Before Civilization
Why did people migrate?
People migrated because they ran out of food and resources so they would move somewhere else.
What is a civilization?
A group of people living together with the same culture and ways of life.
What is the river that is located in Ancient Egypt?
HINT: Its the longest river in the world.
The Nile River is the longest river in the world and is located in Ancient Egypt.
What is Ancient India known for?
They are known for their sewer systems. Each house had its own toilet and a well. Ancient India is known as a subcontinent. It was separated by mountains from the rest of Asia (The Himalayas and The Hindu Kush). Their advanced cities were planned out and organized like a grid.
What is the geography of Ancient Greece?
Greece is very mountainous, and has very few flowing rivers through it. Greece does not have many natural sources (such as oil and iron) so they have to trade to get resources.
What is domestication?
Domestication is the breeding of plants or animals for human use.
What is Mesopotamia? What were 2 other names for it?
It was one of the first major civilizations. It was also known as The Land Between Two Rivers. It can also be known as "Fertile Crescent" because of the silt that the rivers carry and the crescent shape of the land.
What is the Red Land? What is the Black Land?
The Red Land is dry, infertile sand in the desert and the Black Land is moist, nutrient-rich fertile soil.
The Yellow River is located in Ancient China. How did the river get its name?
It got it's name from the silt that was yellowish in color.
What are myths, epics, and fables?
Myths are stories told to explain things in the world, epics are long poems that told stories, and fables are short stories that usually involve animals and teacha lesson or moral.
What is fertile soil?
Fertile soil is rich in nutrients produces bigger and better crops.
What is a Ziggurat? What were they used for?
A temple built atop of a series of increasingly smaller platforms. They were located in the Mesopotamian Cities. They represented a place of worship and symbolized gods.
What is the Shadoof?
The Shadoof is an invention that consists of a pole with a bucket and counterweight used especially in Egypt for raising water.
What was the main religion in Ancient China?
Confucianism was the main religion there and it was isolated from the rest of Asia.
What is an assembly?
A group of citizens, in ancient Greece democracy with the power to pass laws.
What is prehistory?
What are some examples of Mesopotamian technonogy?
The Mesopotamian's created the wheel, plow, calander, writing systems, and levees to control water.
What is the process of Mummification? What is the Afterlife?
To mummify is to preserve (a body) by embalming and wrapping it in cloth. The afterlife was something that the ancient Egyptians believed that when they died their spiritual body would continue to exist in an afterlife very similar to their living world.
What are the two seasons of Ancient India?
The two seasons of Ancient China are rainy and dry.
What are the Olympics?
Games held every four years that were meant to honor the Greek God Zeus.
What are nomads?
People who have no set home and wander around whenever they run out of resources at a certain place.
What are the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia?
The Tigris River and The Euphrates River
Ancient Egyptian linen, although coarse compared with modern linen, was used for clothing, currency, furnishings, decorations and most famously as the burial garment for mummies.
What color is a rojo rats toes?
RAINBOW!!!
what is the agriculture of Greece?
The main crops are olives, grapes, and grains. They traded goods with other regions to acquire goods that were not available in Greece.