Geography
Geography
A set of beliefs about how to behave properly, which usually includes the worship of one or more divine beings.
Religon
A civilization's inventions or accomplishments that contribute to the advancement of humanity across world history.
Achievements
The process of government and lawmaking in a civilization.
Politics
The study of the production, selling, and buying of goods and services.
Economics
A group of people living together within a community.
Society
Developed a 60 second minute and a 60 minute hour.
Mesopotamia
What every ancient society formed their first cities next to.
A river.
The name of the Egyptian king or queen who is said to be a reincarnated god.
Pharaoh
An invention that allowed Ancient Egyptians the ability to track the cycles of the Nile river, to know when to plant seeds or when to harvest them.
The 365 day Calendar.
The most common form of government in the ancient era, where a king or queen hold all of the power.
Monarchy.
Cows (bovines), pigs, goats, sheep.
How do we know that men in the Indus Valley Civilization (Ancient India) were treated better than the women?
The men were given more food.
Discovered Gunpowder
China
The name of the river that Egypt formed on.
The Nile.
The structures that Ancient Egyptians would build as tombs for their Kings, believing that it would serve as a sort of "Ship" into the afterlife and bring anything inside it with them.
Pyramids
What metal was so important to China that it created a whole new "Age" or period of history?
Bronze
Theocracy
The type of grain that Egypt was famous for growing along the banks of the Nile.
Wheat
Ancient China had Dynasties that would rule. What does "Dynasties" mean?
A family line of kings or queens. Dynasties only changed when a new family took over.
Made sandals (the first footwear!)
Ancient Egypt
The Modern Day location of the Indus Valley Civilization.
Modern day Pakistan
The type of religion Ancient China had, where they would use oracle bones to try to communicate with fallen ancestors.
Ancestor Worship.
The tool that allowed ancient Mesopotamians the ability to till soil for planting large groups of crops, sometimes pulled by Oxen.
Plow
What allowed Ancient Egypt to live in relative peace and protection compared to the other ancient civilizations?
The name of the series of trade networks that spread across the "old world" (Fancy word for Europe, Asia and Africa).
The Silk Road
Soldiers, Merchants, Artisans (specialized crafters who make one thing, like a Blacksmith), or government officials.
Turned Silk into Textiles (clothing, blankets, or rugs).
What are the two names of the rivers that Mesopotamia was founded on?
The Tigris and Euphrates river.
Buddhism
A writing system (Ancient Chinese, very closely related to Mandarin)
What did the Upper Ancient Mesopotamians control that gave them all of the power?
The flow of the river, they could dam the water up to prevent the Lower Mesopotamians from getting any.
The less Silk there was, the more money it was worth! They kept it secret to make more money (Will accept any answer that has to do with money or value being higher).
Why do we not know much about the Indus Valley Civilization (Ancient India)?
Made glass by heating up sand.
Rome