Since yellow soil / sand (loess) blows from the Gobi desert into the river.
100
Why was the wheel invented?
To move heavy objects
100
Which civilization lasted longer: Greeks or Aztecs?
The Greeks
200
In what modern-day country did the Phoenicians live?
Lebanon (or Syria)
200
Who was the greatest of all the Egyptian Pharaohs?
Ramses II (The Great)
200
Why has the Chinese civilization never been defeated?
They were protected by natural barriers such as mountains, oceans.
200
What are the two rivers that helped Mesopotamia become successful?
Tigris and Euphrates
200
Both the Greeks and the Aztecs didn't have rivers. How did they get their water?
Greeks from the mountains, Aztecs from lakes.
300
Name the three inventions that helped the Phoenicians become successful?
Alphabet, Cloth-Dying, Glass
300
What were three uses for papyrus?
Making boats, making paper, making baskets
300
Name the three rivers important for the Chinese Civilization
The Yangtze, The Huang He (Yellow), The Xun Xi (Pearl)
300
Mesopotamia is a Greek word meaning what?
The land between two rivers.
300
Both the Greeks and the Aztecs had natural geographic protection - from what landforms?
Greeks - peninsula (protected on 3 sides by water); Aztecs - mountain valleys (protected by hills on all sides).
400
What creature did the Phoenicians collect in order to make their purple cloth dye?
Sea Snails (Murex)
400
What's the name of the bucket used for irrigation?
Shaduf
400
What were three uses for gunpowder?
To burst through iron, for fireworks, for military weapons.
400
How did people write using cuneiform? What was it invented for?
You pressed into clay tablets using reeds (thick grass) making triangular symbols. It was invented to keep accurate records, such as for trading.
400
Name four inventions from either civilization.
Greeks: Bronze, Catapults, Cement Buildings
Aztecs: Medical Surgeries, Math, Calendar
500
Why did the Phoenician civilization end?
They were defeated by the Persians, and were forced to move to the other side of the Mediterranean Sea in Carthage.
500
Why did the Egyptians need to invent bricks?
They had to build homes out of something strong, since there wasn't any wood around.
500
Explain how moveable-type printing works, and why it helped the Chinese become successful.
Individual characters were cut out of wooden block, then placed in a tray, then covered with ink. Paper was pressed onto the wet blocks. This allowed them to write down trade records and laws, making the society organized.
500
Name one famous ancient Mesopotamian city.
Ur, Akkad, Babylon, Assur, Uruk, Kish, Nipur.
500
Name at least three words that come from the ancient Greek or Aztec languages.