Ancient Civilizations Unit 1

Paleolithic

• old stone age

• from 1000 bc to 0

• new stone age

• fred flinstones dogs name

nomad

• a person who works with animals

• a person who does not live in one place, they roam around following prey

• a person whose job it is to write and record history

• The leader of the tribe in Ancient Mesopotamia

cuneiform

• type of writing used in Ancient China

• type of writing used in Ancient Egypt

• type of writing used in the Indus Valley

• type of writing used in Ancient Mesopotamia

polytheism

• belief in multiple gods

• belief in the afterlife of pharoahs

• a method for farming in the desert

• a method for farming that involves collecting flood water

ziggurat

• temple of worship

• meeting place of a city

• rectangular shaped tower, like a stepped pyramid

• all these things

Hammurabi

• Pharoah of ancient Egypt, created laws

• United city states of Mesopotamia and developed his code to govern them

• Ruler of ancient India, developed the balance scale and weights

• Dynastic leader in Ancient China, developed the feudal system

pharoah

• Rulers of ancient Egypt

• Rulers of Ancient Mesopotamia

• Rulers of the Indus Valley

• Rulers of Ancient China

hieroglyphics

• Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia

• Writing in the Indus Valley

• Writing in Ancient Egypt

• Writing in Ancient China

What was the purpose of mummification?

• to preserve a body for the afterlife

• To rid the body of infections

• To prepare the body to be fed to animals

• To put them in a haunted house

What was the Nile River used for?

• water for drinking

• transportation

• irrigating crops

• all of these