How do archeologists find out about early peoples who left no written records?
What is they look at artifacts?
100
What two rivers provide Mesopotamia with its natural resources?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
100
What river provides Egypt with its natural resources?
What is the Nile River
100
What two rivers provide India with its resources?
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers
100
What river proves China with its natural resources?
What is the Yellow (Huang He) river
200
Monotheism is defined as what?
What is the belief in one god
200
This was a large type of pyramid in Mesopotamia.
What is Ziggurats
200
this person ruled over all Egyptians, he or she was considered like a god
What is a pharoah
200
the belief in one god
What is monotheism
200
period of time during which members of one family are in power
What is dynasty
300
History textbook written by a History professor in 2011 CE is an example of a primary or secondary source?
What is a secondary source
300
What was the first written code of law?
What is Hammurabi's code
300
picture letters that made up the alphabet
What is hieroglyphs
300
if a person does bad things, then bad things will
eventually happen to him or her. If the person does good things, then good things will happen.
What is karma
300
Respect for parents in China is known as?
What is filial piety
400
Why did ancient civilizations develop along rivers?
What is civilizations needed water for their crops.
400
the spread of ideas from one place to another
What is cultural diffusion
400
book of instructions to help a person after death. It included tips on how to live a good life.
What is the Book of the Dead
400
fathers and husbands have power over their families.
What is patriarchal society (patriarch)
400
A belief system in China that believed it was important achieve balance between opposites. Like the yin and yang.
What is Daoism
500
The transition from predominately hunter-gather lifestyle to settling down into permanent villages and establishing civilizations is referred to as the?
What is Neolithic Revolution
500
the Lydians were the first to use this ____ for trade, the Persians soon adopted this ____ for trade instead of using the barter system
What is coins
500
some social classes are higher than others, and higher social classes have fewer members.
What is hierarchical society or hierarchy
500
The four different social classes in Indian society include the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Sudras. What is it called?
What is the caste system?
500
a form of government in China that believed a good ruler must make very strict laws and enforce them with harsh punishments