The crescent shaped area of land where Mesopotamia was located.
What is The Fertile Crescent?
100
Egypt is located in the northern part on this continent.
What is Africa?
100
A person who travels from place to place in search of food
What is a nomad?
100
Located on this continent
What is Europe?
100
The abbreviation for the era of time that came before our modern era, or the A.D. era.
What is the B.C. era?
200
Mesopotamia was the one of the first of these: a community that has a system of government, laws, religious practices, art, occupation, economy and social customs?
What is a civilization?
200
The title given to the ruler of Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
200
Taming wild animals and plants for human use.
What is domestication?
200
A system of government where the people vote on laws and leaders.
What is a democracy?
200
The Greek city state famous for its art and schools.
What is Athens
300
A place of worship located in the center of each city state
What is a ziggurat?
300
Definition: A person who wrote down laws and important speeches.
What is a scribe?
300
Dinosaurs are examples of animals that are dead and never returning. This is called ...
What is extinct?
300
The Greek city state that was famous for its warriors
What is Sparta?
300
The process of preserving a body for the afterlife is called
What is mummification?
400
A writing system developed by the ancient Mesopotamians.
What is cuneiform?
400
The name of the black soil along the Nile River that grew many crops.
What is silt?
400
An invention that helped ease the farming process, usually pulled by animals.
What is a plow?
400
A famous Athenian philosopher who encouraged his students to always ask questions.
Who is Socrates?
400
Ra, the Sun God, was found in which ancient society?
What is Egypt?
500
This ancient city state was famous for its inventors and wealth. People who lived there were called Sumerians.
What is Sumer.
500
The name of the first Egyptian pharaoh, he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menses?
500
When a society makes different jobs/roles for men and women.
What are gender roles?
500
Actors perform either a comedy or tragedy on a stage in front of a live audience.