2. CultureGeography Early Civilization Vocabulary Persians/ Mesopo -tamians 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 True or False: Egyptians believed that their kings were relatives of gods

4. Answer 1 – 10 True

5. Question 1 - 20 What were Oracle bones?

6. Answer 1 – 20 Bones and/or turtle shells that were written on and then heated or touched with a hot poker by priests. The priests then interpreted the bones the cracks in the bones as what ancestors/spirits were trying to say. A way to talk to the other world.

7. Question 1 - 30 What accomplishment is Hammurabi best known for, and did this accomplishment change the world then/shape the world we live in today?

8. Answer 1 – 30 Hammurabi’s Code. One of the first legal codes

9. Question 1 - 40 Sumer was polytheistic. What was polytheism?

10. Answer 1 – 40 The worships of many Gods (at least more than one)

11. Question 1 - 50 What form of writing did the Sumerians use?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Cuneiform

13. Question 2 - 10 Point to the area of Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent

14. Answer 2 – 10

15. Question 2 - 20 Name 1 geographical problem that Mesopotamia faced.

16. Answer 2 – 20 Unpredictable floods, No natural barriers Limited natural resources.

17. Question 2 - 30 Most early civilizations formed around or near a _______ because the soil was fertile.

18. Answer 2 – 30 River

19. Question 2 - 40 What were 3 areas where farming first occurred?

20. Answer 2 – 40 India China Egypt Mesopotamia.

21. Question 2 - 50 Point to Egypt, Nile river, and the Red Sea on the map

22. Answer 2 – 50

23. Question 3 - 10 What was 1 way the Indus River Valley’s cities were unique?

24. Answer 3 – 10 Laid their cities on a grid Had a plumbing system

25. Question 3 - 20 What does ASCAR stand for?

26. Answer 3 – 20 Advanced Technology Specialized Workers Complex Institutions Advanced Cities Record Keeping

27. Question 3 - 30 What was the Dynastic Cycle?

28. Answer 3 – 30 Dynastic Circle was the rise, decline and replacement of dynasties that was regulated by the people’s interpretation of the mandate of heaven.

29. Question 3 - 40 What natural disaster did the Indus River Valley commonly face?

30. Answer 3 – 40 Monsoons

31. Question 3 - 50 What was the Mandate of Heavan?

32. Answer 3 – 50 The mandate of Heaven is when the gods/god gave someone the right to rule the empire. Someone could lose the mandate of heaven.

33. Question 4 - 10 What were the Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic Era?

34. Answer 4 – 10 The Paleolithic Era was before people settled down (before farms). All people were nomads- hunters and gatherers. The Neolithic Era was when people began to farm, creating a surplus of food allowing for specialized workers.

35. Question 4 - 20 What is the difference between Archeologists and Anthropologists?

36. Answer 4 – 20 Archeologists are people who study and excavate early settlements. Anthropologists are people who study culture.

37. Question 4 - 30 What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

38. Answer 4 – 30 Primary sources are testimonials, letters, journals, artifacts, newspaper articles and picture from the time of the event. Secondary sources are textbooks, encyclopedias and all other articles after the event happened.

39. Question 4 - 40 What is Theocracy?

40. Answer 4 – 40 A form of government based off of religion/religious texts/views/values

41. Question 4 - 50 What is prehistory?

42. Answer 4 – 50 Prehistory is any point in time before writing.

43. Question 5 - 10 Who was the first emperor (that we studied) that made the Persian Empire?

44. Answer 5 – 10 Cyrus the Great

45. Question 5 - 20 Persia is located in what modern day country?

46. Answer 5 – 20 Iran

47. Question 5 - 30 How did the Persian Empire treat the people it conquered (Overall)?

48. Answer 5 – 30 Allowed people to practice their own religion. People weren’t turned into slaves. Treated people with kindness and toleration.

49. Question 5 - 40 How did Mesopotamians fix drought problems?

50. Answer 5 – 40 Irrigation System

51. Question 5 - 50 The land that Mesopotamia built its empire on was known as the ______.

52. Answer 5 – 50 Fertile Crescent