He is known as one of the greatest conquerors of the ancient world. He took Greece, Egypt, Persia, and had sights on India, but stopped at the Indus river valley.
Who was Alexander the Great?
100
Mesopotamia was made up of many city-states. This city-state was one of the earliest and arose on a flat plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What was Sumer?
100
We spent most of the year learning about early civilizations the developed around this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
Religion of the Israelites and the founder was Abraham.
What is Judaism?
100
These were a series of religious wars between Muslims and Christians over the holy city of Jerusalem. Ultimately the Muslims are victorius.
What were the Crusades?
200
The richest man to have ever lived even by today's standards. (*Hint. He was African.)
Who was Mansa Musa?
200
Famous trade route that opened trade between China and Europe.
What was the Silk Road?
200
The two rivers that gave birth to Mesopotamian civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
Cows are sacred animals to this polytheistic religion.
What is Hinduism?
200
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This series of wars were fought between Rome and Carthage ending in a victory for Rome. *Hint: Remember Hannibal's war elephants??
What were the Punic Wars?
300
This Roman general became Rome's dictator in 45 B.C. and had a relationship with Egypt's Cleopatra. Too bad he ignore the warning, "Beware the Ides of March."
Who was Julius Caesar?
300
This trade route connected Asia to Europe.
What was the Silk Road?
300
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These two rivers in India were the main water sources of the Indus river valley civilization.
What are the Indus and Ganges rivers?
300
The Dalai Lama is the leader of this religion that began in Northern India by Prince Siddartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
300
Fuedalism was a social system used in Medival Europe to govern society based on land and service. The top of the social class were kings and queens, which is this type of government.
What is a monarchy?
400
This Babylonian king had one of the harshest codes of law during the world's earliest civilizations.
Who was Hammurabi?
400
The resting place for King Khufu of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
What is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
400
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The river that runs through Rome?
What is Tiber?
400
Mosques are the holy places of worship for this major world religion.
What is Islam?
400
Ancient Athenians and Ancient Romans both influenced our country's government, which is this.
What is a democracy?
500
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King of the Persians who promised to avenge his father, King Darius, death and to burn Athens to the ground.
Who was Xerxes?
500
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King Henry VIII was king of this powerful country.
What is England?
500
These rivers runs through China.
What are the Yellow and the Yangtze?
500
This religion's leader was crucified.
What is Christianity?
500
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The two classes in Ancient Rome.