Prehistory and Stone Age
Tools
This civilization, rooted in northern Africa, built itself upon the Nile River.
Ancient Egypt.
The ancient Greeks worshipped many gods. Therefore, they practiced
Polytheism
Athens was famous for its early form of this type of government:
Democracy
This is the Greek word for city-state
Polis
Prehistory is the period of history before ______________ language.
Written
This civilization, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was the first to invent written language.
Mesopotamia
The two earliest Greek civilizations were the Mycenaens and the ___________.
Minoans
While Athens prided itself on arts, education, and philosophy, Sparta structured its entire society around:
War
This is a type of government in which "the people" hold power instead of Kings.
Democracy
After the stone and bronze ages came the ___________ age.
Iron
This civilization, which spread across modern India, Pakistan, and Turkey, created the first examples of urban planning (planned street layouts, sewer systems, etc.).
Indus Valley Civilization
The mountains and seas of ancient Greece directly led to the establishment of ________________ as opposed to a larger empire.
City-States
The revolutionary type of military strategy used by the Spartans was known as the:
Phalanx
This word means a type of ruler who rules absolutely, usually by oppressing others
Tyrant
According to archaeological and anthropological evidence, the earliest hominids (bipedal primates) originated from which continent?
Africa
All three of the earliest-known rivers were constructed nearby what natural feature?
Rivers.
This other, much larger, early civilization was a rival of ancient Greece?
Persian Empire.
In what war did Sparta defeat Athens?
Peloponesian War
This is a term for a type of government in which citizens vote directly on every issue.
Direct democracy
The end of the stone age coincides with the ________________ Revolution, in which humans began to grow their own crops.
Neolithic
The connected continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia are referred to by historians as ___________________.
Afroeurasia
The two earliest surviving texts from ancient Greece were:
Iliad and the Odyssey
What northern civilization eventually conquered and unified ancient Greece?
Macedonia
The hellenistic (greek-influenced) city-state of Troy was found across the Aegean Sea in which modern-day country?
Turkey