SS - Facts Flashcards
BC means
Before Christ
AD
Anno Domini
BCE
Before Common Era
CE
Common Era
Primary Source is what?
A firsthand record of a historical event created by an eyewitness who actually experienced the event
Secondary Source
A secondhand record of a historical event created by a person who did NOT actually experience the event
Climate is what?
Weather conditions over a long period of time
Archipelago is what?
A group of islands
Strait is what?
A small band of water that connects 2 seas
Hunter Foragers are what
People always searching and foraging for food, so they would travel to stay with food
How did Hunter Foragers connect from all over the world?
Sea levels fell, so they could travel on the land that the ocean used to cover
What would Hunter Foragers use fire for?
Cooking, light, heating, and protection from animals
What was beer used for?
Social and religious gatherings
Why would people drink more beer then water?
It was cleaner then the water because the water was contaminated in Mesopotamia
The surplus of grain used to make beer was _______
sacrificed to the gods and stored for winter
Beer was a god given drink so ___________
everyone drank it, including kids
What where the rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Babylon was ruled by who?
Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s code
Eye for and eye, tooth for a tooth
When did Hammurabi’s empire come to an end?
After his death
The river in Egypt was the ______
Nile
Upper class of Egypt was __________
Kings, Nobles, religious figures
Middle class of Egypt was ___________
Artisans, Scribes, merchants
Lower class of Egypt was ______________
Farmers, the poor
River in India
Indus River
Rivers in China
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
What is the Mohenjo-harppa?
A city on the Indus river, planned in a grid pattern, indoor pluming
