Mesopotamia
Two rivers that Mesopotamia was located between
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
River essential to life in Egypt
What is the Nile?
Built to protect China from invaders
What is the Great Wall of China?
Major religion started in India and stayed in India
What is Hinduism?
Type of government in Athens
What is Democracy?
The writing system used in Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform
Famous boy pharaoh of Egypt
Who is King tut?
Also known as the "Yellow River
River is sacred in India
What is the Ganges River?
Type of government in Sparta
What is an Oligarchy?
Who is Hammurabi
Giant tombs built for pharaohs
What are pyramids?
Philosophy that taught respect for family and elders
Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama that started in India and traveled to China
What is Buddhism?
Types of governments in Rome (there are three)
What are Monarchy (Kings), Republic, and Empire
A temple tower built in ancient Mesopotamia
What is a ziggurat?
A writing system used pictures and symbols
What is Hieroglyphics?
Major trade route connected China to Europe
What is the Silk Road?
The system that organized people into social groups in India
What is the Caste System?
The war between Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The the first civilization in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer?
A king of Egypt
First Dynasty in Ancient China
What is the Shang Dynasty?
Ancient writing in India
What is Sanskrit?
The first Roman emperor
Who was Caesar Augustus or Octavian?