Geography
What mountain range forms China’s natural southwestern border?
The Himalayas.
What was China’s first confirmed dynasty?
Shang Dynasty
What river was essential to Ancient Egypt?
The Nile River
What is a dynasty?
A family line of rulers
What surprising material was used as mortar in parts of the Great Wall?
Sticky rice.
What continent is china in
Asia
What idea said rulers needed Heaven’s approval?
Mandate of Heaven
What was the ruler of Egypt called?
Pharaoh
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The belief that Heaven gave rulers the right to rule.
What luxury item was kept a secret for thousands of years?
Silk Making
What large desert sits between China and Mongolia?
The Gobi Desert.
What trade route linked China to the West?
The Silk Road
What were pyramids built for?
They were tombs for pharaohs.
What was the Terracotta Army?
Clay soldiers buried with Qin Shi Huang.
What surprising fact about the Great Pyramid’s alignment amazes scientists?
It’s aligned almost perfectly to the cardinal directions.
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile river
Which emperor unified China?
Qin Shi Huang.
What writing system did Egyptians use?
Hieroglyphics
What was the civil service?
A system where officials earned jobs through exams.
What rare oracle‑bone records show the Shang predicted eclipses?
Eclipse‑prediction bones.
What river is known as the “Mother River” of China?
The Yellow River.
Name one major Chinese philosophy.
Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism.
What did Egyptians believe happened after death?
They believed in an afterlife where the soul was judged.
What is Legalism?
A philosophy that supported strict laws and harsh punishments to keep order.
What made the Rosetta Stone so important?
It helped decode hieroglyphics