Chapter 1
_____ is the record of conditions and events in the past.
history
____ developed the first code of law
Hammurabi
Everyone feared the Assyrian army because it had weapons made of ____
iron
The Egyptians called their king or ruler a _____
pharaoh
The first dynasty, or ruling family, in China was the ____
Shang
artifacts
Hebrews
Both the Assyrians and the Persian kings divided their kingdoms into smaller _____
provinces
The Egyptians used _____, which is a kind of picture writing
hieroglyphics
The two great wonders of ancient China are its Great Wall and its _____
Grand Canal
An ____ is a scientist who finds and studies the things people left behind
archaeologist
Mesopotamia
Persians developed a system of coins and money, so they no longer needed to ___
barter
The reed from which the Egyptians made paper is ____.
papyrus
The ancient language of India is _____
Sanskrit
___ are direct ancestors of modern humans
cro-magnons
The ______ invented writing
Sumerians
The Chaldeans and the Medes formed an ____ to defeat the Assyrians
alliance
_____ was the first woman pharoah
Hatshepsut
Mohenjo-Daro and _____ are the two major cities of the Indus River Valley civilizations
Harappa
A personal diary is an example of a _____ source
primary
The Sumerians built ____, which were pyramid-shaped buildings of worship
ziggurats
The Assyrian army was the first to use a ____, soldiers on horseback
cavalry
___ was the Egyptian sun god
Ra
The Hindu "books of knowledge" are called ____
Vedas