Mesopotamia
These two rivers flow through Mespotamia (present-day Iraq).
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
This river valley pattern flows through China.
What is the Chang Jiang?
This Greek leader brought many democratic changes to Greece.
Who is Pericles?
These two brothers come from a legend of Rome's founding.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
This great power ruled over Judea in the time of Jesus.
What is Rome?
Sumer had this type of pyramid, which was square.
What is a ziggurat?
Legalism promoted this.
What is using the legal system to force people to obey laws?
Athens and Sparta fought a war because of ____.
What is power?
Rome conquered these lands during the 200s-100s B.C.
What are Spain, Italy, Greece, and Africa?
Women and slaves were particularly eager to become Christians because of this.
The people of Sumer spoke this language.
What is a pictograph?
The Qin Dynasty's new emperor's name was this.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
This Macedonian king conquered the city-states of Greece.
Who is Philip II?
Describe what SPQR stands for.
What is the Senate and the people of Rome?
The Romans viewed Christianity at first as a _____.
What is a threat?
Deserts and water would help these later civilizations develop.
What are Egypt and Israel?
This was one of the goods sold on the Silk Roads in China.
What is silk?
Greeks introduced this type of play.
What is drama?
Early Rome was very _____.
What is dirty?
This Roman emperor blamed the Christians for starting a fire that destroyed Rome in A.D. 64.
Who is Nero?
The Sumerians invented this.
What is the wheel?
Confucianism was founded by this man.
Who is Confucius?
This man built an enormous empire with land in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Roman farmers were called this.
What is a plebeian?
This Roman emperor was known for being converted to Christianity.
Who is Constantine?