Vocabulary
Places
Beliefs and Legends
Civilizations
Anything!
100
A drawing or symbol used to represent a word in the Chinese language
What is a pictograph?
200
A fortress built to protect a city
What is a citadel?
300
A person who gives advice
What is an oracle?
300
Region that includes southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
What is Middle America?
300
The most famous Chinese legend
What is "Yu the Great and the Great Flood"?
300
Shang Dynasty
What was the most powerful dynasty in ancient China?
300
A little more than 600 years
How long did the Mayan civilization last?
400
A network of pipes that disposes of waste water
What is a sewer system?
400
Harappa and Mohenjadaro
What two cities were considered the two greatest centers of the Indus Valley civilization?
400
Because China had natural boundaries and did not trade with other people
Why did the Chinese people develop a strong sense of culture?
400
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Belize
Where did the Mayan civilization settle?
400
The number zero
What math contribution did the ancient Mayas give to the world?
500
An enriched, sandy soil of the Huang He valley
What is loess?
500
Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India
What are the current-day countries located on the large peninsula that juts out from southern Asia?
500
A queen saw worms making cocoons and was able to weave a shirt from what they made
What is the Legend of Silk?
500
Method by which the Olmecs made the best out of the small amount of fertile soil they had available for planting
What is intercropping (slash and burn)?
500
Because their main product was rubber which was made from the rubber plants
Why were the Olmecs known as the rubber people?
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