1. Ancient Civilizations Study Guide September 24, 2013

2. Ancient Civilizations Study Guide 1.Map #1-Mesopotamia Map#2-Egypt Map#3- Indus River Valley Map#4-China 2.Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 3.City-State 4. A temple 5.Mesopotamia 6.Belief in Many Gods 7.Cuneiform

3. 8. Scribe 9. Passed down from parent to child 10. Hammurabi 11. Eye for an Eye 12. Phoenicians 13. True 14. Ten Commandments

4. 15. Cultural Diffusion 16.Southern 17. Menes 18.Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom 19. Hyksos 20. Priests

5. 21.Monarchy 22. Abraham 23. Moses 24. Diaspora 25. Ancient China 26. Deposit Silt 27. Ramses II, Hatshepsut, Menes and Tut

6. 28. Indus Valley 29.Hammurabi 30. Anatolia, Turkey 31. England 32. Fertile Crescent 33. developed agriculture (domesticated plants) domesticated animals used advanced tools made pottery developed weaving skills.

7. 34. were nomadic, migrating in search of food, water, shelter invented the first tools, including simple weapons learned how to make and use fire lived in clans developed oral language created “cave art.”

8. 35. 400,000 to 100,000 36. Australia, the Americas and Eurasia 37. Hunted and Gathered 38. Africa 39. Archaeologists study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts.

9. 40. Anthropology is the study of the origins and development of people and their societies. 41. Geography-The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity.

10. 42. Primary Sources: Historical records such as documents and artifacts that come from the time being studied. -Examples: land deeds, written speeches, military orders, letters, and blueprints -Secondary Sources: Historical writings dating from a time later than the one being studied. -Examples: history books and reference books.