UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE (Click to Download)
Ancient History
UNIT 1: Study Guide
UNIT 1: Study Guide
- Definition of Pre-History
- Archeologists/Anthropologists/Paleontologists
- Paleolithic vs Neolithic
- Define: Artifact,Hominid,HomoHabilis,Neanderthal,Cro-Magnon
- Mesopotamia-nickname and location
- Sumerians/What makes a civilization?
- Sumerian idea of Afterlife
- Invention of writing
- Code of Hammurabi-why important?
- Epic of Gligamesh-why important?
- Define: Empire
- Study the timeline of Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon
- Define: Polytheism, Monotheism, Theocracy, Zizzurat, Cataract
- Difference between Mesopotamia and Egypt (political)
- Who is the Pharaoh?
- Why build Pyramids?
- Difference between Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt (refer back to reading handout “THE NILE” as well)
- Egyptian social ladder
- Define: Hieroglyphics, Papyrus,
- Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom: Dates/Rulers/Characteristics/Advancements/Accomplishments