Ancient Egypt
Indus River Valley
Ancient China
Mesoamerica
The Andes
100
The broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the major river that runs through this ancient civilization (must also name the river for the points)
What is the Nile Delta?
100
The Indus Valley civilization is sometimes called this because of the many archaeological discoveries made at that site
What is the Harappan civilization?
100
Among the oldest and most important cities in ancient China
What was Anyang?
100
Name of the "mother culture" of Mesoamerica
Who were the Olmecs?
100
Name of the oldest civilization that developed here
What was Norte Chico?
200
During this process, embalmers placed the lungs, liver, and other internal organs into Canopic jars.
What was mummification?
200
The largest cities in the Indus River Valley were Kalibangan, Harappa, and this city.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
200
Two major river systems that flow from the mountainous west to the Pacific Ocean
What are the Huang He (Yellow River) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze)?
200
Two major cities in the Olmec homeland
What were San Lorenzo and La Venta?
200
Another term for the Norte Chico civilization
What was the Caral-Supe civilization?
300
Etched into the stones of these massive structures are the nicknames of the teams of people who built them—"the Vigorous Gang," "the Enduring Gang," and "the Craftsman Gang," for example.
What are the pyramids?
300
One of the most remarkable achievements of the Indus Valley people
What is sophisticated plumbing and sewage systems? (Also: What is sophisticated city planning?)
300
The Zhou dynasty established this political system in which nobles, or lords, are granted use of lands that legally belong to the king
What was feudalism?
300
The civilization that developed in the Oaxaca valley, after the Olmec
Who were the Zapotec?
300
The three other civilizations that developed in the Andes (900 BC—200 BC, 200 BC—600 AD, and 100 AD—700 AD)
The Chavin, the Nazca, and the Moche
400
The Sun God in Ancient Egyptian mythology
Who was Ra?
400
Seasonal winds that dominate India's climate - they blow dry air westward across the country from October to February, then shift from June to October, bringing rainclouds eastward, which cause powerful storms
What are monsoons?
400
The concept of divine approval to rule
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
400
What culture created this colossal head?
Who were the Olmec?
400
The extraordinary but puzzling set of creations left behind by the Nazca
What were the Nazca lines?
500
King who united Upper and Lower Egypt
Who was King Narmer?
500
The type of written language the Harappan people developed
What was a hieroglyphic language?
500
What the ancient Chinese called their own culture (since they considered people who lived outside of China 'barbarians', and they saw their own country as the center of the civilized world)
What was the Middle Kingdom?
500
This Mesoamerican civilization created a calendar system based on the movement of the sun, and a hieroglyphic writing system
Who were the Zapotec?
500
What is this an image of?
What is Caral-Supe (Norte Chico)?