Geography
This imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Name two crops that were essential to early American agriculture.
What are:
Peppers, pumpkins, squash, beans, potatoes, corn, etc
This 5th planet from the sun is named after the Roman god of the sky and thunder.
What is Jupiter?
A government ruled by a king or queen is called this.
What is a monarchy?
This religion/philosophy was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India.
What is Buddhism?
The U.S. state that borders only one other state.
What is Maine?
Ancient Egyptians used this picture-based writing system.
What are hieroglyphics?
This ancient Greek city-state is famous for developing democracy.
What is Athens?
A system in which citizens vote for leaders is called this.
What is a democracy?
This philosophy emphasizes social harmony, filial piety, and moral conduct, and originated in Ancient China.
What is Confucianism?
The 7 continents of the world.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia?
Gold and this invaluable resource were traded across the Sahara desert in Ancient Africa.
What is salt?
This Greek city-state was famous for its powerful military.
What is Sparta?
The three branches of U.S. government.
(Bonus 300pts for explaining the ROLES of each branch)
What are the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches.
Executive: President, vetoes laws
Judicial: Supreme Court, interprets meaning of laws/decides if laws were carried out fairly
Legislative: Senate/HoR, makes laws
This deadly disease spread through Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the 1300s.
What was the Black Death or bubonic plague?
This ocean lies between Asia and North America.
What is the Pacific?
This ancient civilization developed in the region between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
This Roman language influenced Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
What is Latin?
These wars were fought by European Christians and Muslims over control of holy places beginning in the 11th century.
What were the Crusades?