Mesopotamia
Another name given to this area of land.
Fertile Crescent
Located on which continent?
Africa
Southern boarder of ancient India.
Indian Ocean
The Great Wall of China was built for what reason?
To keep out invaders.
God of the underworld.
Hades
2 rivers ran through this land, name one.
Tigris and Euphrates
River that ran through ancient Egypt.
Nile
Northern boarder of ancient India.
Himalayas
The capital of ancient China (same as today).
Beijing
Where the gods/goddess lived.
Mount Olympus
Mesopotamia is located in what modern day country?
Iraq
The written language of the ancient Egyptians.
Hieroglyphics
A belief that the spirit or soul goes from one life to the next.
Reincarnation
The name of the individual who taught a belief system to always make good decisions.
Confucius
One of the three seas that bordered Greece.
Ionian, Mediterranean, and Aegean
Sumer was located in what part of Mesopotamia? (cardinal direction)
South
"the boy king"
King Tut or Tutankhamen
Another word for a "rainy season" that takes place in this region.
Monsoon
A vocabulary term that means yellowish-brown soil.
Loess
Famous Greek philosopher.
Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle
Code of Hammurabi
The name of the location where the great pyramids were built.
Giza
Main water source in ancient India.
Indus River
The "yellow river" was also known as what major river in ancient China?
Huang River
A system used by the ancient Greeks to transport water from the mountains to populated areas.
Aqueducts