agriculture
Which civilization was located northeast from Egypt?
Mesopotamia
On what continent would I find the ancient Inca civilization?
South America
Which civilization was located to the east of the Indus civilization?
Chinese