Ancient Egypt
The purpose of the pyramids
What is the burial place of the pharaohs?
The Olmec are best known for
What are giant carved heads?
The major rivers in the Indus Valley
What are the Indus and the Ganges?
Major rivers in China
Huang He(Yellow) and Yangtze?
The 2 Rivers located in Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
Paper-like material made from the reeds of a plant that grows in the Nile River
What is papyrus?
Modern-day countries where the Maya were located
What are Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras?
The reason why Harappa was an impressive city.
It was well-planned and had sewers.
Paper, fireworks, gun powder, the Silk Road
What are Chinese accomplishments?
Hammurabi's Code
What is the 1st set of written laws?
mummification
What is the process by which Egyptians preserve their dead?
The Mesoamerican group well known for human sacrifice.
Who are the Aztecs?
The name of the social class system
What is the caste system?
Provided protection from invaders
What is the Great Wall?
The Great Babylonia king.
Who is Hammurabi?
The Pharoah who unified upper and lower Egypt.
Who is Menes?
The name of the ancient Aztec capital
What is Tenochtitlan?
The name of the higest caste
Who are the Brahmin
Silk
What is ancient China's most important export?
The Great leaders of the Akkadians.
Who is Sargon?
Continent on which Egypt is located
What is Africa?
The knotted cords used by the Incas for counting
What is quipu?
The major religion in India.
What is Hinduism?
Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism
What are the main religions in ancient China?
Cuneiform
What is the 1st known written language?