India
This large piece of land, smaller than a continent, is where modern day India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
What is a subcontinent?
This type of city had its own rules and was independent from the other cities in Greece.
What is a city-state?
The Persian War started as a result of Athens supporting this Greek colony.
What is Ionia?
This material is burned, creating a pleasant smell.
What is incense?
The earliest maps were written on this material.
What are clay tablets?
These two major cities were located along the Indus River.
What are Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
These Greek people had a variety of privileges, including the right to vote.
Who are citizens?
Which battle resulted in the defeat of the Persian navy by the Athenian navy?
What is the Battle of Salamis?
This Egyptian form of writing was important to Egyptian culture.
What are hieroglyphics?
This king most likely built the Hanging Gardens.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar II?
This system was used to divide the people into levels.
What is the caste system?
This is the term used to describe the Greeks' belief in many gods.
What is polytheistic?
The city that led the Peloponnesian League and was an archenemy of Athens.
What is Sparta?
Ancient Egypt was located along this major river.
What is the Nile river?
This type of building is used as a place to worship Sumerian gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This written language was developed in the Vedic Age.
What is Sanskrit?
This Greek city-state relied on its military and looked down on those who relied on walls for protection.
What is Sparta?
What were the three parts that those who joined the Delian League had to agree to when joining?
1. Criminal cases could only be tried in Athens
2. Other city-states had to use Athenian coinage
3. Athens sent troops to support the revolts of commoners against aristocrats in other city-states
This structure is a famous icon of Ancient Egypt.
What is a pyramid?
This Babylonian king created an empire went from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
Who is King Hammurabi?
This is the dominant religion of Ancient India.
What is Hinduism?
Many democratic principles can be traced back to this Greek city-state.
What is Athens?
The Effects of the Peloponnesian War on Greek City-States.
1. The fighting destroyed fields and orchards
2. Unemployment was widespread
3. Many Greeks became mercenaries (hired soldiers) in the Persian army
4. The cost of war made people forget about the common good of their city-state
3 things the Nile provided the Egyptian people.
What are
1. rich soil for growing crops
2. transportation for people and goods
3. provided wealth for the society
This is considered the most important Phoenician colony.
What is Carthage?