1. 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Foundations Of History MesopotamiaEgypt Tools to Study History India

2. This is a type of timeline that is used to COMPARE events from different civilizations happening at the same time.

3. What is a multi-tier timeline?

4. Stories that are passed on by word of mouth

5. What is an oral tradition?

6. Paintings, pictures, art work, tools, inventions are examples of..

7. What is an artifact?

8. Maps: The continent you find the Andes Mountains and the Amazon River.

9. What is South America?

10. What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? Give one example each.

11. Primary-person witnessed Secondary- expert, textbook

12. Name the 4 PEGS.

13. What are Political, Economic, Geographic and Social?

14. With division of labor, people could become artisans instead of everyone farming. Define division of labor and artisan

15. Division of labor- people doing different jobs Artisan-person making crafts

16. The spread of ideas is known as.

17. What is cultural diffusion?

18. After the Stone Age some people started to farm. Name 2 effects of this change

19. What is the population increase and surplus of food?

20. List 3 features a civilization should have.

21. What are surplus of food, towns with government, and division of labor?

22. Name the two rivers of Mesopotamia.

23. What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

24. The people of Mesopotamia were polytheistic and used myths to explain their beliefs. Define the underlined word.

25. Polytheistic- belief in many gods

26. Name the written language of the people of the Fertile Cresent.

27. What is a cuniform?

28. Who was Hammurabi?

29. King of Babylon First written code (laws)

30. What is Mesopotamia’s legacy? Name 3.

31. What are… Calendar, first library, wheel writing, roads?

32. These people had absolute power and were thought to be gods.

33. Who are pharaohs?

34. Egyptians created the first paper called_____. They wrote ________ on this.

35. Egyptians created the first paper called papyrus. They wrote hieroglyphics on this.

36. They invented this machine to lift water from the Nile as part of their irrigation.

37. What is a shadouf?

38. Name 2 geographic features that impacted Ancient Egypt.

39. What are the Nile-fertile land Sahara Desert- protection?

40. How do we know religion was important to the Egyptians?

41. -there way of explaining nature -building of pyramids -afterlife to be rewarded

42. The two major religions that began in Ancient India.

43. What are Hinduism and Buddhism?

44. Describe the caste system?

45. The Aryans move in and created this strict social class.

46. Hindus and Buddhist believe in _______, which is the rebirth of the soul.

47. What is reincarnation?

48. Why are the people of Mohenjo-Daro called great city planners? (2 reasons)

49. What are drainage systems, building high, citadel (storage/meeting)?

50. Explain how the geography of Ancient India influence the development of the civilization? (Identify and describe 2 features)

51. Himalayas/Hindu Kush Mountains- protection/isolation Indus/Ganges Rivers-fertile land/trade Ocean/Monsoons- winds with ran or dry air