Prehistory
The food early-hunters ate
What is berries, nuts, and cattle
Characteristic of Civilizations
What is culture, Social Structure, Belief Systems, Government, Infrastructure, Stable Food Supply, Technology, Writing, and Specialization
Created by two rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates
What is the Fertile Crescent
a large structure built as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs
What are pyramids
Gave fresh water, fertile soil, fish, and transportation
What is the Indus and Ganges Rivers
People who study history are
What is historians
Geography influences
What is how people live
Belief or worship of more than one God
What is polytheistic
Achievements of Egyptian Civilization
What is hieroglyphics, papyrus, pyramids, and Sphinx at Giza
Helped protect Indian Civilizations from outside attacks
What is Himalayan Mountains
Archaeologists learn about the past using
What is tools to dig up artifacts
Civilizations that developed without water
What is zero; no civilization developed without water
a form of government in which authority over the people is retained through a ruling family
What is monarchy
a way to preserve the body for the afterlife
What is mummification
A system to dispose of wastewater from Harappan Civilization
What is a sewer system
One reason prehistoric people might have left Africa
What is climate change, animal migration, and a need for resources
China's major water feature
What is Huang He or Yellow River
a set of laws written by the Babylonian King
What is the Code of Hammurabi
Went along to gain resources of other civilizations
What is the Nile River
Geographic feature that stretches across Mongolia and China
What is the Gobi Desert
After the Agricultural Revolution people
What is had time to specialize, lived in permanent settlements
This created a food surplus
domestication of plants and animals
Geographic feature of ancient Egypt that made agriculture possible
What is the Nile River
Ultimate authority in Egyptian government
What is a pharaoh
A natural border between India and China
What is the Himalayan Mountains