Mesopotamia/Sumeria
These were the names of the two rivers that were the most important to the Sumerians
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
This is the name of the river was that most important to the Egyptians and their way of life.
What is the Nile?
China is considered the oldest of this type of civilization
What is contiguous?
The Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan was built on the site of this modern city.
What is Mexico City?
The ancient Inca were this type of civilization.
What is an empire?
These tall structures were temples to the local gods of the Sumerians. The largest was found in the city of Babylon
What is a ziggurrat?
The Egyptians were involved in this type of religion, where they worshipped many gods rather than one.
What is polytheism?
Chinese culture originally flourished along this river, whos name is connected to a color.
What is the Yellow River?
The Maya civilization was mainly centered around this geographical area.
What is the Yucatan Peninsula?
The Inca built these over rough terrain and mountains to unit their cities.
What are roads?
This is the name of the writing system of The Sumerians, carved on to clay tablets while wet, they would be left to harden.
What is cuneiform?
Egyptians created these large structures that still exist to this day in order to bury their Pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
Though people did die building this technological wonder, their bodies were not buried inside of it.
What is The Great Wall of China?
The Aztecs and Maya were both very successful in combat, due in part to this material made out of volcanic glass.
What is obsidian?
The Incans occupied a large piece of land on this continent.
What is South America?
This was the code of laws that are often seen as the earliest human law codes ever to exist.
What is the code of Hammurabbi?
Embalming and drying out a body with salt were steps in preparing a body in this method.
What is mummification?
The ancient Chinese were responsible for creating this military technology.
What is gunpowder?
The Maya were skilled in astronomy and created this, which ran accurately until the year 2012
What is a calendar?
The ruins of this ancient city are still able to be visited today, high in the mountains.
What is Machu Picchu?
This was the great king of the Sumerians mentioned in the Christian Old Testament.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Cleopatra lived closer in time to this historical event than to the building of the pyramids.
What is the Moon Landing?
The ancient Chinese were particularly skilled in working with this specific type of metal
What is bronze?
This was the symbol that the Aztecs found that caused them to build their city in the center of Lake Texcoco.
What is an eagle with a snake in its beak on top of a cactus?
The Inca civilization was eventually destroyed by this Spanish Conquistador
Who is Pizarro?