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Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Map of the Middle East
100
Someone who wonders from place to place to survive.
What is a nomad?
100
To tame or train.
What is domesticate?
100
Latin for 'wedge,' this is the earliest form of known writing.
What is cuneiform?
100
What are the three kingdoms of Egypt?
What are the old, middle, and new kingdoms?
100
Egypt is located on what continent?
What is Africa?
200
How did early man first use to discover fire?
What is flint?
200
To grow crops on a regular basis.
What is systematic agriculture?
200
What Mesopotamian civilization is thought to have invented the wheel?
What is the Sumerians?
200
The first form of paper that the Egyptians used to write on.
What is papyrus?
200
What sea is to Egypt's east?
What is the Red Sea?
300
What does Paleolithic mean?
What is the 'Old Stone Age'?
300
A period of time where man created bronze weapons. Starting in 3000 B.C.E. and ending in 1200 B.C.E.
What is the Bronze age?
300
What are the four great river-valley civilizations?
What is India, China, Mesopotamia, and Egypt?
300
Egypt is located on what part of the Nile?
What is the lower Nile?
300
What sea is north of Egypt?
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
400
When did the Paleolithic period begin and when did it end?
What is 2.5 million years ago to 8000 B.C.E.?
400
What type of houses did Neolithic people live in?
What is mud-brick houses with an opening in the roof as a door. Higher up windows so no one could get in.
400
What are the two rivers which flow through Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers?
400
The belief in multiple gods. Literally there is a god for everything pertaining to everyday life.
What is polytheism?
400
What country is northwest of Egypt?
What is Israel?
500
How did early man make paint?
What is they crushed different colored rocks and mixed them with animal fat?
500
1. Forming a government 2. Having a form of writing 3. Creating art for fun and practical purposes 4. Religion 5. Social Class Structure
What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
500
What are the five kingdoms of Mesopotamia?
What is the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Chaldeans.
500
The pharaoh or the king of Egypt was thought to be both a political figure as well as a religious leader.
What is a theocracy?
500
What country is west of Afghanistan?
What is Iran?