Ancient Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
What river was important to Egypt?
Nile River
What river was important to early India?
Indus River
How did people migrate to the Americas during the Ice Age?
Beringia Land Bridge
What two oceans border the Americas?
Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Which two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Where was Ancient Egypt located?
Africa
What is a monsoon?
Seasonal wind/rain
What is the first civilization of the Americas?
The Clovis People
What type of land did the Maya live in?
Rainforest
What is Mesopotamia known as?
The cradle of civilization
What is mummification?
Preserving bodies
What were two major cities in Ancient India?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
What river was important to the Clovis people?
The Mississippi River
What is silk?
Fabric from worms
What writing system did Mesopotamians use?
Cuneiform
What writing system did Egyptians use?
Hieroglyphics
What is a subcontinent?
Large land area within a continent
What body of water separates North America from South America?
The Gulf of America
What two civilization built pyramids?
The Egyptian and the Mayan
What was Hammurabi’s Code?
A set of laws
What is a delta?
Land at a river’s mouth
What language did they use?
Sanskrit
What was the most important crop in the Americas?
Corn
What is the name of the river that was important to ancient China?
The Yellow River