Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient China
Ancient India
Things in Common
100
I'm a famous river in Egypt. In fact, I'm the longest river in the world.
The Nile River
100
What are the two major rivers in Ancient Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates.
100
This wall gave the Chinese protection and still stands today.
The Great Wall of China.
100
In Ancient India, you were born into a social class. What was this system called?
The caste system.
100
What is a form of government ruled by a king or queen?
Monarchy
200
I'm the king of Egypt, but I have a special name.
Pharaoh
200
What were the first written laws in history? One law was "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."
Hammurabi's code.
200
What is the special name for their king?
Emperor
200
What was the special name for their king?
Raja or Rajah
200
None of the writing systems used an alphabet. They all used symbols. What is this called?
Pictographs.
300
This writing system had no vowels or punctuation, but was very beautiful.
Hieroglyphics
300
What was Mesopotamia's writing system called?
Cuneiform
300
You only need to know 2,000 characters to read the newspaper, but how many are in the entire writing system?
Over 10,000 characters.
300
What was the special name for their writing system?
Sanskrit
300
Name three things that art was based on in every civilization.
Animals, people (especially kings), religion (gods).
400
A preserved body of the dead in Ancient Egypt. Today, we use this word on Halloween.
Mummy
400
What was the special name for the temples?
Ziggurats
400
The Yellow River in China is known as what in Chinese?
The Huang He.
400
Hindus believed in karma and rebirth, also known as.....
Reincarnation
400
What is a sequence or group of rulers from the same family?
Dynasty
500
A mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a person.
A sphinx.
500
The kings believed they got their power from the gods. What was this called?
Divine Right
500
This was the idea of strict laws and strict punishments if you break those laws.
Legalism
500
These mountains are the natural barrier between India and China.
The Himalayas.
500
Look at the picture. All of the cities had this.
Irrigation canals.
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