World Civ 1 Flash Cards
(20 cards)
Historians interpret the past using
Sources
Historians rely heavily on?
Written word
What are the categories of history?
Military, Political, Social, and Cultural
What are hominins?
Early human like primates
Homo-erectus is the
Upright man
Which ice age was the worst one?
The second one
How old is the oldest human specimen?
300,000 years ago
Is Sedenentary or Non-sedentary society more equal?
Non-sedentary
What type of terrain would encourage a society to settle down?
Water/Rivers
Mesopotamia means?
Land between Two Rivers
What are ziggurats?
Mesopotamian temples
What are Assyrians known for?
Being the first to unify all of the middle east
Egypt is known as?
The gift of the Nile
Memphis was?
The capital of egypt
What caused the fall of the old kingdom?
Failure of the Nile to flood, and sever famines
What is the best primary resource do we have on Egypt?
The book of the dead
Who was the Sun God in Egyptian religion?
Amen
When did the first Americans arrive?
20,000 years ago
Who became the Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama
Who wrote the art of war?
Sun Tzu
