The Fertile Crescent
The world's first civilization
What is Sumer?
The main river that runs through Egypt
What is Nile River?
Most farming villages lived near this
What was the river?
The two rival city-states in ancient Greece
What is Athens and Sparta?
The city of Rome is in this country
What is Italy?
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
The resting place where mummies are buried
What is a tomb?
What was oracle bones?
This physical feature is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
What is grapes, olives, wheat, and barley? (You have to name at least 2 of these)
To supply water to crops is a form of this
What is irrigation?
What is a pharaoh?
A network of trade routes that crossed Asia
What was the Silk Road?
The ruler of Macedonia that conquered parts of Europe, Asia, Egypt and the Persian Empire
Who was Alexander the Great?
The large arena where gladiators would fight
What is the Colosseum?
Money that is used as a medium of exchange
What is currency?
The person who had the job of writing
What is a scribe?
Battles ravaged within the Zhou Dynasty and millions of people died during this time period
What is the Warring States period?
This famous ancient Greek temple located on an acropolis
What is the Parthenon?
The gathering place in ancient Rome
What is the forum?
Two rivers that provided fertile soil to the Fertile Crescent
What is the Euphrates and Tigris River?
The early form of writing based on symbols
What is hieroglyphics?
The belief that people should have respect for each other and rulers should lead by example
What is Confucianism?
The battle that ended the Greco-Persian War
What is the Battle of Plataea?
A group of 300 men elected to govern Rome
What was the Senate?