Mesopotamia
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Egypt
Indus River
Yellow River
100
Which of the following letters contains Mesopotamia?
B
100
What region of the world did humans originate from?
The Great Rift Valley of East Africa
100
This is the name of the technology that helped develop all other innovations in the Neolithic era.
What is farming?
100
Which letter shows Egypt?
A
100
Which of the following letters shows the Indus River Valley?
C
100
What letter represents the Yellow River valley?
D
200
These two rivers provided the basis for the Fertile Crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates
200
This is the only form of "writing" we, in modern day, have of Paleolithic people, because written language had not been invented yet.
What are cave paintings?
200
This Neolithic era development led to women being seen as lower than men.
What is patriarchy/specialization of labor?
200
This river is fundamental to the development of Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
200
These two mountain ranges provided isolation for the Indus Valley.
Hindu Kush and Himalayas.
200
Name all three of the first major dynasties.
Xia, Shang, Zhou
300
This unique trait of the Mesopotamian river led to a pessimistic(negative) religious view.
What is unpredictable flooding?
300
This is the vocabulary word to describe the lifestyle of early humans as they moved with animals to help themselves continue to have food.
What is nomadic pastoralism?
300
True or False: The Neolithic people developed writing systems.
If False, correct the language.
False - The Mesopotamians developed writing systems OR The Neolithic people developed cities/farming
300
Explain the reason why there mummification occurred.
Helped the pharaohs of Egypt pass into the afterlife.
300
This important task by the government led to a sewage system. They likely paid for this new technology through taxes.
What is centralized planning?
300
Describe the Mandate of Heaven.
Good things happen, king takes over, bad things happen, new king starts to rise
The universe and the luck of society shows whether the king is good or bad.
400
The Mesopotamian legal code used this saying as its primary method for punishing people who broke the law.
What is "eye for an eye" or "tooth for a tooth?"
400
What is the assumed size of the clans in the Paleolithic Era?
20-30 people.
400
This generational strategy led to each individual crop having more food. The answer is not irrigation.
What is domestication?
400
What three languages are on the Rosetta Stone?
Demotics, Greek, and Hieroglyphics.
400
This technology of the Indus Valley Civilization decreased the amount of waterborne sicknesses like cholera.
What is the sewage system?
400
This is the lowest class of non-slave citizens in China.
What are merchants?
500
This is the name of the pictographic(used pictures to represent words) language used by the Mesopotamians
What is Cuneiform?
500
This thermodynamic tool was mastered by Paleolithic people. It helped prevent foodborne illnesses.
What is fire?
500
As harvests grew in size, more people were needed. This led to ____________
centralized government
500
The Pharaoh shows that Egypt was this form of government.
What is a theocracy?
500
The religion of the Indus Valley Civilizations is likely an early version of what major religion in modern day?
Hinduism
500
Explain the reason why Oracle Bones are important to modern humans.
Let us know what happened in early China.
600
This is the story of Enkidu, where he attempts to stop an oppressive king. This is the oldest epic story we have available.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
600
This is the name of the oldest Hominid we know of. We have a near complete skeleton of this species names "Lucy."
What is Australopithecus?
600
This the name of the civilization in Turkey which describes much of what we know about Neolithic people.
What is Catal Hoyuk?
600
What is the reason for Egypt's predictable flooding compared to other River Valley Civilizations?
The Wet and Dry seasons mixed with the mountains of East Africa.
600
What are the names of the major cities in the Indus Valley Civilization?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
600
This form of cloth is exceptionally good at keeping people cool.
What is silk?