Ancient Civilizations Word Wall Bundle

This Ancient Civilizations Word Wall bundle includes a total of 314 cards for Prehistory, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient Israel, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, Mesoamerican Civilizations, African Empires, and some general Social Studies terms! Save over 30% by purchasing them together!

Use this bundle to help reinforce your vocabulary instruction for diverse learners by allowing students to repeatedly engage with definitions and images of key terms from each unit. You can display individual target words for a specific lesson, hang up a complete set as a reference tool, or even build a growing word wall so students can visualize their accumulating knowledge throughout the year!

Editable Google Slideshows have been included with all of the words and images! If you like, edit the definitions, pictures, or even the words themselves, and present the words to your students or post on Google Classroom!

These cards are available in both a color version and a (mostly) black and white version. These easy-to-read cards are ready to print and display in your classroom!

All cards include the word itself, the definition, and a historical image or photograph to help your visual learners better understand the word. The cards come two to a page, which means the dimensions of each card are about 5 inches tall and 8 inches wide (assuming you cut off the white border on the edge of the page).

All of the resources in this bundle will go directly to your TpT Purchases folder of your Google Drive account after completing your purchase. If you have any technical issues, reach out to us at mrandmrssocialstudies@gmail.com or contact TPT.

The words included in this resource are listed below:

Prehistory Word Wall:

Prehistory, Anthropology, Hominid, Ancestor, Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Lucy, Otzi the Iceman, Technology, Tool, Stone Ages, Paleolithic Era, Neolithic Era, Society, Hunter-Gatherers, Nomads, Migration, Population, Ice Ages, Glacier, Bering Strait, Domestication, Agriculture, Agricultural Revolutions, Jericho, Catal Huyuk, Stonehenge

Ancient Mesopotamia Word Wall:

Fertile Crescent, Silt, Civilization, Irrigation, Canals, Surplus, Division of Labor, Rural, Urban, City-State, Gilgamesh, Sargon, Empire, Polytheism, Social Hierarchy, Cuneiform, Pictographs, Scribe, Epics, Architecture, Ziggurat, Hammurabi, Hammurabi's Code, Chariot, Cavalry, Monarch, Alphabet, Cyrus the Great, Darius I, Persian Wars

Ancient Egypt Word Wall:

Nile River, Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, Cataract, Delta, Pharaoh, Menes, Pyramid, Mummy, Afterlife, Old Kingdom, Theocracy, Khufu, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom, Queen Hatshepsut, Ramses the Great, Hieroglyphics, Papyrus, Rosetta Stone, Obelisk, King Tut

Ancient India Word Wall:

Subcontinent, Monsoon, Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa, Vedas, Aryans, Sanskrit, Caste system, Hinduism, Reincarnation, Karma, Ahimsa, Dharma, Moksha, Buddhism, Meditation, Nirvana, Siddhartha Gautama, Jainism, Sikhism, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Chandra Gupta II, Metallurgy

Ancient Israel Word Wall:

Judaism, Abraham, Canaan, Moses, Exodus, Migrate, Ten Commandments, David, Solomon, Solomon’s Temple, Babylonian Captivity, Diaspora, Monotheism, Sabbath, Kosher, Torah, Hebrew Bible, Rabbi, Synagogue, Prophet, Talmud, Dead Sea Scrolls, Jerusalem, and Exile.

Ancient China Word Wall:

Gobi Desert, Huang He River, Chang Jiang River, loess, jade, oracle bones, dynasty, feudalism, Mandate of Heaven, filial piety, philosophy, Confucius, Confucianism, Laozi, Daoism, Legalism, Shi Huangdi, Great Wall, acupuncture, seismograph, silk, Silk Road

Ancient Greece Word Wall:

Minoans, Mycenaeans, polis, acropolis, Athens, Sparta, oligarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, democracy, citizen, direct democracy, representative democracy, alliance, Peloponnesian War, mythology, Homer, Olympics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic, phalanx

Ancient Rome Word Wall:

Romulus and Remus, republic, dictator, plebeians, patricians, magistrate, consul, Senate, Forum, veto, legion, Punic Wars, Julius Caesar, Augustus, province, Pax Romana, Constantine, Christianity, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, aqueduct, Romance language, gladiator, satire

Middle Ages Word Wall:

Middle Ages, Medieval, Monk, Monastery, St. Patrick, Charlemagne, Knight, Chivalry, Fief, Vassal, Feudalism, William the Conqueror, Manor, Serf, Guild, Excommunicate, Crusades, Holy Land, Clergy, Natural Law, Magna Carta, Parliament, Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc, Black Death, Heresy, Reconquista, Inquisition

Mesoamerica and Early American Civilizations:

Mesoamerica, Maize, The Olmec, Slash-and-burn agriculture, The Zapotec, The Maya, Obsidian, Yucatán Peninsula, Observatory, Pacal, Popol Vuh, Chichén Itzá, The Aztec, Tenochtitlan, Codex, Chinampas, Moctezuma, Huitzilopochtli, Conquistadors, Andes Mountains, The Inca, Machu Picchu, Pachacuti, Quechua, Quipu, Chavín, Terraces, Mit’a System

African Empires Word Wall:

Sahara Desert, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sahel, Savannah, Niger River, Ethnic Group, Kinship System, Oral Tradition, Proverbs, Griots, Animism, Kente, Nok, Berbers, Caravan, Ghana Empire, Trans-Saharan Trade, Silent Barter, Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita, Mansa Musa, Timbuktu, Ibn Battuta, Songhai Empire, Sunni Ali, Askia Muhammad, Axum/Aksum, Ezana, Zagwe Dynasty, Bantu, Great Zimbabwe, Swahili

Social Studies Terms Word Wall:

History, Culture, Archaeology, Fossil, Artifact, Primary source, Secondary source, Economy, Scarcity, Profit, Trade, Wealth, Geography, Landforms, Climate, Environment, Region, Resources, Civics, Government, Constitution, Democracy, Republic, Tax

For tips about how you could use these Ancient Civilizations word wall cards in your class, check out our blog post: https://mrandmrssocialstudies.com/ancient-civilizations-word-wall/