Ancient Asia
China's Huang He River is more commonly known as what?
Yellow River
What did Egyptians call their rulers?
pharaoh
What were the mud-brick temples used in ancient Sumer?
ziggurats
Research indicates that the earliest humans most likely first appeared on what continent?
Africa
What ancient Greek city-state favored a militaristic culture?
What are the seasonal winds of India called?
monsoons
What is the oval-shaped symbol that circled a pharaoh's name?
cartouche
Name the two major rivers of the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
What name do we give to people with no settled home, who travel in groups from place to place?
Hunter-gatherers or nomads
What ancient Greek city-state encouraged thinking and beauty?
Athens
Name one of the major Indus River Valley cities that left behind remains of indoor plumbing and underground sewers.
Mohenjo-Daro or Harappa (also Lothal)
Into what sea does the Nile River flow?
Mediterranean Sea
Who created the ancient code of laws known as the "eye for an eye" laws?
King Hammurabi
What is the process of taming a plant or animal for human use called?
Domestication
What large empire did the Greek city-states unite to fight off in order to preserve their land?
Persia(n)
What Chinese emperor had a tomb built with thousands of terracotta soldiers to protect him in his afterlife?
Qin Shi Huangdi
What is the process used by ancient Egyptians to preserve bodies for their afterlife?
mummification
Name the Mesopotamian writing style that used wedge-shaped symbols?
cuneiform
Cave paintings created nearly 20,000 years ago were discovered by kids in 1940, in a cave in what country?
France
What is the name of the government system of ancient Sparta, with two kings and several elders who ruled?
Oligarchy
What were the five earliest Chinese dynasties?
(Xia) Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Who was the female pharaoh who was the daughter of, sister of, wife of, and step-mother to pharaohs (Thutmose)
Hatshepsut
Who was the Akkadian ruler who conquered all of Mesopotamia, uniting it to create the first known empire?
Sargon the Conqueror
What name was given to the skeleton of an early female hominid, discovered in Ethiopia in 1974?
Lucy
Name one of the two famous battles that we studied of the Greco-Persian Wars?
Battle of Marathon or Battle of Thermopylae