Prehistory
Iceman
Geography
Fertile Crescent
Misc.
100
Both modern humans and earlier groups may have included ancestors or relatives to modern humans are called what?
What is hominids
100
What was the item found with him that showed historians that more advanced weapons were created earlier than they had thought
What is copper ax
100
Scientists who examine objects to learn about past people and cultures
What is archaeologists
100
What is the central location of Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer
100
What was the first law system in the Fertile Crescent?
What is Hammurabi's Code
200
the period of time during which hominids made long lasting tools from stone
What is Stone Age
200
What were 2 issues with defrosting him for scientific research?
What is destruction and living organisms that were preserved
200
the study of the earth's surface and processes that shape it is called:
What is geography
200
Professional writers who kept records for kings and priests were called:
What is scribes
200
Stories that are passed down from word of mouth are called:
What is oral traditions
300
What invention allowed us to start to settle in colder climates?
What is fire
300
Why was his body preserved so long?
What is ice age and divet that he landed face first in
300
What geographic landmarks do early civilizations tend to develop close to?
What is water
300
Name 2 benefits and 1 negative of rivers in the Fertile Crescent
What is Clay for building, fertile soil, fish, tall reeds for boat making, floods
300
What happened in history yesterday? (hint: 1942)
What is FDR signed the executive order 9066 which sent Japanese American citizens to internment camps
400
What is the difference between prehistory and history?
What is writing (history)
400
What was found in his stomach that showed that he had traveled up and down the mountain and back up again which showed that he wasn't being chased?
What is pollen
400
Which new invention allowed for people to stop being nomads and start settling
What is farming
400
What is the first system of writing called?
What is cunieform
400
What is our last unit of study for World History 8th Grade?
What is Reformation
500
Name 3 ways historians study prehistory
What is cave drawings, tools, pottery, bones, construction sites
500
What was his real name?
What is Otzi
500
Name the 2 rivers and 1 sea that we have studied that allowed for civilizations developing and trade routes
What is Tigris, Euphrates, Mediterranean
500
Religious temples that were used for sacrifice and had long staircases was called:
What is ziggurats
500
What was Moses's mother's name?
What is Yoshabel