Ancient Civilizations
Name 3 ancient civilizations.
Ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Indus Valley, China, Mesopotamia
In what country is Rome?
What is Italy?
Belief in one God is known as this term.
What is Monotheism?
What was the main food that the Mayan civilization farmed?
What is maize/corn?
How old is Ms Hite?
49 years young
What civilizations name means the land between two rivers?
What is Mesopotamia?
Who was killed because Senators thought he was destroying Rome's values & traditions?
Who is Julius Caesar?
What two rivers was Mesopotamia located between?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
What Ancient civilization created the Pantheon?
Who are the Romans?
What is Ms. Hite's first name
Heatherly
What type of art did ancient people make?
What are Temples, paintings, sculptures?
What Macedonian leader conquered Greece in the 330s BC?
Who is Alexander the Great?
Way of life of peoples who do not live continually in the same place but move cyclically or periodically
Nomadic
What ancient civilization traded silk, wine, bread, and clothes?
China
Where did Ms. Hite grow up?
Evansville, Indiana
This term means to believe in many gods.
What is polytheism?
Unlike the women of Athens, the women of Sparta a)could not vote, b)were able to own property, c) had most influence in the home, d) served equally with men in the army
What is b) were able to own property?
The writing of ancient Egypt
What is hieroglyphics?
True or false: Sumerians in Mesopotamia used paper to write on.
False
What grades can Ms Hite teach?
5-12
Which Roman contributions was created to bring fresh water into the cities?
What are aqueducts?
The Aztecs would perform these when they felt the gods were unhappy with them.
What are human sacrifices?
Word for an Islamic house of worship
What is mosque?
Which ancient civilization had the Himalayas, Indus river, and Thar Desert?
What is the Indus Valley civilization?
How many cats does Ms. Hite have and what are their names?
2
Edgar and Eugene