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What were the first settlers of this area called? (Fertile Crescent)
Who are the Sumerians
100
Why is the Nile considered a gift?
What is without the Nile, Egypt would be nothing but desert
100

The two most important rivers in Indian civilization?

What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?

100

Another name for the "Yellow River".

What is the Huang He or "China's Sorrow"?

100
Define prehistory
What is the time before writing
200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200

The summer and winter winds which bring rains to the Indian sub-continent.

What are monsoons?

200

The definition of a dynasty.

What is a series of rulers from the same family?

200
Define nomadic
What is constantly moving from one place to another in search of food
300
Name one of their inventions
What is wheel, arch, plow, sailboat, cuneiform
300
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
What is Heiroglyphics
300

This prince founded Buddhism.

Who is Siddhartha Guatama?

300

The names of two philosophies important to China and which taught people a better way to live life.

What is Confucianism and Buddhism?

300
Describe the Neolithic Revolution
What is The change when people stopped hunting and gathering and started growing food and domesticating animals
400
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
400
Which "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone
400

The collection of epic poems, hymns, prayers and songs of the Hindu faith.

What are the Vedas?

400

3 natural barriers that isolated Ancient China

What are the Himalayas, Gobi Desert (or Taklimakan Desert), and the Pacific ocean?

400
What is an advanced form of human culture that includes writing, living in cities, and are skilled in science and technology AKA: a complex, highly organized social order
What is a civilization
500
Sumer was made up of what?
What is multiple, independent city-states
500
Would a woman rather live in Egypt or Sumer at the time? Why?
What is Egypt. Women in Egypt had status and great independence
500

The two well-planned Indus valley cities built in a grid-like design.

What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?

500

Things that were "traded" on the Silk Road.

What are goods (like spices and weapons), ideas, and disease?

500
Define cultural diffusion
What is to spread ideas and culture among many different people