Ancient Rome
This massive arena in Rome was used for gladiator fights and public entertainment
What is the Colosseum?
This city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This was the first dynasty in China to leave behind written records.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
This major river in northern India supported early settlements and helped civilization grow.
What is the Indus River?
This title was given to the rulers of ancient Egypt, considered both kings and gods.
What is a pharaoh?
These two leaders were elected annually to manage the government and army in the Roman Republic.
What were consuls?
During this time, Athens flourished with advancements in art, architecture, and philosophy.
What is the Golden Age of Athens?
This philosophy taught respect for elders, family loyalty, and moral behavior.
What is Confucianism?
This religion believes in many gods and goddesses, karma, reincarnation, and dharma.
What is Hinduism?
This river was essential to daily life in Egypt, providing water, transportation, and fertile soil.
What is the Nile River?
This wealthy upper class in Rome held most of the political power in the early Republic.
Who were the patricians?
These two city-states were rivals—one focused on military strength, the other on culture and education.
What are Athens and Sparta?
This leader unified China, built part of the Great Wall, and ruled using Legalism.
Who is Qin Shi Huang? (the First Emperor of China)
This religion teaches the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?
Located to the south of Egypt, this African kingdom shared culture, trade, and conflicts with Egypt.
What is the Kingdom of Kush?
One reason for the fall of the Roman Republic, this situation involved internal fighting and power struggles.
What are civil wars and political instability?
This young Macedonian leader created a vast empire and spread Greek culture across three continents.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This network of trade routes connected China to the West and helped spread goods and ideas.
What is the silk road?
This Indian empire is known for a golden age of learning, art, literature, and mathematical advancements like the concept of zero.
What is the Gupta Empire?
This African kingdom south of Egypt had powerful rulers, rich resources, and adopted many Egyptian customs, including building pyramids.
What is the Kingdom of Kush?
This principle in the Roman Republic helped prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
Greek city-states united to fight off this powerful empire during battles like Marathon and Salamis.
What is the Persian Empire?
This Han Dynasty invention used the movement of the stars to measure time and aided in creating accurate calendars.
What is the seismograph or astronomical clock?
Early Indian civilizations settled near rivers and fertile plains for this key reason.
What is to have access to water for farming and transportation?
This famous pyramid complex near Giza served as a royal tomb and is guarded by the Great Sphinx.
What is the Pyramid of Khafre (or the Giza Pyramid Complex)?