Name all four types of Hominids and two distinguishing features for each.
What are the nicknames for each Hominid?
How did Lucy get her nickname?
Name two reasons why animals were domesticated.
List three animals that were domesticated in early civilizations, which we covered in class.
What types of new tools were developed by prehistoric people, how did they help to make
survival easier?
Which two inventions helped traders move goods over longer distances?
How did beliefs differ between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age?
What are the 5 characteristics of a civilization?
What are the 3 complex institutions necessary for a civilization?
How did priests create/write Cuneiform?
Name the major rivers associated with each civilization
What were the disadvantages of living in Sumer? (3) and how do you solve each one
Give two examples of how we use the Sumerian Math System today (based on the number
60).
Why did Sargon changed his name to Sharrum-kin (rightful king) when he created his
empire?
Who wrote down the first code of laws? What was the style of the laws?
Why is Egypt given the nicknames the “Red Land” and the “Black Land”?
Know the upper/lower/northern/southern kingdoms of Egypt
What was the importance of Hatshepsut?
What is a theocracy?
During which Dynasty or kingdom were the pyramids built?
What did the New Kingdom do?
Why were riches buried with the pharaoh?
List the three levels of Egyptian social structure including the people in the each social class.
Why did pharaohs usually marry their sister?
What rights did Egyptian women have?
What is the world’s second oldest writing system?
What feature allowed the preservation of many Egyptian writings?
Location of Himalayas and monsoon winds in india
What problems could monsoons cause?
What was unique about Harrapan civilization streets
Why do we know very little about the Indus River Valley?
In Aryan society how would you repay a Raja for protection?
Who was Indra?
Who was Fu Xi?
Definitions of hunters-gatherers, animism, cuneiform, city-state, polytheism, cataracts,
subcontinent, vedas