Paleolithic
What does the word Paleolithic mean?
The Old Stone Age
What does the word Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
This geographic feature is great for protection, but hard to farm. China has many of these.
Mountains
The translation of “The Land Between Two Rivers”
Mesopotamia
The world’s first known Monotheistic religion.
Judaism
How did Paleolithic people get their food?
Hunting and Gathering
What invention started the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture (Farming)
Draw a compass with the four directions in the correct place.
Drawing
The first law code made by a civilization.
Code of Hammurabi
In this civilization, there were different social classes. A lower class person had less rights!
Babylon
What do you call a person that has NO permanent home?
A nomad
Name 2 ways the Neolithic Era is different from the Paleolithic Era.
Instead of being nomads, they stay in permanent settlements
This piece of land is famous for being excellent farmland, located in the Middle East
Fertile Crescent
List the first four civilizations!
Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, India
The Code of Conduct for Judaism
The 10 Commandments
Where did the first humans come from?
Africa (Southern)
Which geographic feature allowed the Neolithic Revolution to happen?
Rivers
This technology allowed you to farm on a mountain.
Terrace Farming
What is the first written language that we know of?
Cuneiform
The word that describes when an entire group of people are force to leave their home
Diaspora
What type of scientist studies artifacts left behind by old civilizations?
Archaelogists
This technology allows you to bring water to your city easier and faster.
Irrigation
Which geographic feature is considered best for trade?
The Sea
List 4 RIVERS that gave birth to the first four civilizations!
Tigris and Euphrates, Nile, Yellow, Indus
A religion that has more than one god
Polytheistic