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What is the name of the Sumerian form of writing?
Cuneiform
How did Sumerians build their homes?
with mud bricks
What is a city-state?
A city and surrounding countryside
What is a surplus?
When there is more of something than is needed
What are the main two rivers in Ancient Sumer?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is irrigation?
system of levees and canals used to divert water to crops
What is a Agrarian Society?
Society based on farming.
What is a Pastoral Nomad?
a society that followed their animals to fresh pastures Pastoral Society
How did Paleolithic tribes acquire their food?
Hunting and gathering
What was the impact of agriculture during the Neolithic age?
Allowed people to stay in one place and create a surplus, which allowed for specialization of jobs.
Who is Ra?
Sun God
What is polytheism?
The belief in many gods
What is silt? Why was it important to the Egyptians?
a rich soil left behind after the Nile would flood. It allowed for fertile soil.
Where did Egyptian civilization develop?
along the banks of the Nile River
What civilization lived below the Ancient Egyptians? What was the name of their capital?
Kush, Meroe
Why were the pyramids filled with more than just the mummies of the Ancient Pharaohs?
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife
What did the Egyptians use to make paper?
papyrus
What is the name of Egyptian writing?
hieroglyphics
Which dynasty is the foundation for China’s name?
Qin
Where does silk come from?
The cocoons of silkworms
Describe a dynasty.
a land is ruled by one family for a long period of time and power is handed down to each new generation.
Why were the terracotta soldiers created?
Qin Shihuangdi was creating an army to protect him in the afterlife.
What is terracotta?
hardened clay
What is Loess? In which Chinese river can it be found in?
A yellow silt that can be found in the Huang He (Yellow River)
In which dynasty did the first written records appear?
The Shang
What is Mandate of Heaven?
the people believed that the emperor of China was given the right to rule by the gods
What was the main reason for China’s isolationism in early Ancient China?
It was surrounded by desert, mountains, and ocean
What was the main reason for the creation of the Great Wall?
keep out enemies and invaders
What are the three major rivers in China?
Yangtze, Huang He, Xi
What was the Silk Road? Why was it important?
a route, thousands of miles long, along which a series of different merchants traded. It spread culture and ideas.
What is a tyrant?
a leader who has seized power by force
What is the significance of Mount Olympus?
Home of the 12 Gods and Goddesses
Which city state was more militaristic? At what age did they stop serving the military?
Sparta. 60
Which city state was more democratic? Who was allowed to participate?
Athens. Men who owned land and whose parents were both from Athens.
What were the two important city-states in Ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Choose one word to describe the land in Greece?
Mountainous
What were three of the challenges created because of the geography of Greece?
difficult to travel and trade, difficult to be one unified country, different cultures created political tentions.
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