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Core Concepts
Pre-History
Agriculture/Civilization
Mesopotamia
Egypt
100
Scientists who examine artifacts to learn about the past are called-
What is archaeologists
100
Prehistory is the time before __________ was invented.
What is writing
100
Civilizations developed along rivers in areas called
What are river valleys
100
The temples that Sumerians worshipped in were known as?
What are ziggurats
100
This was the critical river that Egyptians lived and farmed along.
What is the Nile
200
Information that comes from the original source for a time period is known as?
What is a primary source
200
Humans migrated from which continent originally?
What is Africa
200
The ability to produce more food than you need is called-
What is a surplus
200
This word means between the rivers.
What is Mesopotamia
200
This geographical barrier protected Ancient Egyptians from invaders.
What are deserts
300
Information sources that reference an original record, like a textbook, is called?
What is a secondary source
300
The name of the 5,000 year old mummy that people found frozen in the ice was named-
Who is Otzi
300
The ability of farmers to produce grain surpluses led to the growth of-
What are small nomadic villages
300
Sumer had its own government, God, king, and social class. It was known as-
What is a city state
300
Both Ancient Egypt and China were ruled by a series of rulers who were from the same family or ethnic group.
What is a dynasty
400
Scientists use this scientific process to find a date of a historical object.
What is radiocarbon dating
400
People who hunt for their food and follow their food source are called
Who are nomads
400
The period of time when people began using metals to create more reliable tools and weapons was known as-
What is The Bronze Age
400
The idea that you believe in many gods.
What is polytheism
400
Events and achievements in Ancient Egypt were defined by time periods called-
What are kingdoms
500
The calendar system we use today is a-
What is solar calendar
500
The period of time where humans BEGAN creating longer lasting tools was known as-
What is The Stone Age
500
Due to easy access to a lot of different resources, the first civilizations developed in?
What are river valleys
500
This civilization created the first alphabet.
Who are the Phoenicians
500
The plain located at the mouth of a river that is rich in fertile soil/sediment is-
What is a delta