Show:
Early Humans
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
China
100

A scientist who studies the past by examining fossils and artifacts

archeologist

100
These are the two rivers located in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
This, the longest river in the world, is what fed the Egyptian civilization for over 5,000 years.
What is the Nile?
100
This physical feature covered most of Greece making it difficult to farm. Therefore, the Greeks formed colonies on other lands.
What are mountains?
100

This Dynasty ruled from a succession of 7 different capitals.  Also came up with the invention of writing.

Shang Dynasty

200
These are people who have no set home but move from place to place.
What are nomads?
200

What social structure did the artisans, merchants, and farmers belong to?

Middle Class

200
This is the paperlike material made from the stems of the plant with the same name. Scribes used this to write down information using hieroglyphs.
What is papyrus?
200
These were the largest and most popular city-states in ancient Greece.
What are Sparta and Athens?
200

This philosopher believed people should put the needs of their family and community first

Confucius

300

History is  a period of 

recorded events

300

Where is Mesopotamia located today?

Modern day Iraq

300
This is the belief in more than one god or goddess. The Egyptians believed in Re, Osiris, Isis, and Anubis to name a few.
What is polytheism?
300

These were the three major trade goods produced in Greece

olive oil, wine, pottery

300

An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea

Silk Road

400

Means "Old "time period where humans hunted and gathered and used simple stone and wooden tools

Paleolithic Era

400

Some of the achievements are (name at least 3)

Wagon wheel, plow, sailboat, number system, geometry, and 12 month calendar

400

Process developed by the ancient Egyptians of Preserving  a person's body after death

Embalming

400

Governed by the people-practiced in Athens

What is democracy?

400

Two of ancient China's building achievements were

The Great Wall of China

The Grand Canal

500

This is the shift from nomadic lifestyles to a settled agricultural lifestyle (turning point in history)

What is the Neolithic Revolution?

500

What were their places of worship called?

Ziggurats

500

Female pharaoh

Growth through trade

Hatshepsut

500

This was the market place in ancient Greece

What is the agora?

500

Name 4 of the natural barriers that cut China off from the rest of the world.

Himalayan Mountains

Gobi Desert

Tibetan Plateau

Pacific Ocean