Vocabulary
Geography
Things you Should
Know
Then and Now
Current Events
100
The learning and understanding of laws and how things are governed as well as how war impacts those governed.
What is politics or political.
100
Mesopotamia is seated between these two rivers.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
100
Buildings created in Mesopotamia where temple sits on top and only priests and wealthy men could enter.
What is a Ziggurat.
100
Egyptian rulers were known as these and are now referred to as Presidents.
What are Pharaohs.
100
The Islamic group taking cities in Iraq are known as this.
What is ISIS.
200
How civilizations make their living and how much they are worth is studied in this category.
What is economics or economical or economy.
200
The fertile land that lies within Mesopotamia also known as the "Garden of Eden".
What is the Fertile Crescent.
200
These people were the inventors of the wheel.
Who are the Sumerians.
200
Today's Mesopotamia is known as this place.
What is Iraq.
200
Which continent did the United States just help by committing to give $7 billion to help with electricity.
What is Africa.
300
The type of writing that Sumerians created in order to help them communicate efficiently with one another.
What is cuneiform.
300
River that flows through Egypt where the traded materials.
What is the Nile River.
300
Trade route created by Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Indus Valley later became known as this route.
What is the Silk Road.
300
Mesopotamia and Egypt received their wealth from a traditional economy known as this, but now from oil and gold.
What is farming and trading.
300
Number one R& B and Hip Hop song today is called this.
What is Fancy by Iggy
400
The plant like materials that were used by Egyptians to write on only by scribes.
What is papyrus.
400
The rival civilization in power, wealth, and influence close to Egypt.
What is Nubia or Kush.
400
The political laws created in Babylon that Babylonians and Sumerians followed to maintain order.
What is Hammurabi's Code or Code of Hammurabi.
400
This land was known as the city capital of Mesopotamia but is now called Tell al-Muqayyar.
What is Ur.
400
Basketball player from the Pacers who's leg was injured by snapping in half.
Who is Paul George.
500
The tomb that Egyptians were placed in after mummification.
What is a sarcophagus.
500
The world's most wealthy man to have lived.
Who is Mansa Musa.
500
Egyptians written language was known as this written by these specific writers using this tool.
What is hieroglyphics, written by scribes, using a stylus.
500
The earliest kingdom in Mesopotamia is known as this and ended as Persia.
What is Sumer.
500
Person who was suspended from First Take due to his controversial comments on domestic violence.
Who is Stephen A. Smith
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