Trade Routes
What is the name of the trade route that connected Ancient China to Ancient Rome?
The Silk Road
What country were Hindu-Arabic numerals invented in?
India
How many years are in between 30 BCE and 32 CE?
61 years (don't forget to subtract 1!)
Which language system was used in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
How many countries does the Nile River flow through?
11
What is ONE of the items that Ancient Rome traded with Ancient China on the Silk Road?
Wool
Silver
Gold
True or False: The invention of paper helped spread Buddhism
False
True or False: The higher the number in BCE, the older the year?
True
Which language system was used in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
What are the two modern day countries that the Indus River Valley civilization stretched across?
Pakistan and India
What are the TWO religions that spread along the Silk Road?
Christianity and Buddhism
What is ONE of the plant materials that paper was made of when it was first invented?
Bark
Hemp
Bamboo
How old was Alexander the Great when he died? (356 BCE - 323 BCE)
33 years old
True or False: Cuneiform and Hieroglyphics were both founded in Africa?
False
What is ONE artifact that the Indus River Valley civilization was known for?
Painted pottery
Soapstone seals
Terracotta figurines
Which religion spread along the Trans-Saharan Trade Route?
Islam
Name TWO of the spices that were traded on the Silk Road
Clover, ginger, nutmeg, black pepper, saffron, cinnamon
Put these events in order:
Start of the American Revolution (1765 CE)
Invention of Cuneiform (3500 BCE)
MLK Jr. gives his "I Have A Dream" speech (1963 CE)
King Tut begins his rule (1334 BCE)
Invention of Cuneiform --> King Tut --> American Revolution --> MLK Jr's speech
What is the name of the group of people who used cuneiform in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
What is the name of the legal text created by a Babylonian king, that set the foundation for future legal systems?
Code of Hammurabi
What was the western most empire that the Trans-Saharan Trade Route reached?
Which two languages influenced and blended to make Swahili?
Arabic and Bantu
How many years are there between Hammurabi's Code being written (1750 BCE) and the Declaration of Independence being signed (1776 CE)
3525 years
What is ONE of the groups of people who adopted and evolved the cuneiform language system?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Elamites
Persians
What is the sediment that gives the Yellow River its color?
Silt