The Ancient World
Vocabulary
Fill in the Blank
Cause & Effect
Trivia
100
This civilization was the first in Mesopotamia.
Who were the Sumerians?
100
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
100
The Israelites were ______, meaning they believed in one god.
What is monotheistic?
100
Reliable water and fertile soil near major rivers helped early people do this successfully.
What is farming or irrigation?
100
This legendary Mesopotamian king was the subject of an epic about his adventures with Enkidu.
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
This river supported one of the earliest civilizations in Africa and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
200
The title given to ancient Egyptian kings and queens.
What is a pharaoh?
200
Mesopotamians wrote using a system called ______.
What is cuneiform?
200
Successful farming near rivers helped populations grow and eventually led to the development of these.
What are cities and organized civilizations?
200
This Egyptian writing material was made from a plant of the same name.
What is papyrus?
300
This network of trade routes stretched from China toward the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Silk Road?
300
A contract or agreement.
What is a covenant?
300
The sacred text of the Israelites is the ______.
What is the Torah?
300
Trade between civilizations spread more than goods; it also spread these kinds of things.
What are technologies, writing systems, beliefs, and cultural ideas?
300
This leader guided the Israelites out of Egypt during the great exodus.
Who is Moses?
400
This period spread Greek culture widely after the death of Alexander III.
What is the Hellenistic period?
400
A government in which three men hold equal power.
What is a triumvirate?
400
The idea of respecting the relationship between children and parents in ancient China was called ______ ______.
What is Filial Piety?
400
Strong rulers and armies conquered larger territories, which helped spread these across wider areas.
What are laws, governments, religions, trade networks, and cultures?
400
Ancient India developed both the decimal system and this mathematical concept during the Gupta period.
What is zero?
500
These ancient societies became increasingly complex by creating governments, laws, writing systems, religions, trade networks, and specialized jobs.
What are ancient civilizations?
500
The belief that a person’s actions can affect what happens to them in this life or a future one.
What is karma?
500
The Greeks created this medical oath, still associated with doctors and the idea of helping patients and doing no harm.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
500
Although expanding empires could unify large regions, conquest and political instability could also produce these negative results.
What is conflict?
OR
What is decline?
500
Romans who were willing to die rather than give up their Christian beliefs were called this.
What are martyrs?