Ancient Civilizations
This ancient civilization built the Great Pyramids of Giza.
What is Egypt? (Nile River Valley)
This ancient empire was known for its impressive military, aqueducts and extensive road networks.
What is the Roman Empire?
This ancient trade route connected China and the Mediterranean.
What are The Silk Roads?
This monotheistic religion originated in the Middle East and follows the teachings of Muhammad and the Five Pillars
What is Islam
When the Byzantines fell this empire captured and renamed the famous capital city from Constantinople to Istanbul
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The Babylonian Empire's most famous king created this law code.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The Gupta Empire flourished in this present-day country.
The Silk Road facilitated the exchange of goods, ideas, and this disease.
What is the Bubonic Plague or Black Death
This religion, founded by Siddhartha Gautama, seeks to achieve enlightenment and end suffering by believing in the four noble truths.
What is Buddhism?
This Ming Explorer sailed the Indian Ocean to show the power of the Ming Dynasty of China. After he died people built statues of him to honor him and his achievements
Who is Zheng He?
This is the reason that most early civilizations settled near rivers
What is Irrigation for Farming?
This Chinese dynasty unified China, standardized writing, and kept order with Legalism.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
This Middle Sea was at the Center of the Roman Empire facilitating trade throughout the Empire
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This major world religion emerged in China and focuses on harmony, balance, and the concept of yin and yang.
What is Taoism (Daoism)?
This conflict began when the Muslims from the Middle East and the Christians of Europe began to fight over the Holy Land.
What are the Crusades.
Moving from place to place means you are one of these.
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern continuation of the Roman Empire and had its capital in this city known as the crossroads of the world!
What is Constantinople?
This trade or exchange connected the Old World to the New World for the first time ever.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This belief system, originating in India, emphasizes nonviolence and karma as well as the Caste System
What is Hinduism?
This is the major difference between the Feudal Kings of Europe and the Feudal Emperors of Japan.
Domestication and Agriculture are the characteristics of this new revolution.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
This Greek City State was led by Pericles into a Golden Age.
What is Athens?
This African city became a hub of Islamic trade and learning during the Middle Ages.
What is Timbuktu?
This is the oldest Monotheistic religion in the world and began in the Middle East
What is Judaism?
Aztecs and Incas are known for their adaptable farming techniques. What is the name for each?
What are the Chinampas for the Aztecs
What is Terrace Farming for the Incas