These rocky rapids made the Nile very difficult to navigate.
What are cataracts?
100
The Egyptian god of the sun.
Who is Ra?
100
The original settlers in India started their civilization along this river.
What is the Indus River?
100
This religion began in India and is still the majority religion in India. It neither truly polytheistic or monotheistic.
What is Hinduism?
100
God made a covenant with this man in which he told him to take his followers and move the the Promised Land.
Who is Abraham?
200
Early Egypt was divided into these two regions.
What are Upper and Lower Egypt?
200
The pictographic writing system used by the ancient Egyptians was called this.
What are hieroglyphics?
200
The Indus Valley people built lots of these to catch water during periods of rain.
What are wells?
200
This religion was started by Abraham and the patriarchs.
What is Judaism?
200
This major world religion began in Ancient Israel.
What is Judaism?
300
This warrior king of Egypt brought it a period of great wealth and success. He is rumored to have had many children.
Who is Ramses II or Ramses the Great?
300
This woman took over as pharaoh of Egypt because her step son was too young to rule.
Who is Hatshepsut?
300
These seasonal winds gave the Indus Vally and dry season and a rainy season.
What are monsoons?
300
This religion was started by a prince who gave up everything he had. He believed that the root cause of human suffering is desire.
What is Buddhism?
300
This man led the Hebrew people out of slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses?
400
The Egyptian goddess of cats.
Who is Bast?
400
This last pharaoh of Egypt committed suicide rather than surrender to the Romans.
Who is Cleopatra?
400
A special storehouse for extra grain
What is a granary?
400
The goal of Hinduism is to reunite with this life-giving creator-force god.
What is Brahama?
400
These basic rules for living were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai.
What are the 10 Commandments?
500
This pharaoh united the two regions of Egypt.
Who is Narmer (or Menes)?
500
The ruling families of Egypt were called this.
What is dynasty?
500
The Indus Valley people used these kind of like tags. They said something about the person who made or owned an object. You collected them in the Indus Valley Trader game.
What are seals?
500
Buddhists believe that this is the cause of all suffering in the world.
What is desire?
500
The Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt is known as this.