A source used by historians that describes, discusses, interprets, and evaluates first hand sources. Examples include newspapers, scholarly journal articles, magazines etc.
What is a secondary source
100
The primary location of Mesopotamia on a modern map
What is the Middle East
100
The major natural barrier within Egypt which eventually became one of the greatest trading routes in the world
What is Sahara Desert
100
A collective group of countries under the control of one supreme ruler
What is an Empire
100
The sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group from another. Normally simplistic in nature
What is a culture
200
A scholar who studies material remains to uncover facts about the historical past
What is a archaeologist
200
The reason Mesopotamia was susceptible to invaders
What is lack of natural barriers
200
The name given to the overflow of the Nile by the Egyptians
What is the Gift of the Nile
200
Dynasty that ruled from 321-185 B.C.
What is the Mauryan Empire
200
Organized government in which the executive at the highest level holds all political authority
What is a centralized government
300
The art of learning how to properly plant and harvest food through measuring time seeds accurately to know when exactly to plant
What is proper farming
300
A major negative characteristic of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which resulted in the washing away of crops and destroying of cities
What is unpredictable river overflow
300
The great architectural structure used as a burial ground for the Egyptians
What is the Pyramids
300
The easy movement of people from one social class to another
What is social mobility
300
Any job done for the good of the public, including building bridges, making irrigation systems, collecting taxes. Usually carried out by government officials
What are public works
400
When a civilization does not have enough food to support their population
What is a food scarcity
400
The use of Iron instead of stone as the major material for everyday tools/ weapons ushered in by the Hittites and spread to Asia, Africa, and Europe
What is the Iron Age
400
The sun-god worshiped by the Egyptians
Who is Re aka Amon-Re
400
The sacred text of the Hindu's
What are the Vedas
400
An institution that allowed for people to look toward a higher understanding to help them make sense of the unexplained certainties of life, such as death, natural disasters ect.
What is complex religion
500
The movement of people from one place to another
What is migration
500
A writing system that represents a single basic sound first developed by the Phoenicians
What is the Phoenician alphabet
500
The specific location of Egypt on a modern map
What is North-Eastern Africa
500
The one idea that Buddhists and Hindus DO NOT agree upon
What is the caste system
500
The major characteristics that are used to define if a society is a civilization or not
What are the eight characteristics of civilization