Polytheism
Worship of many gods.
Artifacts
Objects made or altered by humans.
Homo Sapiens
Modern human beings, or "thinking man".
Silt
Deposits of mud and sand that make the soil rich.
Ice Age
Era during which humans probably migrated to the Americas from Asia.
Monsoons
Seasonal winds accompanied by heavy rains.
True
During the Ice Age, Alaska and Siberia were connected by a land bridge.
False
Sumerian religion was polytheistic, which meant that the Sumerians worshiped only one god.
False
Pharaohs were Egyptian priests.
False
Papyrus provided the key to understanding Egyptian writing.
True
One of the first settlements in China was along the Huang He, or Yellow River.
True
The Nile River flooded with great regularity.
Mesopotamia
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mummification
The process which involved treating the body with chemicals so that it would dry and remain preserved for centuries.
Kings and Priests
The top of the Sumerian hierarchy.
Wheat and Barley
The two primary grain crops in Egypt.
Pictographs
Small pictures that were used to convey messages.
Monuments and Tombs
Egyptians first carved hieroglyphics on them.
Loess
The rich soil formed by yellow dust and deposited by the wind.
Divine Right
This gave the pharaoh the authority to rule over Egyptians.
Maize
The most important crop in Mesoamerica.
Tombs for the pharaohs
The reason pyramids were built.
Honor their gods
The reason Sumerians built ziggurats.
Harappan Civilization
This civilization developed weights and measures that were constant throughout the region.
City-states
Independent cities with their own gov'ts, orchards, and fields.
Peru
The greatest pre-historic civilization in South America.
It was at the crossroads of several trade routes that linked the mountains with the coast
Chavin de Huantar developed into an important ceremonial center due to this reason.
Rain and the fertility of the soil
Many American Indian societies associated the jaguar with this.
Longshan culture
They had highly polished, delicate black pottery.
Villages
Early Andean people tended to live in this grouping.
Papyrus
Egyptians eventually wrote hieroglyphics on this paper-like plant.
Jean Francois Champollion
He was responsible for deciphering the Rosetta Stone.
Lucy
Johanson discovered this partial female skeleton in Ethiopia.
Clusters
The Yangshao people built their houses in this arrangement.
Imhotep
He was the most famous pyramid architect.
Brick
The buildings of both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were made of this.
The Pharaoh
They were at the top of Old Kingdom Society.
Predictable nature of life along the Nile
Egyptian gods reflected this.
Equator
0 degrees Latitude
Prime Meridian
0 degrees Longitude
Australia
30 Degrees S Lat/130 Degrees E Long.
Equator
0 degrees S Latitude
USA
40 degrees N Lat./100 degrees W Long.
Tigris
7
Euphrates
8
Indus
9
Huang He or Yellow
10
Nile
11
Amazon
12
Himalayas
13
Andes
14
Gulf of Mexico
15
Mediterranean Sea
16
Red Sea
17
Arabian Sea
18
Persian Gulf
19
Caribbean Sea
20
