Mesopotamia
What was the name of the land that Mesopotamians grew food in?
The Fertile Crescent
What continent is Egypt in?
Africa
What continent is China in?
Asia
What continent is Greece in?
Europe
What building did the gladiators fight in?
The Colosseum
What was it called when Mesopotamians watered fields by digging ditches and other systems?
Irrigation
What was the name of river the Egyptians lived along?
The Nile River
What were oracle bones used for?
To predict the future or provide answers to questions.
Name both city-states that competed against each other in ancient Greece.
Athens and Sparta
What color clothing was considered special and could only be worn by the upper classes of Rome?
Purple
What region of the world is Mesopotamia in? (Hint - it's between Europe and Asia)
The Middle East
What materials did Egyptians write on?
papyrus
What mountain range borders China?
The Himalayas
What was the name of the mountain the Greeks believed their gods live on?
Mount Olympus
What civilization did Rome fight in the Punic Wars?
Carthage
What was the name of the writing system developed by the Mesopotamians?
Cuneiform
What is the name of the sea to the east of Egypt?
The Red Sea
What was the name of the ancient Chinese philosophy that involved very strict rules and punishments?
Legalism
Name one famous Greek philosopher.
Socrates or Plato or Aristotle
What building did horse races happen in?
The Circus Maximus
What was the name of the code of laws that was in ancient Mesopotamia (hint - named after the king)?
The Code of Hammurabi
What object helped decode Egyptian artifacts?
The Rosetta Stone
What is the name of the ancient Chinese philosophy that involved leaders doing as little as possible?
Daoism
What was the name of the Greek god of the Underworld?
Hades
What was the name of the Roman goddess of crops?
Ceres