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What is another name for 0 degrees latitude?
Equator
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Where was the world's first democracy?
Athens
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What name was given the a thin, beautiful type of pottery made in ancient China?
porcelain
100
What is half of the globe called?
hemisphere
100
What ancient Greek city-state was remembered for their military strength?
Sparta
200
Name the 3 kinds of movement
People, Goods, & Ideas
200
What religion was spread to Africa when Mansa Musa was a king of Ghana?
Islam
200
Was the Silk Road used for recreational, religious, or economic reasons?
Economic
200
What name is given to the code of conduct for the Samurai?
Bushido
200
Name the 3 kinds of Greek columns
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
300
What group of people conquered both the Aztecs and the Incas?
Spanish conquistadors
300
In Ancient Mesopotamia what name was given to the list of laws and the punishments for breaking them?
Hammurabi's Code
300
What was the main religion in the Byzantine Empire?
Orthodox Christianity
300
Why did the Mayas and Aztecs sacrifice human beings?
to please their gods
300
What language began in the city of Rome, but then later spread over many continents when the Romans conquered lots of places and made many colonies?
Latin
400
What nickname was given to ancient Egypt? Why?
It was called the Gift of the Nile because the Nile River made it possible for people to live there.
400
The empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai became wealthy because of what activity?
trade
400
Give two examples of physical characteristics of a place.
landforms, bodies of water, vegetation, wildlife, climate
400
The Aztecs lived in a very swampy place and farmed on floating islands called what?
Chinampas
400
Were ancient Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic?
polytheistic
500
Why did all early civilizations form in river valleys?
The rivers flooded and left fertile soil for farming.
500
What was the name of the Sumerian writing? For what did they first use the writing?
Cuneiform was used to keep business records.
500
What name was given the the period of peace and and prosperity in the Roman Empire? What does it mean?
It was called Pax Romana, which means Roman Peace
500
Explain how the terrain of Ancient Greece led to isolated city-states
The mountains and rugged coastlines made it hard for people to move around.
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On what did ancient Sumerians write, and what did they use to write?
They wrote on clay tablets with styluses.
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