Vocabulary
Vocabulary Con't
Early Civilizations
Early Civilizations
100

A bridge of ice used by the early people

Bering Strait

100

Entire way of life developed by people

What is culture

100

What are 5 basic features civilizations have?

What are

cities, a well organized government, different social classes, a complex religion, a method of record keeping

100

He rode elephants into Rome in the last Punic War.

Hannibal

200

Extra

What is surplus

200

Sun dried brick

What is adobe

200

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

Code of Hammurabi

200

Paper currency was created by

Sumerians

300

Raised roads made of packed earth

What is a causeway

300

A town in the Spanish colonies; Anasazi village

What is pueblo

300

Greeks explosion of sculpture and art

The Golden Age of Greece

300

Agricultural method to grow food

Slash and burn

400

A device made of cord or string with knots that stood for quantities.

What is a quipu

400

The name for various North American cultures that built large earth mounds beginning about 3,000 years ago

What are Mound Builders

400

Founders of Rome

Romulus and Remus

400

Birthplace of democracy

Athens

500

A wide shelf of land cut into a hillside

What is a terrace

500

A society that has certain basic features

What is a civilization

500

A leader believes he/she was chosen by God to lead

King or Queen

500

Used for


storage of food or to house the leader of village/community