Geography
These are the four cardinal directions.
What are North, South, East, West?
Many historians and students debate whether or not Hammurabi's Code was this.
What is just or fair?
This form of government is controlled by its citizens.
What is a democracy?
This kind of ruler has total control over the government.
What is a dictator?
He was China's first emperor.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
Look at this map feature to determine which way is north.
What is the compass rose?
What are his hands?
Usually supported by the middle and working classes, these rulers took power by force.
What is a tyrant?
These structures featuring arches built by ancient engineers carried water over vast distances.
What are aqueducts?
This famous and important Ancient Chinese philosopher was also China's first professional teacher since he charged students a fee to take lessons.
Who was Confucius?
This word describes the traditions, clothing, music, religion, sports, music (and more) of a particular group of people.
What is culture?
"If a man has knocked out the eye of a free man," this shall happen to him.
What is having his eye knocked out?
While slavery was common in Ancient Greece, most Greeks did not have slaves from this place, as it made them uncomfortable.
What is Greece?
A group of senators did this to Julius Cesar at a meeting on March 15, 44 BC.
What is stabbed, or killed him?
The second-longest river in China is called The Huang, meaning "yellow" because it contains this, or yellow-brown soil.
What is loess?
There are two types of these- relative and absolute.
What is location?
Hammurabi's laws are carved into stone pillars called these.
What are steles?
Unlike scholars and philosophers in Athens, people in Sparta placed more emphasis on this.
What is fighting, or war?
The Pax Romana, meaning this, was a period of stability and prosperity.
What is "Roman Peace"?
Wudi, the Warrior Emperor and Liu Bang's great-grandson, made improvements to this, one of Shi Huangdi's greatest accomplishments.
What is the Great Wall of China?
These are the five themes of geography.
What are location, place, region, movement, and interaction?
His laws were written in this kind of ancient writing.
What is cuneiform?
Lasting 27 years, this famous ancient war was a conflict between the people of Sparta and the people of Athens.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
In order to prevent riots, Roman emperors gave this to its poor citizens.
This major travel route was used for the trade of goods and ideas and connected China in the east to the Mediterranean Sea.
What was the Silk Road?