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Mesopotamia
Egypt
India and China
Early Man
Lagniappe
100
It means "land between the rivers." This refers to the low plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
100
There main purpose was to function as tombs.
What are pyramids?
100

rains and winds that occur in southeast Asia that are both beneficial and harmful. What are they called and list 1 reason for each.

Monsoon- helpful for fertile soil and source of water, harmful because of flooding and damage to homes

100
Based on archaeological evidence, most scientists and historians believe that hominids originated on this continent.
What is Africa?
100
The belief in many gods; the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Chinese all believed this.
What is polytheistic?
200
Where the earliest civilizations developed.
What is river valleys?
200
A form of Egyptian writing that they wrote on papyrus.
What is hieroglyphics?
200

The system of hierarchy used in India to determine social class.*ROUND ROBIN BONUS! Label the system*

What is the Caste System

200
The time period prior to 3500 B.C. and before people developed writing.
What is prehistory?
200

The ancient group who created the world's first true alphabet and were adept at sailing and trading.

Who are the Phoenicians?

300

the Mesopotamians believed that these pyramid temples connected heaven and earth.

what are ziggurats?

300

Who was at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?

Pharaohs and Gods

300

What are the two major religions in India and China?

Buddhism and Hinduism

300

This led to the supply of meat, animal products, and the ability to grow food for early humans.

What is the result of the domestication of animals and plants?

300

Name the 7 continents and 4 oceans

Antarctica, Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia,                 N. America, S. America- Indian, Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic

400

The first to build cities and develop a system of writing called cuneiform. Civilization, history, and the Bronze Age began with them and they lived in Lower Mesopotamia.

Who are Sumerians?

400

What is mummification and why did the Egyptians practice this?

they believed in the afterlife

400

Name the ancient route that linked the Western world with the Middle East and Asia and list two reasons it was important.

Silk Road: trading goods, spices, and ideas

400
It ended the wandering lifestyle and led to the creation of civilizations.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
400
the shared characteristics of a group of people is called?

*round robin* list the 5 major categories

culture-customs, arts, religion, food, beliefs

500

The 5 characteristics of civilizations. *Round Robin* 100 points for each correct answer.

What is cities, writing, government, specialized labor, and advanced technology?

500

Name at least 2 specific natural barriers in China and India and explain why they were harmful and helpful

Gobi Desert, Himalayan mountains, Hindu Kush mountains, the Indian Ocean

500

a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire (Mesopotamia), first written code of law

what is this called and what is the name of the law?