They hunted and gathered, lived in small groups, and never settled down in one place.
What is Paleolithic People, Nomads?
100
A number of early civilizations arose in this region of the Middle East because of its rich soil and golden wheat fields.
What is The Fertile Crescent?
100
A large landmass that juts out from a continent is known as....
What is a subcontinent
100
Scholars who study and write about the historical past. They also study objects made by humans. These scholars and objects are called.
Who are historians and what are artifacts?
100
Imaginary horizontal lines measured in degrees north or south of the Equator.
What is latitude
200
Planting seeds for food and domesticating animals during this time was a great discovery.
What is Neolithic age?
200
This was named by the ancient Greeks because of the location of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, it means; "between the rivers".
What is Mesopotamia.
200
In the 1920s a discovery was made that these two cities were known as the twin capitals of civilization.
What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
200
A transition from nomadic life to settled farming brought about dramatic changes in the way of life called....
What is the Neolithic Revolution
200
Imaginary vertical lines that run in degrees east and west of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
300
A highly organized social order is a...
What is A civilization
300
About 1790 B.C. this king of Babylon brought much of Mesopotamia under the control of his empire. He created a set of laws to govern the state by.
Who is Hammurabi and Hammurabi's Code
300
Aryan tribes were led by chiefs that were considered the most skilled warriors.
Who were the Rajahs.
300
Simple drawings that look like the objects they represent.
What is pictographs or pictograms
300
An area that shares at least one common feature; climate, culture, or government are features that define this area.
What is a region
400
These four civilizations emerged due to the rivers that flowed through them
What are the Sumer, Egypt, Indus, and Shang civilizations
400
This was one of the most significant contributions made by the Phoenicians to culture
What is the alphabet?
400
The two major religions that emerged in ancient India which profoundly shaped Indian civilization.
What is Hinduism and Buddhism?
400
Sumerians structure their society by a system of ranking groups.
What is hierarchy
400
The earth is divided into four sections, two are divided by the Equator, and the other two are divided by the Prime Meridian.
What is the Northern and Southern Hemisphere (Equator) and the Western and Eastern Hemisphere (Prime Meridian)
500
The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.
What is cultural diffusion.
500
The first writing system developed by the Egyptians where symbols and pictures represented objects, concepts, or sounds.
What is hieroglyphics
500
His teachings eventually spread across Asia to become the core beliefs of one of the world's most influential religions, Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
500
People exchanged one set of goods or services for another.
What is the barter economy?
500
There are three features on a map that you need to know. one tells you direction, the other explains symbols, lines , and colors, while the last determines distance.
What is a compass rose, a map key, and a scale bar?