Geography/Early Humans
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece/India/Rome
Randomness
100
a strip of land connecting two continents
land bridge
100
What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
the land between two rivers
100
Most famous river in all of Egypt?
Nile River
100
A huge, stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, Greek, Chinese and other languages
Rosetta Stone
100
What country first started to use paper money?
China
200
The time before writing
prehistory
200
What happened to the two rivers every year? What was the soil called that was there?
Flooded
Silt
200
What is the practice of worshipping many gods?
Polytheism
200
The half human and half lion/animal that protects the burial grounds of ancient pharaohs...
What are those called and what are the burial tombs called?
Sphinxes
Pyramids
200
Why is the Leaning Tower of Pisa leaning?
Bad Foundation
300
A part or imprint of something that was once alive
fossil
300
What was the earliest known form of writing in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
300
Preserving the Body for the Afterlife is called...
Mummification
300
What is the largest religion in India?
Hinduism
300
Mr. Nicky
400
The shift from hunting and gathering to food producing is called the __________ Revolution
Neolithic
400
This community is often called the country or countryside.
Rural
400
What was the Egyptian writing system?
Hieroglyphics
400
What is this and who did battles here?
Colosseum and gladiators
400
Who discovered the first Australopithecus?
Donald Johannsen
500
Put the Stone Ages in order from oldest to newest..
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
500
How many laws did Hammurabi have to follow? (Hint...it is in the 200's)
282
500
What was it called when Ramses II married a girl from Lower Egypt and he lived in Upper Egypt?
The Double Crown
500
What is the government run by the people in Greece?
What was Greece built on...Mount __________-
Democracy
Olympus
500
Who destroyed the Roman Empire?
The people of Rome and their dictators