Intro To World History
Primary Source of Information
What is a source that comes directly from the past, giving first hand information?
A nomad
Who has no settled home?
True or False: Agriculture was one of the original causes of warfare.
What is True?
The two rivers Mesopotamia was located between
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The continent that Egypt is apart of
What is Africa?
Words that are abbreviated as "A.D"
True or False: Cave art suggests that men hunted in groups
What is True
Season of floodwaters receding, and a layer of rich black soil being left behind.
What is Peret?
Inventors of the 60 sec minute, the 60 min hour, the 12 month year
Who are the Mesopotamians?
Polytheism is...
What is the worship of multiple gods?
A Historians Strong Personal Opinion
What is Bias?
Main Feature of the Neolithic Era
What is people settled in one place, to raise their food
Also known as the inundation season
What is the flooding season?
Oldest known written story...
True or False: Egyptians in the Old Kingdom believed that the Pharaoh was the child of Ra, the sun-god.
A time before writing was invented
What is prehistory
Man used tools made from these materials during the Paleolithic Era
What is stone, wood, and bone
When certain people focus on only one job, such as making jewelry, baskets, or pottery.
What is specialization?
True or False: The Mesopotamians worshipped many different gods and goddesses.
What is True?
The Pharaoh who ruled for 92 years and eventually lost control of the government to local governors at the end of the Old Kingdom?
Who is Pharaoh Pepy the Third
Any year in the 19th century
What is a year in the 1800s?
God taught Adam and Eve to...
What is keep a written record of the teachings of God
Technique Chinese rice farmers have used for over 1000 years to reduce pests
What is putting live fish in their rice paddles?
A large temple shaped somewhat like a pyramid
What is a ziggurat?
The person who called Egypt "The Gift of the Nile"