Introduction & Types of Sources
The branch of knowledge that records and explains past events.
What is history?
The study of the Earth and its features and how humans interact with their surroundings.
What is Geography?
The "Cradle of Civilization."
What is the Fertile Crescent?
United Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is King Narmer?
The world's third largest religion.
What is Hinduism?
These provide us with information that allows us to understand a topic of study.
What are sources?
The "Cradle of Humankind"
What is Africa?
The system of writing invented by the Mesopotamians.
What is the cuneiform?
The pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Who is Pharaoh Cheops or King Khufu?
Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
What are Primary Sources?
Any region that receives very little annual precipitation or rain.
What is a desert?
Wrote the first set of laws known to us.
Who is Hammurabi?
The last queen of Egypt.
Who is Cleopatra?
The social hierarchy system that is linked to religious beliefs about purity and duty.
What is the caste system?
Created from analyses and interpretations of primary sources.
An island nation continent.
What is Australia/Oceania?
Civilization built on precise grids.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
The military camp where Spartan boys are sent to train.
What is the agoge?
Holds the most power in feudal Japan.
What is a shogun?
A disadvantage that exists when there is an existing prejudice in favor of one side of the story over another.
What is a bias?
The largest city in Central America.
What is Mexico City?
The civilization where emperors are chosen according to the "Mandate of Heaven."
What is Ancient China or Chinese Civilization?
A war fought between Sparta and Athens that lasted over 25 years.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
A piece of land granted by a lord to his vassal.
What is a fief?