Early Humans
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
This and That
100
This is how paleolithic humans got their food
Hunting and gathering
100
His 'code' was the first example of written laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
What was the major river that Ancient Egypt settled along?
The Nile River
100
What mountain range protected Ancient India from intruders
The Himalayas
100
The most important trade item of China was:
Silk
100
The Greeks believed in many gods, some of whom are more famous today. We read ________ to learn lessons from what they did.
Myths
100
What is the famous building in Ancient Rome where entertainment was performed?
The colosseum
100
How many continents there are
7
200
The paleolithic era ended and the neolithic era began with the invention/discovery of what?
Agriculture (fariming and animal domestication)
200
The Ancient Sumerian worship building was called a:
Ziggurat
200
An Egyptian Leader was called:
Pharaoh
200
This is how we got from the Ganges River to the Himalaian mountains in this room on our tour of India
What is climbing over the desks and tables?
200
Which philosophy of Chinese government believed in harsh punishments for crimes?
Legalism
200
Which city-state promoted strength and military might.
Who was Sparta?
200
What were the commoners of Ancient Rome called?
Plebians
200
What direction is 'right' on most maps?
East
300
How did farming change people's lives the most in 8,000BCE?
Allowed villages to pop up, created surpluss food for first time, living so close to animals caused more diseases
300
The two main rivers that provided Mesopotamia with fresh water were:
Tigris and Euphrates
300
What was the name of the Pharaoh we mummified on Dec 11, 2025
Pharaoh Paladino
300
religion that believes people will be reincarnated over and over again, hoping to move up in the caste system with each life.
Hinduism
300
This was a major trading network in the ancient world
Silk Road
300
Who did the Greeks fight to save their civilization early on and won
The Persians (Kings Darius and Xerxes)
300
This achievement of Roman engineering brought water from the mountains into the city of Rome.
What is the aquaduct?
300
Flooding along water ways was good because it......
Deposited Silt, great for agriculture
400
to raise animals for food is called:
Domestication
400
Moving water from rivers to fields for agriculture?
Irrigation
400
What was a scribe's job?
To Write
400
What is the name for a wind storm that often hits the continent of India that involved high winds and massive rains?
monsoon
400
The philosophy of Ancient China that believes you should respect your elders, and elders should be good role models is what?
Confucianism
400
Type of Government invented buy the Greeks. We have a form of it as our own US government. The word means "people rule"
Democracy
400
What were the wealthy landowners called in ancient Rome. The word comes from "father"
Patricians
400
manmade items left behind by a civilization that Archeologists study are called:
Artifacts
500
The name of the 'spear thower' that we used at Whittier Field?
What is an 'Atlatl'
500
The oldest written langugage ever developed was in Mesopotamia. It was called:
(Hint: the word means 'wedge shaped')
Cuneiform
500
He was the Jackel-headed god who weighs the 'Feather of Truth' against the dead pharaoh's heart
Who is Anubis?
500
Name of the oldest settlement in the Indus River valley. Hint: it had a citadel
Mohenjo Daro
500
Buddhism was founded by:
Siddhartha (Gautama)
500
This was the moral of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare"
What is 'slow and steady wins the race'?
500
According to legend, these were the twins that founded Rome (well, one of them did)
Romulus and Remus
500
The New Testiment is made up of 4 gospels (books), written by 4 men. Name 3 of them
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John