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Life Before Farming
Geography
Religion
Economy/
Culture (Social)
Achievements
100
What was life before farming called?
Old Stone Age? Paleolithic Age?
100
What river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile
100
Rulers in ancient Mesopotamia were called what?
What is a priest king
100
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves
100
Which great leader wrote the first code of laws?
Who is Hammurabi?
200
What did they use clay?
The Mesopotamians wrote on it?
200
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
Who was the main Greek god?
Who is Zeus?
200
The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
What is trade
200
Which civilization was the first to make contributions in medicine?
Who are Egyptians?
300
What are nomads?
People who hunted and gathered food and did not settle in one place?
300
What body of water separates Asia Minor from Greece?
What is Aegean Sea
300
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________
What is pyramids
300
How did humans change from the old to the new stone age?
They began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops
300
How many symbols in the Canaanite writing system?
What is 22?
400
Who gathered berries and nuts?
Women and children?
400
Name three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations?
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
400
How many different gods did the Egyptians, as a civilization, believe in?
What is over 2,000
400
What is specialization?
What is the development of occupations such as potters, weavers, and metal workers?
400
What was the escape of the Hebrews from Egypt called?
What is an Exodus?
500
What were the earliest shaped stones called?
Olduvan pebbles
500
What present day country did the Phoenicians settle in?
What is Lebanon or Israel?
500
Who was the main god of the Minoans?
Who is Great Goddess, Mother Earth?
500
What resource did Phoenicia have that others did not?
What is a purple dye retrieved from snail glands
500
What were the fast Greek ships called?
What are triremes?