World History--Civilizations

the prehistoric time period during which rock was widely used for making implements

• Neolithic Age
• Iron Age
• Bronze Age
• Stone Age

the time period characterized by the first uses of metal, early writing systems, and other early features of urban civilization

• Neolithic Age
• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
• Stone Age

the period of transition from the Paleolithic diet to a diet of cultivated foods

• Neolithic Period

• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• Renaissance Period

one of the first civilizations, as evidenced by the existence of writing

• Sumer

• Ancient Rome
• Medieval Europe
• Modern America

the term for Sumer's self-governing urban centers

• City-states
• Metropolises
• Municipalities
• Capitals

the name of the king of Uruk who is also the main character in what is considered the first great work of literature

• Gilgamesh
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Cyrus

the pharaoh who unified Upper and Lower Egypt

• Pharaoh Hatshepsut

• Pharaoh Tutankhamun
• Pharaoh Menes

• Pharaoh Ramses II

the pharaoh who commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza

• Khufu
• Tutankhamun
• Ramses II
• Cleopatra

the Egyptian prince who is credited with leading the Israelites out of Egypt

• Ramses II
• Tutankhamun
• Cleopatra
• Moses

the king who made the oldest known declaration of human rights

• King Cyrus the Great
• King Louis XIV
• King Henry VIII
• King George III