Pre-History
Where did early civilizations tend to develop?
In river valleys or near oceans.
Ancient writer
What is a SCRIBE?
The continent where Ancient Egypt was located.
What is Africa?
What religion started in the Indus river Valley?
Hinduism
China's first dynasty (not Xia)
What is Shang Dynasty
The dynasty which began construction on the Great Wall of China.
Qin
How do historians define what prehistoric is?
The time before written records.
What are the names of the two rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
The ancient Egyptians lived along this river.
What is the Nile?
The Hindu belief that when you die you will be reborn again.
Reincarnation
This is nicknamed as "China's Sorrow"
What is the Yellow River?
A way of supplying water to land or crops
Irrigation
A person that roams the earth, usually following the herd.
What is a nomad?
Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of __________"
Civilization
This word means king or ruler in Egypt
What is Pharaoh?
What is the name of the mountain range in India?
What are the Himalayas
In ancient China, this idea allowed rulers to be overthrown if their reign was bad
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
A group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture.
Civilization
What materials did the people of the Old Stone Age use to make weapons?
What is bones, stone, rocks?
Why did people settle and begin communities in this area?
Excellent land for growing crops because of the silt
This was made out of papyrus and sometimes made into scrolls.
What is paper?
Name the seasonal wind pattern that dominates India's climate
What are monsoons
People who are hired to work in the government are called
What are bureaucrats
This person created the first Empire in Mesopotamia.
King Sargon
What covered most of the Northern Hemisphere during the Paleolithic Age?
What is ice?
What is Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
The Ancient Egyptian form of writing using symbols and pictures.
What are Hieroglyphics?
What are the names of the two large ancient Indus River Valley Cities?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
Method used in China to communicate with the gods
What is Oracle Bone
Cities in Mesopotamia were called __________ because they had their own rulers.
City-states.
Another name for the New Stone Age.
What is Neolthic Era?
The word Mesopotamia means :
Between the two rivers
Tombs of dead pharaohs were found inside of these.
What are pyramids?
This is a social construct that claims there are four different types of classes that people are born into and stay into until they die.
Caste System
This describes the idea that you should respect your family members, especially your elders
What is filial piety?
a line of rulers from one family is called a
dynasty
A man-made object is known as...
What is an artifact?
What was Cuneiform usually written on?
Clay or stone
Osiris is the god of what?
god of the world of the dead
A force created by peoples good and bad acts
What is Karma?
This is the desert located in NW China
What is the Gobi Desert?
What was the most important organ in the human body to the Egyptians? After life what was it weighed against
The heart was the motor of the man. It was weighed against a feather after life
Give an example of a fossil...
What is anything produced by nature?
What were the earliest set of laws in Babylon called?
The Code of Hammurabi
This is a female pharaoh
Who is Hatshepsut?
Who was Cleopatra
what is the name of the Aryan writing system?
what is Sanskrit
The Yellow River valley is very isolated. Name two of the many natural barriers that protects the Yellow River.
What are Deserts and Mountains
stepped pyramid used for religious purposes.
What is a zigguart
Define domesicate...
What is to train or tame something to be useful to people?
The first civilization in Mesopotamia was
Sumer
In 4000 BC Egypt was made of what two kingdoms and where were they located
Upper Egypt- in the south
Lower Egypt- in the north
In which modern country is the Indus River located?
Pakistan
Which dynasty took over the Zhou dynasty?
Qin dynasty
You would find the Huang He and Yangtze Rivers in this present day country.
What is China?
the change from a nomadic lifestyle to a more settled farming lifestyle is called what age
What is the Neolithic Age
The famous Hanging Gardens were built in
Babylon
When the Nile River would flood, it left behind...
What is silt
It is believed this group of people invaded Harappan civilization
Who are the Aryans?
Which two social classes held most of the power and wealth in China during the Shang dynasty?
The king and the Nobles
This ancient Chinese work of art was designed to protect the tomb of the emperor of the Qin Dynasty
Terracotta Army