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100
Ancient China was part of this continent.
What is Asia?
100
This Ancient Roman building is known as ______.
What is the Roman Colosseum?
100
What 2 rivers provided fresh water for China?
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
100
Because it was hard to farm and they were surrounded by many waterways, the Greeks became very good at what?
Trading and sailing
100
The landform that separates China to the north. Hint- not chilly!
What is the Gobi Desert?
200
This group of ancient peoples invented the compass.
Who are the Chinese?
200
The Alps are located on this continent.
What is Continent B (Europe)?
200
Ancient Egypt is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
200
The empires and timeline of ancient China is divided into parts called this.
What are dynasties?
200
A group of states or countries under a single supreme authority; The Roman ____ fell around 476AD.
What is an empire?
300
This kind of government was established in ancient Rome and used as a model for the United States Government.
What is a representative democracy?
300
This continent was home to the ancient Mayans. (D)
What is current Central/South America?
300
This Chinese philosopher was one of the most influential teachers in Chinese history, and still, today, believes people are good but should follow the "Golden Rule".
Who was Confucius?
300
What mathematical accomplishments of ancient Egypt are still in use worldwide today? In 7th or 8th grade you will study ____.
What is Geometry?
300
Ancient Egyptians created a formal writing system used; The Rosetta Stone discovery shows us today was ancient ____ were like.
What are heiroglyphics?
400
This sporting event still exists today and is a contribution from ancient Greece.
What are the Olympics?
400
He is a sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
400
Egyptian citizens, including farmers and other laborers, built these magnificent structures that still stand today as tombs for pharaohs.
What are the pyramids?
400
This was the primary purpose of the Great Wall.
What is for protection from invaders?
400
The ancient pyramids of Giza can be found in this country today
What is Egypt?
500
This Greek word describes the slaves of the Spartans in ancient Greece.
What is helot?
500
She was the Queen of Egypt and wife of Julius Caesar.
Who was Cleopatra?
500
As early as 1500 BC the Maya had settled in villages and had developed an agriculture based on the cultivation of a vegetable they called maize.
What is corn?
500
The legend of how Rome was built features two brothers, ____ and Remus. This brother was the winner!
Who is Romulus?
500
This ancient language, spoken by the Romans, is the root of many modern Romance languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. It is NOT a spoken language today, but it is sung in many Christian churches.
What is Latin?