Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
China
Greece
100
This is the mighty river that flows through Egypt
What is the Nile River
100
These two rivers form the boundries of Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrtes rivers
100
This river starts as an icy stream high in the Himalayas
What is the Indus River
100
Built between AD 1300 and 1600 to keep invaders out of China
What is the Great Wall of China
100
A new form of government where all citizens took part in making decisions
What is democracy
200
The watering of land by means of canals or pipes
What is irrigation
200
They created some of the world's first wheeled vehicles and sailboats
Who are the Sumerians
200
A massive fort whose thick walls protected the city from floods and enemy attacks
What is the citadel
200
A line of rulers from the same family
What is a dynasty
200
The great Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
300
The first Pharaoh who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who is Menes
300
The form of writing used to share laws, letters, records and proverbs
What is cuneiform
300
This is the ancient written Indian language
What is Sanskrit
300
This river travels 3000 miles across northern China
What is the Huang River
300
Games held 3000 years ago in ancient Greece
What are the Olympics
400
The most important of the many Egyptian Gods
Who is Ra
400
Self-governing villiages such as Ur, Uruk and Eridu
What are city-states
400
This divided the people into four classes
What is the caste system
400
Archeologists unearthed 8000 soldiers, horses, and chariots
What is the Emperor's Clay Army
400
These citizens were paid to hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law
What is a jury
500
The Egyptian system of writing
What is hieroglypics
500
A large building with a temple on its peak made of mud-bricks
What is a ziggurat
500
The constant circle of birth, death, and rebirth
What is reincarnation
500
This man mastered subjects such as writing, mathematics,and history, his ideas would change entire civilizations
Who is Confucius
500
Less than 30 symbols that represent sounds
What is the alphabet
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