Neolithic Revolution
Hunter-Gatherer
An individual who forages and hunts for food.
What are the names of the two rivers that Ancient Mesopotamia was founded between?
Tigris and Euphrates.
What is the river in Ancient Egypt?
Nile River
What was the river that ran though Ancient India?
Indus River
Describe Flooding.
Flooding is the process in which the water level rises above normal levels, watering the ground and providing nutrients to the soil. This can also be very dangerous and damaging of the flooding is persistent and fast.
Domestication
The taming of wild animals.
Who was the famous king who wrote the first legal system?
Hammurabi
Pharaoh
This was the ruler or king of Ancient Egypt.
What are the two major rivers in Ancient China?
Yellow River and Yangtze River
The process in which information is passed through the use of alphabet and/or symbols.
Writing
Farming Village
An early permanent settlement dedicated to farming and the domestication of animals.
What is codification?
The official writing down of laws into a coherent system.
What is the name of the Ancient Egyptian language?
Hieroglyphs or Hieroglyphics
What was the name of the first dynasty were studied in Ancient China that ruled through Feudalism?
Shang Dynasty
What is religion?
Religion is a belief system that a group of individuals follow. There are many characteristics, but it usually contains a god, deity, or moral code.
What were three tools which were used by Hunter-Gatherers or by the Farming villages?
wooden digging sticks for uprooting plants and axes with wood handles and stone axe heads
bows and arrows, knives, spears and harpoons.
How did Ancient Mesopotamia move water to water the crops?
Irrigation Canals
What are the famous buildings in Giza that are the tombs of three famous Pharaohs?
The Great Pyramids
What was the religion of Ancient China that was a personal moral and ethic code focused on responsibility and the family?
Confucianism
The creation of various categories based upon power, economics, or familial ties?
Social, Economic classes, or Division of Labor
What was the name of the earliest and most well preserved farming village we read about in our Neolithic Revolution Worksheet?
Catal Huyuk
What was the area called between the Tigris and Euphrates river called?
Fertile Crescent
Mummification
The process of embalming and preserving the dead for the afterlife.
What is the Dynastic Cycle?
The Dynastic Cycle is the process in which dynasties rise, peak, and are overthrown over the course of Chinese history.
River Valley Civilizations
Ancient Civilizations, like Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China that settled next to rivers.