Mesopotamia and Egypt
The two rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The mountain range that Mt. Everest is part of.
What is the Himalayas?
The river known as the river of sorrows because of its unpredictable flooding and changing course.
What is the Yellow River (or Huang He)?
What is the Olympics?
The largest continent in the world.
What is Asia?
This Mesopotamian ruler created a new code of laws for his people.
Who was Hammurabi?
What is the Indus River?
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
The name of one of Caesar's assassins, whom Caesar had treated like a son.
Who was Brutus?
This compound is what makes plants green and helps them photosynthesize.
What is chlorophyll?
A seafaring people who created an early 22 letter alphabet.
Who were the Phoenicians?
An Indian religion that is polytheistic and comes from the Aryan civilization.
What is Hinduism?
A philosophy that focuses on respecting authority, filial piety, and the five relationships.
What is Confucianism?
The highest point in an ancient Greek city.
What is the acropolis?
The corner of an envelope that a stamp goes on.
What is the top right?
The name of the tombs built by Pharaohs Khufu, Menkaure, and Khafre.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
The name of the prince who would become the Buddha.
Who was Prince Siddhartha?
The idea that a king rules only as long as the gods believe he is worthy, and that he will be overthrown when this is lost.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Alexander the Great ruled this kingdom, which eventually expanded into a great empire spanning from Greece to India.
What was Macedonia?
This US state was the first to ratify the Constitution in 1787.
What is Delaware?
This female Egyptian ruler expanded trade throughout Egypt and Africa.
Who was Hatshepsut?
The empire ruled by Chandragupta Maurya in northeastern India.
What was the Maurya Empire?
A period of great chaos in China following the fall of the Zhou Dynasty.
What is the Warring States period?
The first great road that Rome built in 312 BCE.
What is the Appian Way?
What is the Rosetta Stone?