Historical Thinking
This type of source includes original documents or artifacts from the time period being studied.
primary source
This change allowed people to settle permanently and farm rather than hunt and gather.
Neolithic Revolution
This massive structure was built to protect China from northern invaders.
Great Wall of China
This city-state was known for its military oligarchy.
Sparta
This thinking skill involves placing events in order and understanding how they relate over time.
chronological thinking
This early law code from Mesopotamia emphasized “an eye for an eye.”
Hammurabi’s Code
This religion is closely connected to India’s caste system.
Hinduism
After the Persian Wars, this city experienced a Golden Age.
Athens
These types of sources analyze or interpret historical evidence.
secondary sources
The civilization that arose between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia
This Chinese philosophy taught respect for elders and social order.
Confucianism
These tall structures are a major feature of Greek architecture.
columns
Most early civilizations developed near rivers because of this geographical benefit.
access to water and fertile soil
This Egyptian river was central to farming, transportation, and religion.
Nile River
This system of rule in Persia divided the empire into provinces led by satraps.
imperial bureaucracy
A Greek philosopher who used questioning to teach students.
Socrates