All things World History
"Firsthand" piece of Evidence.
Primary Source
In what Era did Hunters and Gatherers emerge?
Paleolithic/ Early phase of the Stone Age
The World's Oldest Recorded Civilization, also known as the "Land Between Two Rivers".
Hint: Located in modern day Iraq.
Mesopotamia.
This River is Located in Egypt.
Nile.
What is India's Social Structure based on?
*Bonus* 50pts (Who is at the Top of this Social Structure?)
The Caste System.
Brahmans (priests)
What kind of "source" is created after an event?
Secondary Source
What does BC/BCE Mean?
What does AC/ACE Mean?
Before Christ / Before Common Era
After Christ / After Common Era
Tigris & Euphrates.
Hieroglyphs, Papyrus.
A _______ is a shift in winds that often causes a very rainy season or a very dry season.
_______ Separates India & Asia. (Hint: Highest Mountains in the World.)
Monsoon
Himalayan Mountains.
What are the 7 Continents?
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica, Australia.
A member of a people having no permanent home, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
Nomad
Sumerians Created this writing system.
Sumerians used these Temples to worship their gods.
Belief in or the worship of More than one God.
Cuneiform.
Ziggurat.
Polytheistic.
______ is known as the most Famous Pharoah. _____ is known for building great Monuments, during Egypt's "Golden Age". _____ Altered her image to appear more masculine, or manly.
King Tutankhamen/ King Tut, Ramses II, Queen Hatshepsut.
The oldest and most complex of all established belief systems, and or Religions.
The belief that when someone dies, the soul is reborn as a different form.
In _____ One can reach Nirvana or enlightenment by following the Noble eightfold path.
Hinduism
Reincarnation
Buddhism
This is on a map, to display the Cardinal Directions.
Compass Rose
Name 4 of the Characteristics of Civilization.
Religious System, Social Structure, Written Language, Art/ Architecture, Stable Food Supply, Government, Technology.
King __________ of Babylon, created, ______ also Known as the First set of Laws.
Hammurabi, Hammurabi's Code
The Kingdom of Kush is also known as ________.
Kushites traded, Ivory, Gold, and Ebony but ____ was a main source of Trade. (Hint: It's a Metal)
Nubia.
Iron.
_________ Founder of Buddhism also known as the "Buddha".
Consequences of a person's actions.
Siddhartha Gautama
Karma.
An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
Artifact
What caused the shift from hunter-gatherer to agriculture?
What was an issue they faced when switching to "Agricultural Villages"?
*Bonus* 50 pts (The Science or Practice of Farming.)
Lack of food, Humans began to domesticate plants and animals.
Disease
Agriculture
__________ was a Hero in Ancient Mesopotamia Mythology. _______ is an Epic Poem from Ancient Mesopotamia.
Gilgamesh, The Epic of Gilgamesh.
____ Conquered, and Unified Lower & Upper Egypt.
The "Rise" of Kush was because of _____. The "Decline of Kush was because of _______.
King Piye / Pianchi
Trade & Invasion of the Roman Empire.
______ was a Mauryan Emperor, who believed everybody should serve parents, revere teachers, and practice truthfulness.
______marked as the golden age because there were many advances and inventions for India, like Science, Tech, Engineering, art, dialectics, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion, and philosophy.
Ashoka
Gupta Empire or Gupta Dynasty