Ancient Mesopotamia
A word that means "Between two Rivers" in Greece
What is Mesopotamia?
Tombes for the Pharaohs
What were the Pyramids?
The main drink in Ancient Greece
What is watered down wine?
The length of this structure 13,171 miles long
What is the Great Wall of China?
The language that the Romans used to speak
What is Latin?
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Persians, Chaldeans, Assyrians
What were the 6 different city-states that ruled?
It gave them fertile soil (called the Black Land) and could be used for trade and transportation. It also supplied Religion value, food, and water
Why was the Nile so important?
Where the Gods live
What is Mount Olympus?
An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean
What was the silk road?
What Romans used to write on
What is a papyrus scroll?
The first group of people to inhabit Ancient Mesopotamia
Who were the Sumerians?
Osiris
Who is the Egyptian God of the underworld?
The Ratio of slaves (helots) to citizens
What did 10:1 mean?
The head of the house in Ancient China
Who is a father?
A city that Mt.Vesuvious buried
What is Pompeii?
The branch of civilizations that devised laws, known as the code of Hammurabi. (Hint: what civilization did Hammurabi live in)
What is Babylonia?
merchants/skilled workers
Who were the people in the middle class of Egyptian society?
The three main types of columns in ancient Greece
What were Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian columns?
The three main types of religion practiced in Ancient China
What was Taoism, Confusicim, and Legalism?
This means "Peace in Rome"
What is 'Pax Romana?'
Proximity to the rivers made the land perfect for farming
Why is the area around the Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile called the Fertile Crescent?
The Egyptians developed this to keep track of yearly flooding
What is a calendar based on the moon?
A Ratio that offers the most pleasing visual appearance
What is the golden section?
The most popular way to travel along a route
What is a caravan of camels?
The main meal of the day called in Ancient Rome
What is Cena?