Mesopotamia
Which two rivers were crucial to the development of Mesopotamian civilization?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What is the name of the river that was vital to Ancient Egyptian agriculture?
What is the Nile River?
What are the names of the two major rivers in Ancient India?
What is Indus & Ganges River?
What are the names of the two major rivers in Ancient China?
Yangtze River & Yellow River
What type of government was born in Athens?
What is Democracy?
What is the name of the major river that runs through ancient Rome?
What is the Tiber River?
Which religion is NOT polytheistic? (bonus what is Confucianism)
a) Judaism
b)Buddhism
c) Hinduism
d) Confucianism
a) Judaism
What was the primary writing system used in Ancient Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform?
What were the large stone structures built as tombs for pharaohs as they waited for their journey into the afterlife called?
What is a pyramid?
What were the two major religious beliefs that originated in Ancient India?
Buddhism & Hinduism
What is the name of the ancient Chinese philosophy that emphasizes harmony with nature?
What is Daoism (Taoism)?
What is direct democracy in Ancient Greece?
What is citizens vote directly on all issues?
What was the governing body of the Roman Republic?
What is the Senate?
What was it called in ancient civilizations, when there was a time period of peace, wealth and cultural advancements?
The Golden Age
Who was the famous ruler of Babylon known for his code of laws?
Who is Hammurabi?
What type of religion did the Egyptians have? (Hint: a lot of ancient religions were similar)
Pollytheism
What is the name of the ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River?
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
Who is the ancient Chinese philosopher known for his teachings on ethics, morality, and filial piety?
Who is Confucius?
What war did Sparta and Athens fight?
What is the Peloponnesian War?
What was the name for the code of laws that was the same to people regardless if you were rich or poor?
What is Twelve Tables?
How did innovations such as Hieroglyphics in Egypt and Cuneiform in Mesopotamia impact societies?
What is increased the spread of ideas?
What is the building that was built to look like a stair-step to the heavens & was made to honor the gods called?
What is a Ziggurat?
TWO PARTS:
1) What is the world's earliest form of paper that the Egyptians invented called?
2) What do you call the people who could decipher & write text on a papyrus?
1) What is Papyrus?
2) What is a Scribe?
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)?
What is the divine right to rule referred to as in Ancient China?
The Mandate of Heaven
What right did women in Athens NOT HAVE, yet DID HAVE in if they lived in Sparta?
What is own property?
Why was Julius Caesar assassinated?
What is the Senate believed he became too powerful and wanted to be king for life.
In oligarchy, the ruling power is in the hands of a few wealthy men. How would oligarchy harm Greek society?
What is the oligarchy would ignore the needs of the majority.
Which civilization is considered the first in Mesopotamia?
What are the Sumerians?
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing
How did King Ashoka unify the Mauryan Empire in India?
What is created a set of laws (Ashoka's Edicts) & spread Buddhist values throughout India?
TWO PARTS:
1) What dynasty is known for the construction of the Great Wall of China?
2) What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?
Part 1: What is the Qin Dynasty?
Part 2: What is to keep the empire safe from invasions (ex: the Mongols)
What is the name of the Macedonian conqueror who took over ancient Greece (and much of the known world), ruling both strictly, yet understanding?
What is Alexander the Great?
What was the purpose of the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage?
What is to control the island of Sicily (aka the control of the Mediterranean Sea)?
This Mauryan King from India decided war was horrible, he becomes Buddhist and spread those values, he would unify his empire under the laws called 'edicts'
Who is Ashoka?