Unit 1
Which 2 rivers was Mesopotamia located in?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Who was the Sun God in Ancient Egypt?
Who is Ra?
Where would the citizens of Rome go to solve government issues?
What is the forum.
What is the First Noble Truth.
Life is suffering.
What good mostly traveled the Silk road?
What is silk.
Who was the leader who created the first Laws that dealt with everyday life?
Who is Hammurabi?
Who was the last Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt?
Who is Cleopatra?
Rome is a city in...?
What is Italy?
Where does Buddhism originate?
India.
Which Dynasty was the Silk road?
What was the Han Dynasty.
The principle based on Hammurabi's code was...?
An eye for an eye.
The Persian king that took over Egypt in 525 BCE...?
Who is Cyprus the Great.
The Punic War was against ____ and ____ ?
What is Rome and Carthage?
Which continent was Carthage located?
What is Africa
Where was the Silk Road?
Between China and the Mediterranean Sea.
The government that Best represents Mohenjo-Daro was... ?
What is a Theocracy?
Who was known as the "Child Pharaoh"?
Who is King Tut?
What was the Roman's law of code?
What was the 12 Tables.
What was the general in a Roman army called?
What is a Legate?
Who is Marco Polo?
Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
What was the relationship between Mesopotamians and their gods?
There wasn't a real relationship. They didn't know each other. If the people did something wrong or didn't make them happy the gods would punish them for their actions.
What was the main purpose of the Egyptian pyramids?
It was used for tombs of past rulers and worship places. When former rulers died they would be mummified and put in a special place inside of the pyramids. There would be certain places for the people to worship their Pharaohs in the pyramids.
What was the Rosetta stone?
It was stone filled with Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. People believed it was the same thing written down but in different languages. This helped to decipher the hieroglyphics.
What are the 5 pillars of life?
Confession of Faith, Pilgrimage, Almsgiving, Daily Prayers, and Fasting. The point if to submit to god. If they did all of these things they would've truly submitted. After they did all these things they would have a good afterlife.
How was the Silk Road integral to the spreading of culture, food, languages, and religions in Eurasia?
Merchants from different places brought goods from 1 place to another leading food to be diffused. Many people travel from west to east leading to a growth in population. With all the people coming from different places this led new languages to appear in China.