The Stone Age
What was the time period when people made tools and weapons out of sticks, stones, and bones.
Stone Age
between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What was the Ancient Egypt?
A Bronze age civilization
What is Pharaoh?
Ruler of ancient Egypt
What is the Silk Road?
a trade route connecting China to other ancient civilizations
What material were the first tools made from?
Stones and bones
What is a water control system that supplies water to the lands called?
Irrigation System
What did Indus people trade?
Cotton cloth
What was the name of the first writing system?
Hieroglyphic
What is it called when a person is killed as part of a religious ritual?
Human Sacrifice
What is the Paleolithic Age?
The Old Stone Age when people moved from place to place and got their food by hunting and gathering.
What is Polytheism?
a belief in many gods
Indus Valley civilization flourished around what time?
3000 BCE
Define Papyrus
reed plants pressed together to form a kind of paper
Define the Mandate of Heaven
a power or law believed to be granted by God; in China, this was a divine right to rule as part of the dynastic cycle
What are people who move from place to place in search of food called?
Nomads
What is a fertile crescent?
a curved arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia
People of Indus valley Civilization were trading with who in 3500 BCE?
Mesopotamianas
What was Hieratic used for?
It was used as a new way of communication and record-keeping that allowed their civilizations administrative skills to grow and their culture to spread for many years to follow.
What was the ruling family in China from about 1045 - 256 BCE called?
Zhou Dynasty
Many of the early settlements during the Neolithic age are located near the what?
Mediterranean Sea
What is a surplus?
an amount that is left over after a need has been met
Where is the location of Indus Valley Civilization?
In the flood plains of INDUS and SARASWATI rivers.
Egypt was divided into what two regions? When did they Unite?
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt - 3100 B.C.
Define Feudalism
a system of government based on relationships or agreements between kings, lords, and peasants