Ancient Civilizations: Egypt & Kush
This river was the lifeblood of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
European powers divided Africa during this 1884–1885 meeting.
What is the Berlin Conference?
Apartheid took place in this African country.
What is South Africa?
Confucianism teaches the importance of this relationship.
What is respect for family/elders?
The world’s highest mountain range, located in Asia.
What are the Himalayas?
Kush was located south of this ancient civilization.
What is Egypt?
The term for European control over African lands.
What is colonization?
Apartheid laws separated people based on this.
What is race?
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)?
Much of Southeast Asia’s land is covered by this type of terrain.
What are rainforests?
The Nile’s yearly flooding provided this benefit to farmers.
What is fertile soil/silt for crops?
Ghana’s first president who helped lead independence from Britain.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This leader became South Africa’s first Black president after apartheid ended.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This philosophy values harmony with nature and the Dao.
What is Daoism/Taoism?
This major river runs through China and is key for agriculture.
What is the Yangtze River?
This desert protected Egypt from most invasions.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Many borders drawn by Europeans caused this lasting problem.
What are ethnic conflicts?
One major economic challenge still facing Africa today.
What is poverty/unemployment/lack of infrastructure?
The type of government in modern-day China.
What is a communist government?
A challenge many Southeast Asian nations face due to monsoons and flooding.
What is natural disaster damage/crop loss?
Kushites adopted many cultural traits from Egypt, including this form of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
This European country colonized much of West Africa and North Africa.
What is France?
A disease that continues to impact many African nations’ economies and populations.-
What is HIV/AIDS?
Japan’s government today is a constitutional one of this type.
What is a constitutional monarchy?
Overcrowding and pollution are major problems in these Asian regions.
What are urban areas/cities?