Prehistory and River Valley Civilizations
River Valley Civilizations Indus River/Ancien t China Ancient Egypt Mesopotamia Prehistory
Development that separate prehistory from recorded history. Prehistory 100 Points
What is a writing system?
Prehistory 200 Points The Old Stone Age characterized by hunting and gathering and a nomadic lifestyle.
What is the Paleolithic Age? Prehistory 200 Points
Prehistory 300 Points Any surviving object made by early people.
Prehistory 300 Points What is an artifact?
“Wise humans”, the species name for modern humans. Prehistory 400 Points
What are homo sapiens? Prehistory 400 Points
What B.C.E. stands for. Prehistory 500 Points
What is Before Common Era. Prehistory 500 Points
Architectural element invented by Sumerians. Mesopotamia 100 Points
What are ziggurats?
Mesopotamia 200 Points Present-day country that includes most of Mesopotamia.
What is Iraq? Mesopotamia 200 Points
Mesopotamia 300 Points The Babylonian code of laws.
Mesopotamia 300 Points What was Hammurabi’s Code?
Arc of rich-soil land where Mesopotamia was located. Mesopotamia 400 Points
What is the Fertile Crescent? Mesopotamia 400 Points
Sumerian wedge-shaped writing. Mesopotamia 500 Points
What is cuneiform? Mesopotamia 500 Points
This process preserved bodies for the afterlife. Ancient Egypt 100 Points
What is mummification?
Ancient Egypt 200 Points Region formed by the mouth of Egypt’s major river.
What is the Nile Delta? Ancient Egypt 200 Points
Ancient Egypt 300 Points Artifact that showed how to decipher Egyptian writing.
Ancient Egypt 300 Points What is the Rosetta Stone?
Egyptians used to write on this paper like material. Ancient Egypt 400 Points
What is papyrus? Ancient Egypt 400 Points
Ruler who united Northern and Southern Egypt. Ancient Egypt 500 Points
Who was Memes? Ancient Egypt 500 Points
The desert to the north of China. Indus River/Ancient China 100 Points
What is the Gobi Desert?
Indus River/Ancient China 200 Points Mountain range to the northeast of India, and southwest of China.
What are the Himalayas? Indus River/Ancient China 200 Points
Indus River/Ancient China 300 Points India’s seasonal winds.
Indus River/Ancient China 300 Points What are monsoons?
Ancient Chinese term for divine right to rule. Indus River/Ancient China 400 Points
What is the Mandate of Heaven? Indus River/Ancient China 400 Points
Items that were inscribed with questions for ancestors. Indus River/Ancient China 500 Points
What are Oracle Bones? Indus River/Ancient China 500 Points
Belief in a number of gods, common among ancient people. River Valley Civilizations 100 Points
River Valley Civilization 100 Points What is polytheism?
River Valley Civilization 200 Points Method of watering crops during the dry season.
What is an irrigation system? River Valley Civilization 200 Points
River Valley Civilization 300 Points Reoccurring river valley events that enriched the soil.
River Valley Civilization 300 Points What is flooding?
Device developed to reckon and mark time. River Valley Civilization 400 Points
What is a calendar? River Valley Civilization 400 Points
Simplified picture of a thing, developed into written language. River Valley Civilization 500 Points
What is a pictogram? River Valley Civilization 500 Points
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