H&G Toss-Up
Around the World
Geography
Ancient China
Ancient India
100
Alaska is northwest of California and west of Canada. What direction would you travel from Canada to reach California?
What is South
100
the river where cities in ancient Egypt developed
What is the Nile?
100
lines that run from east to west around the earth
What is latitude?
100
a series of political rulers who all belong to the same family are known as this.
What is a dynasty?
100
the river where ancient cities in India developed
What is the Indus River?
200
these types of maps just show the boundaries between different states and countries
What is a political map?
200
lines that run north to south along the earth
What is longitude?
200
Asia is the largest this
What is continent?
200
The major river in China is called this, because of the color of the soil it deposits on the river banks
What is Yellow River?
200
Chandragupta Maurya, Asoka, and Samadragupta were all this in ancient India
What are emperors?
300
these maps show the typical weather in different places
What is a climate map?
300
If you travel from Alaska to Canada, you'd be moving in this direction
What is east?
300
North, South, East, and West are called the
What are the cardinal directions?
300
because it provides fertile soil and therefore rich farmland, the Huang He River can be called this for the people of ancient China
What is a blessing?
300
the development of a 365 day calendar, the invention of the number 0, and major accomplishments in arts & writing are all part of this era in ancient India
What is the golden age?
400
A new dynasty took over in 1000 BCE and ruled for 600 years. When did the dynasty end?
What is 400 BCE?
400
Ms Tomczuk wants to move to a country where people live very long. She considers South Africa, which has a life expectancy of 49, Nigeria, which has a life expectancy of 52, and Greece, which has a life expectancy of 80. Which country should she move to?
What is Greece?
400
as you move away from this line, located at zero degrees, the time changes
What is the prime meridian?
400
during this dynasty, paper and ink were invented allowing the people to keep detailed records of what was happening in society
What is the Han dynasty?
400
The two present-day countries where the Indus River Valley is located
What are India and Pakistan?
500
this ancient Mesopotamian emperor created an eye-for-an-eye law system
Who is Hammurabi?
500
The literacy rate in China is 94%. The literacy rate in the United States is 99%. In which country do more people probably attend school?
What is the United States?
500
If you travel from the United States to South Africa, you'd be traveling in this direction.
What is Southeast?
500
the Zhou dynasty is also known as this because of the major advancements and important philosophers alive at the time
What is the golden age?
500
archaeologists still cannot read the writing that was discovered in these two ancient cities
What are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
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