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The First Humans and Civilizations Study Guide:
World History/Mr. Lawler
Chapters 1, 2, 3
Potential Essay Questions:
1. Describe the factors that made up early civilizations.
2. Describe some of the achievements of the Sumerians.
3. What made Egypt such a stable Empire?
4. Compare the Empire of Egypt to the United States.
5. Geography is Destiny. Explain.
Identify all terms, peoples and places (including locations)
Theocracy
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Nomads
Hieroglyphics
Mummification
Dynasty
Pharaoh
City-State
Ziggurats
Cuneiform
Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Artisan
Culture
Civilization
Monarch
Prehistory
Archeology
Anthropology
Artifact
Fossil
Homo-sapiens sapiens
Fertile Crescent
Babylon
Egypt
Egyptians
Sumerians
Hammurabi
Akhenaton
Neolithic Revolution
Paleolithic
Homo-erectus
Australopithecine
Neanderthals
Mesopotamia
Systematic Agriculture
Domestication of Animals
The Law of Stuff
Reason for Slavery
Law of Trouble