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  • What does the word 'Mesopotamia' mean?
    land between rivers
  • What was the centre of Mesopotamia at the time of Hammurabi?
    Babylon
  • What did old people do in Prehistoric times?
    They watched the fire.
  • What did women and children do in Prehistoric times?
    They gathered food.
  • Who were the shamans?
    Spiritual leaders, communicated with magical spirits.
  • Why was fire important for early humans?
    because it gave light and heat
  • What are the written sources?
    books, newspapers etc. (anything you can read)
  • Why did sumerians build very high ziggurats?
    to be closer to the gods
  • Who are archaeologists?
    They dig up old objects from underground.
  • What is an excavation site?
    Where archaeologists work to uncover the sources of history.
  • What do we call a 100 years?
    A century
  • What is the name of the Mesopotamian writing system?
    cuneiform
  • What do we call Africa?
    the cradle of civilisation
  • What is the name of the ancient egyptian writing?
    hieroglyphics
  • What do we call a 10 years period?
    A decade
  • Who was at the top of ancient egyptian society?
    the pharaoh
  • What was the first hand-made tool?
    the hand axe
  • What is the division of labour?
    Humans divided work, everyone had a task.
  • A religion with 1 God:
    monotheist
  • The 2 rivers in China:
    Yellow River, Blue River
  • What does it mean that humans became erect?
    They could walk on 2 legs, had a straight body.
  • A religion with more gods:
    polytheist
  • What did men do in Prehistoric times?
    hunting, fishing
  • How do we call Hammurabi's set of laws?
    The Code of Hammurabi
  • What is history?
    The past of the people and the world around us.
  • List some ancient Chinese inventions:
    paper, silk, gunpowder, compass
  • What would Egypt be like without the Nile?
    A dry desert.
  • How did early humans catch animals?
    they chased them and set traps
  • Who was Lucy?
    An early human from Africa.
  • The parts of the Bible:
    Old Testament, New Testament
  • The weather in India:
    monsoon
  • Which century is it now?
    21st century
  • Ancient indians believed in .................... (rebirth of the soul).
    reincarnation
  • Where is the cave of Altamira?
    in Spain
  • The chief god in ancient Egypt:
    Ra
  • Who were at the bottom of ancient egyptian society?
    the slaves
  • What were the first domesticated animals?
    dog, goat, cattle, sheep
  • The pyramid was the ___________ of the pharaoh.
    tomb
  • Where is the cave of Lasxaux?
    in France
  • What were the first jobs?
    pottery, smith, weaving, shepherd
  • What are the unwritten sources?
    objects, buildings, traditions
  • What are the sources of history?
    Anything that has been left behind from the past and gives us information about it.
  • What are the periods of history? (in order)
    Prehistory/Ancient Times/Middle Ages/Modern Times/The Present
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