Mesopotamia
Double Points: The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to thrive.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates River?
These were the two major city-states of the Indus Valley.
What is Harappa, and Mohenjo-Daro?
Egypt is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
This smooth cloth is only available to China
What is silk?
Double Points: Hieroglyphics were shortened and called this to make the life of a scribe easier.
What is Hieratics?
The earliest form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
These two countries are where the Indus Valley was located.
What is Pakistan, and India?
This process was done to the pharaoh after his/her death in order to preserve them in the afterlife. Bonus Points: It took this number of days for this process to be completed.
What is mummification?
The worship or belief in spirits
What is animism?
This religion is considered to be both monotheistic and polytheistic at the same time.
What is Hinduism?
This Akkadian King was responsible for the preservation of the worlds oldest writing system.
Who is Sargon the Great?
This group of nomads were responsible for bringing over Hinduism and conquering the Indus Valley peoples.
Who are the Indo-Aryans?
This was the main purpose of the pyramids.
What is tombs and cemeteries?
What is the Huang He River? What is the Yellow River? What is the River of Sorrows?
The Egyptian god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
The Babylonians created this device that allowed them to keep track of time.
What is the Sun Dial?
The Indus Valley had three specific natural land barriers. Name them.
What is the Hindu Kush Mountains? What is the Himalayan Mountains? What is the Indian Ocean?
These are the five classes in Egypt's society.
What is the pharaoh, priest/priestess, nobles, working class, and the peasants and slaves?
The Four Noble Truths are the core principles of every Buddhist. Name them.
What is Life is Suffering? What is Suffering comes from Desire? What is to end Suffering you end Desire? What is to end Desire you must follow the Eightfold Path?
The Greeks referred to the Fertile Crescent as "Mesopotamia," because in Greek it literally translates to this.
What is the Land in between two rivers?
The Assyrians were most famous for these three things.
What is torture? What are iron weapons? What is siege warfare?
Ancient Indians lived by a strict social class called the Caste System. Name them. Double Points: Name each class with its specific name.
What is a priest, warrior/king, merchants/artisans/farmers/landowners, servants/commoners/peasants, and the untouchables?
What is the Brahmin, Kshatryia, Viasya, Sudra, and the Dalit?
These would be included in ancient pyramids. List as many of them as possible.
What is mummies, gold, treasure, traps, hieroglyphics, art?
The Dynastic Cycle has four stages; name them.
What is the rise of a dynasty? What is a period of peace and stability? What is the decline of a dynasty? What is the collapse and rise of a new dynasty?
Ancient Egyptians were able to construct pyramids without the use of modern technology. This means that they were masters of this certain thing.
What is Geometry?