Geography
Vocabulary
Which Came First?
Leaders
Mixed Bag
100
This river was the main support of life for the people of Egypt.
What is the Nile?
100
A government in which people elect their leaders.
What is a republic?
100
Which came first? Sargon ruled in Mesopotamia or King Tut ruled in Egypt.
What is Sargon ruled in Mesopotamia? *Sargon 2334 BCE to 2279 BCE *King Tut 1334 BCE to 1324 BCE
100
He took the title of "first citizen" in Rome and also worked to capture Julius Caesar's killers.
Who is Octavian?
100
These people served as a link between the Sumerian people and their gods.
Who are priests?
200
Italy is this type of geographic feature.
What is a peninsula?
200
A tall, four-sided figure that is pointed on top.
What is an obelisk?
200
Which came first? Spartacus led a slave revolt in Rome, or people began growing food in the Fertile Crescent of Mesopotamia.
What is people settled in Mesopotamia/The Fertile Crescent? *Cultivation of wild cereals in Fertile Crescent 9000 BCE *Spartacus-led revolt 73 BCE
200
Egyptian boy king who died by age 18.
Who is King Tut? (King Tutankhamun)
200
Powerful magistrates in Rome.
What are consuls?
300
This is a strip of land connecting two continents.
What is a land bridge?
300
A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart.
What is a chariot?
300
Which came first? The start of Christianity, or the start of Hinduism?
What is the start of Hinduism? *Hinduism started 1500 BCE (1500 BC) *Christianity started 30 CE (30 AD)
300
This person founded the Gupta Empire.
Who is Candra Gupta II?
300
A high hill that often had a fortress on top. (Greece)
What is an acropolis?
400
The northern part of Egypt is called ___________ Egypt.
What is Lower? (Because of the direction that the Nile River flows.)
400
Type of government where citizens elect officials to make the laws.
What is a representative democracy?
400
Which came first? Khufu became ruler of Egypt, or the Warring States Period began in China?
What is Khufu became ruler of Egypt. * Khufu became ruler 2500 BCE * Warring States Period began 481 BCE
400
This leader built the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon?
400
The most famous Daoist teacher.
Who is Laozi?
500
___________ areas are located in the countryside, while ___________ areas are found in the city.
What are rural and urban?
500
Stories about gods and goddesses.
What is mythology?
500
Which came first? Cleisthenes begins democracy in Athens/Greece, or Rome's first written law code was produced on twelve bronze tables.
What is Cleisthenes begins democracy in Athens/Greece? * Cleisthenes begins democracy 500 BCE * Rome's first written law code on 12 tables 450 BCE
500
The only peasant to become emperor in China's history.
Who is Liu Bang?
500
After Asoka conquered this area where many people were killed or displaced, he began to change his ways.
What is Kalinga?
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