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
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
100
What is the name of the God of the Jewish faith?
What is Yahweh
100
Define Polytheism
What is the belief in many Gods
200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200
What responsibilities did women have in Babylonia?
What is Babylonian women could own property and engage in business
200
What is heavy rain and wind storms in the subcontinent of India called?
What is Monsoons
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
What did Sumerians build in the center of their cities to worship their gods?
What is Ziggurats
300
What were 2 MAJOR achievements of the Indus Valley?
What is Planned Cities and Plumbing
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
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
400
What is the region in the Middle East called where crops were easily grown?
What is the Fertile Crescent
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
What is an Empire?
What is a group of states ruled by one ruler
500
What are the first five books of the Old Testament called? (from the Hebrews)
What is the Torah
500
Define cultural diffusion
What is to spread ideas and culture among many different people