Question | Answer |
The knowledge belief, customs, and values of a group of people | Culture |
A prat or imprint of something that was once alive | Fossil |
An object created & used by humans | Artifact |
Is the time before there was writing | Prehistory |
A community of people who share a common culture | Society |
A mixture of fertile soil that can make ideal soil for farming | Silt |
A way of supplying water to an area of land | Irrigation |
The worship of many gods | Polytheism |
Long poems that tell the stories of heroes | Epics |
The Science of building | Architecture |
A pyramid shaped temple in Sumer | Ziggurat |
Strong rapids | Cataracts |
Triangle shaped area of land made of soil by a river | Delta |
A series of rulers from the same family | Dynasty |
A rich powerful person | Noble |
A specialty treated body wrapped in cloth for preservation | Mummies |
A huge triangular shaped tomb built by the Egyptians. | Pyramid |
Paths followed by traders | Trade Routes |
One of the first woman rulers, dressed as a man | Queen Hatshepsut |
Egyptians writing system | Hieroglyphics |
A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics | Rosetta Stone |
A tall, four-sided pilar that is pointed on the top | Obelisk |
A large landmass that is smaller than a continent | Subcontinent |
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet & dry seasons | Monsoons |
The most important language of ancient India | Sanskirt |
The largest religion in India today | Hinduism |
The effects that good or bad actions have on a persons soul | Karma |
Going without food | Fasting |
Nirvana | A state of perfect peace |
The focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas | Meditation |
People who work to spread their beliefs | Missionaries |
A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha | Buddhism |
A shot to help heal someone | Inoculation |
The study of the stars & planets | Astronomy |
Used to predict the future | Oracle Bones |
People of high rank | Lords |
Farmers with small farms | Peasants |
The belief that people were bad by nature and need to be controlled | Legalism |
A barrier that linked earlier walls across China's northern frontier | Great Wall of China |
Uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day | Sundial |
The practice of serting needles through the skin at specific points to cure disease of relive pain | Acupuncture |
A soft bright, highly valued fabric | Silk |
A 4,000 mile long network of trade routes | Silk Road |
The Greek word for city-state | Polis |
A high hill | Acropolis |
A type of government in which people rule themselves | Democracy |
Rich landowners | Aristocrats |
People who have the right to participate in government | Citizens |
A leader who held power through the use of force | Tyrant |
A government in which only a few people have power | Oligarchy |
Greek like | Hellenistic |
Rulers with almost absolute power | Dictators |
People elect leaders to govern | Republic |
Common people | Plebeians (pee-ons) |
Nobles | Patricians |
Officials | Magistrates |
The two most powerful magistrates in Rome | Consuls |
a council of wealthy & powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders | Roman Senate |
To prohibit | Veto |
The Roman's language | Latin |
A method to balance power | Checks and Balances |
Rome's public meeting place | Forum |
A religion was based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth | Christianity |
A type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross | Crucifixion |
Were religious men who lived apart from society in isolated islands | Monks |
Communities of monks | Monasteries |
The worship of one god | Monotheism |