Vocabulary Flashcards
What is agriculture?
Farming
What is a scribe?
A scribe is a writer
What led to the Neolithic Revolution?
Agriculture
What led to agriculture?
Domestication of plants led to agriculture
What is the irrigation system?
The irrigation system is a system of supplying water to an area of land.
How did Mesopotamians irrigate their land?
Mesopotamians irrigated their land by digging out large storage basins to carry rainwater
What is a levee?
A wall that can be raised or lowered to allow water through or stop wate from flooding a city
What civilization invented the levee?
Mesopotamians
What civilization invented irrigation?
Mesopotamians
What are nomads?
Nomads are people who move from place to place
What is a pharaoh?
A pharaoh was a title used for rulers of Ancient Egypt
What are pyramids?
Pyramids are colossal structures built of stome, usually with a square base and four sides
What material did Egyptians write on?
Papyrus
How was a papyrus used?
Papyrus were made by pressing layers of reed together and pounding them
What was the first civilizations?
Egypt, China and Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
What was the Fertile Crescent?
A large area of rich, and fertile land.
Where was the Fertile Crescent
The Middle East
What is the belief of one god?
Monotheism
What is the belief of many gods?
Polytheism
What religions only believe in one god?
Islam, Christianity, and Judais,
What religion(s) believe in many gods?
Hindu
What is a Ziggurat?
A pyramid-shaped temple
What civilization created ziggurats?
Sumerians
What are heiroglypics?
A writing system used by andient Egyptians
What was the Rosetta Stone?
The Rosetta Stone was a message written in 3 different languages
What civilization invented the Rosetta Stone?
Egyptians
Why is the Rosetta Stone important?
It gave historians the key they needed to read Egyptian writing
What was Sumer?
Sumer was a city in Mesopotamia
What are the 8 elements of Civilization?
Written language, Technology, Education, Agriculture, Multiple cities, A form of government, Labor, and Religion
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What is an Archaeologist?
An archaeologist is a person who studies ancient artifacts to learn about ancient cultures
What is an artifact?
An artifact is any object from the past that was created by humans which can be used to learn about people from before
What is Domestication?
Domestication is the process of making plants or animals useful to humans
What is a primary source?
A primary source is a direct source of information or research
What is a secondary source?
A source about any event, period, or time that was produced after the event
What are hunter-gatherers?
A hunter-gatherer was a person who lived by hunting, fishing, or harvesting wild food
What was the Neolithic Era?
Known as the New Stone Age, people learned to polish stone, and to make tools like saw and drills.
What was Pompeii?
Pompeii was an Ancient Roman city that was completely buried in volcanic ash
What was Sumerian writing known as?
Cuneiform
What is the longest river in Egypt?
Nile River
Why is the Nile River important?
It created rich soil during floods, and increased food production and provided water
What are the two rivers in China?
Yangtze River and Haung Hae River
What two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
Euphrates and Tigris River
What two rivers are in India?
Ganges and Indus River
What is mummification?
Mummification is the process of embalming and drying a dead body to preserve it
Who was LUCY?
LUCY was an Australopitheus (southern ape) found in Africa. She was one of the first humans
What does Geography mean?
Geography is the study of Earth’s surface, its people, and land.
What is a political map?
A political map shows the countries, borders, cities, capitals, etc.
What is the equator?
The equator is the line of latitude around the middle of the globe, separating the northern and southern hemispheres.
What was the Prime Meridian?
The prime meridian is the line that runs through Greenwich, England, st 0 degrees latitude
What are hemispheres?
A hemisphere is half of the globe
What is longitude?
Imaginary vertical lines that measure east or west of the prime meridian
What is latitude?
Imaginary horizontal lines that meausre how far north or south of the equator
What are the 5 religions?
Hindu, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
Where did Hinduism begin?
India
Where did Buddhism begin?
India
Wher did Islam begin?
Mecca, their holy city
Where did Judaism begin?
Israel
Where did Christianity begin?
Israel
What are the laws of Buddhism called?
The Eightfold Path
What are the laws of Judaism called?
The Torah
What are the laws of Hinduism called?
Hindu Dharma
What are the laws of Islam called?
Kuran
What are the laws of Christianity called?
Ten Commandments
Who was Siddhartha Guatama?
Siddhartha Guatama was the creator of Buddhism
Who was Mahatma Ghandi?
Mahatma Ghandi used non violent methods to change the world and believed in simple ways of living
What rivers are on the north of the other?
Tigris, Indus, and Haung Hae
What rivers are the south of the other?
Euphrates, Ganges, and Yangtze
