Cosmic Stuff
Many Scientists use this method to come to their conclusion.
The Scientific Method.
Name one of the theories on how life began.
“Primordial Soup”, “Primordial open-sandwich”, or “Primordial alien invasion”
The time when people began to settle in one place and stop hunting and gathering was known as the ____ Revolution,.
Neolithic.
This giant wooden animal was left at the gates of Troy.
The Trojan Horse.
Augustus Caesar ruled for ___ years.
45 years.
Everything in our universe is all just ____ stuff.
Recycled.
What term did Charles Darwin prefer over “Survival of the fittest”?
Natural Selection
Name any two of the cradles of civilization.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley civilization, or China.
In this battle, Leonidus held off the Persians from the mountains, and “The 300” Spartans went to fight the Persians too.
The Battle of Thermoplae.
The human race began in ____.
East Africa.
About how many billion years ago was the Big Bang?
About 13.8 billion years.
This eruption almost wiped out the early humans.
The Toba Eruption.
This type of writing was used in Egypt.
Hieroglyphics.
What does Draconian mean?
Very Harsh.
Planets, moons, and asteroids were formed by chunks that spun off of _____.
The sun
What percent of gravity is made by dark matter?
85%
This is the name for a person who studies early humans.
A paleo-anthropologist.
This person led the Mauryan empire and his grandson was named Ashoka.
Chandragupta.
“The unexamined life is not worth ___.”
Living.
Name everyone in the 2nd Triumvirate.
Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus.
Name the three first elements that formed.
What are Hydrogen, Helium, and Lithium.
This early human lived 4 million years ago, and was about 3.5 feet tall.
Australopithecines.
What rivers surround Mesopotamia, and what are the other names for Mesopotamia?
The Tigris & Euphrates rivers, The Fertile Crescent and Sumeria/Sumer.
This is the name of a Greek military formation used by Philip the Great that involved rows of soldiers with long spears.
Phalanx.
This is the name of Aristotle’s school.
The Lyceum.