Name That Civilization
This civilization developed along the Nile River
Ancient Egypt
The process of mining and shaping metals into useful objects
Metallurgy
This World Zone developed separately from Afroeurasia. It did not make significant contact with Afroeurasia until 1492.
The Americas
This job involved reading and writing and keeping records for governments and temples
Scribe
People who move from place to place without a permanent home
Nomads
This River Valley was ruled by the Shang Dynasty
Yellow River
This written language is created by pressing reeds into clay
Cuneiform
This World Zone is centered on islands scattered across the tropical Pacific Ocean
Oceania
When people in a society perform different types of work instead of everyone producing food
Specilization
Pastoral nomads often interacted with civilizations through this activity that involved exchanging goods and ideas
Trade
Cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were part of this early civilization
The Indus
A horse-powered vehicle that greatly improved warfare and travel in Afroeurasia
Chariot
This region refers to the part of Africa located south of the Sahara Desert
Sub-Saharan Africa
A system ranking people in society from rulers and elites down to farmers and laborers
Social Hierarchy
This way of life depends on raising livestock and moving to find grazing land for animals.
Pastoralism
Cuneiform was developed in this early river civilization
Sumer
Bronze is created by mixing these 2 elements
Copper/Tin
This region of fertile land in Southwest Asia is often called the “Cradle of Civilization”
The Fertile Crescent
The Era 2 process, where societies became larger, more complex, and developed new problems to solve
Intensification
The vast belt of dry land stretching across Afroeurasia that shaped the movement of many nomadic groups
The Great Arid Zone
Archaeologists discovered carefully planned cities with straight streets and drainage systems in this civilization
Indus River Civilization
Written languages can generally be divided into two types: systems that represent whole words or ideas and systems that represent individual sounds.
logographic (pictorgraphic) and phonetic
Geographic Luck is the idea that certain locations formed civilization due to these three traits...
Many early civilizations believed in many gods, which is described by this term
Polytheistic
Pastoral nomads did not form large farming civilizations mainly because farming was difficult in the regions where they lived due to this factor
Climate/Harsh Environment