Kings and Queens
This young Pharaoh was made famous by the treasures that were found in his tomb.
Who was King Tut?
When they flooded, rivers in Mesopotamia left rich silt for farmers to grow plentiful crops.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
In Mesopotamia each one of these had its own government and zuggurat.
What is a city-state?
The Persians became angry with the Athenians for helping the Ionians at Anatolia. This sparked the beginning of what wars?
What are the Persian Wars?
She established trade in Egypt, built temples for herself, and was one of the first female pharaohs.
Who was Hatshepsut?
The wooden plow, the sailboat, the stylus, Cuneiform, and irrigation systems were each _____________?
The concept of "an eye for an eye" became known in the Hammurabi Code, written by this king.
Who was King Hammurabi?
What mountain range separates India from China?
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
This form of government is ruled by the people.
What is a democracy?
Xerxes, from the top of a cliff, witnessed his army lose to Athens at the battle.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
The were considered outcasts on the social pyramid in Ancient India.
Who were the untouchables?
Mesopotamia is now what present-day country?
What is Iraq?
This Babylonian king was responsible for building one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
Who was King Nebuchadnezzar?
Mountainous land in Greece cause the people to depend on what for a living?
What are fishing and trading?
In Ancient India, they were at the top of the social pyramid and created the caste system.
Who were the Brahmin?
Who were the Persians?
They could own property, be trained for battle, and make decisions while their husbands were away at war.
Who were Spartan women?
It is the most sacred river in India.
What is the Ganges River?
This Akkadian king established the first empire.
Who was Sargon the Great?
The longest river in the world is this.
What is the Nile River?
They were the four types of government in Ancient Greece.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
The first sign of early humans was found by her in Africa?
Who was Mary Leaky?
It is the process of dying and being reborn multiple times.
What is reincarnation?
The Pyramid at Giza was built for this pharaoh.
Who was Khufu?
The three geographical features that kept invaders out of Egypt are these.
What are cataracts, the Nile Delta, and the desert?
In Egypt, he was the religious and political leader.
Who was the pharaoh?
This Macedonian became king at the age of twenty years old.
Who was Alexander the Great?
They invaded India and founded Hinduism.
Who were the Aryans?
It is another name for city-state.
What is a polis?
I am known for embracing Buddhism after seeing too much bloodshed during a war in India. I established hospitals, a postal system, and rest stops for travelers.
Who was Prince Ashoka?
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro were Indus valley cities that developed along what river in India?
What is the Indus River?
In order to vote in Ancient Greece, in order to vote, one had to have been born in Greece, a land owner, and a _______________.
What is a man?
Siddhartha Gautama left home, gave up life's luxuries, to end all suffering. He became this religious leader.
The Greeks were angry with this philosopher, who encouraged young people to ask questions.
Who was Socrates?
In Athens, it was built in honor of this goddess.
What is the Parthenon?