Mesopotamia
A system to supply water to crops
Irrigation
The most important trade item to come out of Ancient China was?
Silk
What is the longest river in the world, that runs through Egypt?
Nile
Where did the civilizations of India begin?
Indus River Valley
Who got to vote in Athens?
Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Oracle bones were used to
Predict the future
The first woman Pharaoh who brought wealth to Egypt.
Hatshepsut
In Buddhism, the belief that people pass through many lives and are reborn many times is called
Reincarnation
A high, rocky hill in a Greek city-state was called?
acropolis
Who wrote a code of 282 laws that covered most areas of daily life in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
The great river where Chinese civilization first began was the Huang He. It was also know as "China's Sorrow" or the what?
Yellow River
The Great Pyramid in Giza was built for which pharaoh?
Khufu
Which of the following was a major city of the Indus Valley people?
Mohenjo-Daro
Who wrote the Odyssey?
Homer
The curved area of fruitful and productive land where the first civilizations began is known as the
Fertile Crescent
The first person to unite all of China under one rule was?
Shi Huangdi
What allowed historians to finally understand the hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
India is on which continent?
Asia
The warships built and used by the Greeks were the
Trireme
Who were the only people allowed in the Mesopotamian Ziggurat temples?
Priest
What liquid metal did Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi take to try to prolong his life?
Mercury
Egypt is on what continent?
Africa
What is the name of the mountain range that separates India and China?
Himalayas
Greece is surrounded on 3 sides by water. This makes Greece a
peninsula