The Nile flows from _________ to _______. (directional)
What is South to North?
100
This is the nickname for the Huang He River.
What is the Yellow River?
100
He was the first king to unite Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Menes (or Narmer)?
100
This is the Chinese dynasty we have our first written record, in character form.
What is the Shang Dynasty?
100
This was the writing system in Mesopotamia.
What is cunieform?
200
This is the number of months a year that the Nile predictably floods.
What is six months?
200
This is the term used to address the very fertile soil along the river.
What is loess?
200
This is the correct order of the kingdoms within Ancient Egypt?
What is Early Dynastic, Old Kingdom, 1st Intermediate, Middle Kingdom, 2nd Intermediate, New Kingdom, Late Dynastic Kingdom
200
This philosophy stated that heaven gave the authority to rule to a worthy ruler and that ruler must be virtuous and have concern for the welfare of the people in order to maintain it.
What is the mandate of heaven?
200
This Mesopotamian law code was composed of 280+ laws, designed based on the "eye for an eye" concept.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
This is the Egyptian writing system and the material used to write it on.
What is hieroglyphics and papyrus?
300
A turtle shell or ox bone used in early China in divination by writing a question upon it, heating it, and divining the answer from the resultant cracks
What is an oracle bone?
300
This was the first capital in Ancient Egypt (established by the founder in the Early Dynastic period).
What is Memphis?
300
The "History of China" starts with him and his legalist ways.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
300
This is the social structure that does not allow social mobility from class to class.
What is a caste system?
400
He is the sun god of Ancient Egypt.
Who is Ra?
400
This textile was a high demand commodity in Ancient China and beyond because of its lightweight, beautiful look, and would be a symbol for the wealthy.
What is silk?
400
This invasion group, which started out as peasants, took over Ancient Egypt in the Second Intermediate period.
What are the Hyksos?
400
He is the founder of the Han dynasty.
Who is Han Gao-tzu (or Liu Bang)?
400
Name given to the east-west trade route connecting the Han capital, Luoyang, and Constantinople.
What is the Silk Road?
500
The Rosetta stone deciphers these three languages.
What is hieroglyphics, demotic, and Greek?
500
These are the four philosophies represented in Ancient China?
What is Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Legalism?
500
This kingdom is known as the "Age of the Pyramids"
What is the Old Kingdom?
500
He was one of the greatest emperors in Chinese culture that supported the idea of what can be described as a free-market economy
Who is Wu Di?
500
This dynasty was successful in retaining power at the end of the Era of Warring States.