Unit 1
Who wrote the legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
What is Hammurabi wrote the laws.
Farming was possible in Egypt because of predictable____.
Romulus and Remus were the sons of the God of____.
What is the God of War.
How many times a day do Muslims pray?
What is they pray five times a day.
When did the Silk Road first begin?
When is 130 B.C.E.
The few individuals in Mesopotamia who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
What is scribes are held in high societal positions.
This man is believed to have been the first Pharaoh in Egypt.
What is King Menes was the first Pharaoh.
The Roman law code was know as what?
What are the 12 Pillars.
According to the Islamic religion, Muslims believe that who was the prophet sent from Allah (God)?
What is Muhammad was the prophet.
What were some obstacles in the way of the Silk Road?
What are high mountains that were hard to get over, extreme heat and cold weather, dry areas.
What is the Law Code of Manu.
Who did Alexander claim he was the son of to enter the Egyptian temple.
Who is Amun Ra.
The wars between Rome and Carthage are remembered as what?
What are the Punic Wars.
What are the Four Noble Truths.
What was commonly traded using the Silk Road?
What is silk, cotton, metals, and tea were traded on the Silk Road.
This item was a major invention in the Indus River Valley.
What is the cultivation of cotton for cloth.
Cleopatra was a Pharaoh that was associated with which dynasty?
What is Cleopatra was the Pharaoh of the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Julius Caesar was initially popular in Rome because why?
What is he favored "Liberal Policies" and promoted social reform.
Where did Buddhism originate and where did it spread?
What is India. Leading faith in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Japan, and Korea.
Who was Marco Polo and what significance does he have to the Silk Road?
What is Marco Polo was a Spanish explorer that traveled along the Silk Road. He was a young merchant and used the Silk Road to trade.
Describe the relationship that Mesopotamians had with their Gods?
What is they were fearful of doing wrong as to not anger the Gods. If they were not obedient, there would be floods, droughts, famine, and other natural disasters. They saw the Gods as ill tempered, and not loving or merciful.
List and describe two reasons why the Nile River valley was crucial to life in Egypt?
What is they used it for trade and protected them from invasions. You could also expand your business if you were a merchant.
Why were Rome and Carthage rivals (before the Punic Wars)?
What is they fought over the Mediterranean Sea for trade and expansion. Rome wants to expand, and takes over Carthage to do so. Rome could access Asia, Europe, and Africa if they controlled the Mediterranean, so they could trade with other villages.
What is the religious text for Islam? What do Muslims believe about the creation of this book?
What is the Qur'an and that muhammad wrote the book when Allah told him to. They follow this book to learn the truths and is a moral guide for living.
How was the Silk Road integral to the spreading of cultural foods.
What is moving foods across countries quickly and efficiently. This was needed to trade with other people to obtain different crops and silks that are not able to be produced where the traders come from. The food would probably spoil if it was not being transported fast enough.