Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Greece
Rome
100
Egyptian writing that uses symbols and pictures to represent words and letters
What is hiergylphics
100
Early civilizations all began near __________.
What is Rivers
100
The Egyptian kings were called _________.
What is pharaoh
100
What type of government did Athens Greece have?
What is a democracy
100
What kind of Government did Rome have?
What is a Republic
200
A person who studies old bones, fossils, and artifacts to learn about the past
What is an archiologist
200
What were two important Rivers in Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
Where were Socrates and Plato
What is philosophers of Athens
200
Where would Romans go to watch Gladiator fights?
What is the Coliseum
300
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism
300
What is another name for Mesopotamia?
What is The Fertile Crescent
300
Who is Hatshepsut?
What is a female pharaoh of Egypt who was known for trade
300
What Greek city-state fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
What is Sparta
300
Who was the greatest orator or public speaker of Rome?
What is Cicero
400
A payment made to a more powerful nation for protection, etc.
What is tribute
400
What King was known for his 282 laws?
What is Hammurabi
400
This is where pharaoh were buried for the afterlife.
What is a pyramid
400
Who is Alexander the Great?
What is leader of Macedonia, who learned the Greek way from his tutor Aristotle
400
Name 3 Roman inventions
What is arch, aqueduct, medicine, concrete, roads,
500
a skilled worker
What is an artisan
500
What was the first form of writing called?
What is cuneiform
500
Name the 3 Kingdoms of Egypt
What is Old, Middle, New
500
What type of geography does Greece have? Name 2 features
rocky hills, islands, mountains, peninsulas
500
Who was the first emperor of Rome and what is his first name?
What is Octavian Augustus
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