Geography
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Prehistory is the time before this was invented.
What is writing?
Mesopotamia means "land between two ______."
What are rivers?
The river that was the center of ancient Egyptian life.
What is the Nile River?
This system was used to select government officials based on merit rather than birth.
What is the civil service exam?
Lines that run north and south on a map but measure east and west are called these.
What is longitude?
Early humans who moved from place to place to find food were called this.
What are nomads?
The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are the ______ and the ______.
Kings of ancient Egypt were called this.
What are pharaohs?
The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty is also famous for building this famous tomb filled with life-size statues of soldiers.
This hemisphere includes North America, Europe, and most of Asia.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
The period known as the "Old Stone Age" is called this.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
The first known form of writing, invented in Mesopotamia, was called this.
What is cuneifrom?
Egyptians built these giant structures as tombs for their kings.
What are pyramids?
This long trade route connected China with Europe and other parts of Asia.
What is the silk road?
The line of longitude at 0 degrees is called this.
What is the Prime Meridian?
People in the Neolithic Age learned how to do this, allowing them to settle in one place.
What is agriculture (farming)?
This famous king wrote one of the world’s first sets of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
This written system of picture symbols was used by the ancient Egyptians.
What are hieroglyphics?
This structure was built to protect China from northern invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China
This word means "half of the Earth," divided by the Equator or Prime Meridian.
What is hemisphere?
Scientists who study fossils and human history by digging in the ground are called these.
What is archeologist?
Mesopotamian farmers controlled river water for crops by building these.
What is irrigation?
The process ancient Egyptians used to preserve bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
Ancient China believed rulers were chosen by the gods to rule. This idea was called the ______.
What is the mandante of heaven?