| 2555481168 | 8000 BCE- 600 CE | What years were the "Foundation Period"?" | 0 | |
| 2555481169 | Homo Sapiens (wise human) | What is the scientific term for human? | 1 | |
| 2555481170 | Africa | Where did the Homo sapiens first evolve? | 2 | |
| 2555481171 | Tool | Humans are a ____ using species. | 3 | |
| 2555481172 | True | T or F: humans have spread to all locations inhabited by people today by the foundations period. | 4 | |
| 2555481173 | 10 million | What is the earth's population at the time of Foundation Period? | 5 | |
| 2555481174 | The Fertile Cresent(Middle East) | Where has the cultivation of grains begun? | 6 | |
| 2555481175 | Mesopotamia | Where was the wheel invented? | 7 | |
| 2555481176 | Agriculture vs. Hunting-Gathering | What were the competing ways of finding food in the foundations period? | 8 | |
| 2555481177 | Agricultural production in the ME could support larger populations. | What increased the shift from hunter-gathers to agriculture? | 9 | |
| 2555481178 | Jericho | Where were the first walled towns? | 10 | |
| 2555481179 | Israel and Catal Hüyük | Where did the first known trade begin? | 11 | |
| 2555481180 | Non-civilized= haven't adapted to surroundings Barbarian= adapted but intellectually unequipped | What's the difference between non-civilized and barbarian societies? | 12 | |
| 2555481181 | Civilizations are all new | Have all of the civilizations previously existed prior to the foundation periods? | 13 | |
| 2555481182 | illiterate | All civilizations in the Foundation Periods are ___ even though writing systems are established. | 14 | |
| 2555481183 | more states and cities are established, along with trade routes. more gender roles (inequality) | Describe the development of the civilizations in the foundation period. | 15 | |
| 2555481184 | Inca | What civilization doesn't have a form of writing? | 16 | |
| 2555481185 | irrigation | People in Mesopotamia and Egypt made ditches for what invention? | 17 | |
| 2555484202 | Copper and gold | What were the first metals mined for? | 18 | |
| 2555486420 | Horses | What animals were domesticated in the Eurasian steppes? | 19 | |
| 2555489411 | 1) River Dependent 2) Inconsistent agriculture 3)Trade abundant | Name 3 common traits of all river-valley civilizations. | 20 | |
| 2555509237 | The use of bronze increased and made more use of weapons and tools. | What is the bronze age? | 21 | |
| 2555528637 | Southern Mesopotamia | Where is Sumer? | 22 | |
| 2555555135 | The wheel, number system and lunar calendar | What are some Sumerian inventions? | 23 | |
| 2555558719 | Hieroglyphics- Egypt, Cuneiform- Sumer | What were the forms of writing first created in Egypt and Sumer? | 24 | |
| 2557998116 | India and Pakistan | Where was the Indus-Valley Civilization? | 25 | |
| 2558143403 | False, the Classical period was occurring throughout the Foundations period. | T or F: The classical period was the time following the foundation period. | 26 | |
| 2558003722 | Silk and rice | What are 2 of China's major exports during the Classical Period? | 27 | |
| 2558010705 | 500 BCE- 500 CE | What years were the Classical Period known as? | 28 | |
| 2558012775 | Papyrus | What did the Egyptians use as paper? (they discovered it) | 29 | |
| 2558031306 | Nile-> Nile River Mesopotamia->Tigris/Euphrates Rivers Harappan->Indus River Shang/Zhou/Xia->Yellow/Yangzhi Rivers | What rivers did the four main river valley city-states depend on? | 30 | |
| 2558086268 | More classical civilizations made new territory part of its own land while river civilizations were more dependent on themselves | What was a major difference between the river valley civilizations and the classical civilizations? | 31 | |
| 2558175755 | Economic, Political and Cultural | Name 3 ways that larger territories integrate others. | 32 | |
| 2558186102 | Pharaohs | Who are the rulers of the Egyptian empire? | 33 | |
| 2558195519 | Minoan | What civilization was found on Crete? | 34 | |
| 2558203493 | Sea trade | Why was the Mediterranean an important trade route? | 35 | |
| 2558208652 | The Great Pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza | What are two very important landmarks of early Egyptian civilizations? | 36 | |
| 2558224413 | Rice, cotton and sesame | Name 3 products of the Indus-River civilization. | 37 | |
| 2558233305 | Sargon of Kish, north of Sumer | What city-state created the first known army? Where was it located? | 38 | |
| 2558248136 | To conquer Mesopotamia and establish the Akkadian Empire | What was the Sargon of Kish's goal in creating an army? | 39 | |
| 2558255614 | Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian King) | What was one of the earliest works of literature? | 40 | |
| 2558278951 | Pastoral/Nomadic societies | What type of societies first used horses to ride and pull chariots? | 41 | |
| 2559388782 | Migrations | What is the name of movement from one civilization to another by numerous groups of people? | 42 | |
| 2559426079 | Abraham makes a covenant with God and travels from Ur (Sumerian city-state) to Canaan | According to the Bible, what marks the beginning of Judaism? | 43 | |
| 2559450890 | Increased trade and classical art period | What was the Middle Kingdom of Egypt known for? | 44 | |
| 2562500429 | Nubia | During the establishment of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt, what city south of Egypt was conquered? | 45 | |
| 2562507821 | Near Kish | Where is Babylon? | 46 | |
| 2562513284 | Hammurabi | Who established the Babylonian Empire? | 47 | |
| 2562520614 | Code of Hammurabi | What was the first set of law codes? | 48 | |
| 2562522667 | Shang | Which dynasty was the first dynasty in China? | 49 | |
| 2562528611 | War chariots, bronze weapons and China's first writing system | What are some developments of the Shang dynasty? | 50 | |
| 2562532292 | Oracle Bones were used to worship ancestors | What was the way the Shang worshiped ancestors? | 51 | |
| 2562545403 | Mycenaean Civilization | What city-state controlled by warrior kings were only united in war time, seatrade and invaders? | 52 | |
| 2562565779 | Greek epics and myths | What form of literature was the main source of religion and stories of Greece during the classical period? | 53 | |
| 2562587492 | Mesopotamia, Canaan (Israel), Syria and Northern Egypt | What city-states made up the Hittite Empire? | 54 | |
| 2562594930 | Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) | Who ruled the New Kingdom of Europe? | 55 | |
| 2562600081 | Territorial expansion and monotheistic belief | Name two new developments of the New Kingdom of Egypt with Akhenaton in power. | 56 | |
| 2562612180 | Nomadic Indo-Europeans | Who are Aryans? | 57 | |
| 2562616409 | Aryans invaded India from Eurasia | How was the Indus-Valley civilization destroyed? | 58 | |
| 2562621687 | Sanksrit | What language was implemented from the Aryans? | 59 | |
| 2562635499 | Hinduism | The Aryans implemented their religion into the new civilization, leading to the creation of ______. | 60 | |
| 2562644236 | Stonehenge | _____ is a collection of rocks completed in England to show all of the societies in the region. | 61 |
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