Mesopotamia
The form of writing used in Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
The name given to a ruler of ancient Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
A religion started by a prince named Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
A form of government in which all citizens have the power to make their own decisions through voting and representation.
What is a democracy?
Also known as the Huang He River.
What is the Yellow River?
The boomerang shaped region known for its rich soil.
What is the fertile crescent?
A famous young boy king of Egypt
Who is King Tutankhamen?
A class system in India that placed people in groups according to their status in society.
What is the caste system?
A form of government in which a few wealthy people hold the power.
What is an oligarchy?
This is an army made from red clay for the tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di.
What is the Terracotta Army?
The leader chosen by the gods and wrote a code of fair or unfair laws for Babylonia.
Who is King Hammurabi?
Ancient Egyptian writing.
What are hieroglyphs?
The time period after the Greco Persian War when Pericles lead Athens to economic and cultural magnificence.
What is The Golden Age?
When a Chinese ruler was given the power to rule by the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
They created the first civilization.
Who are the Sumerians?
A word that means worshipping many gods.
What is polytheism?
The nation that eventually became the Roman Republic began on the Tiber River in what modern-day country?
What is Italy?
China's first great thinker and teacher.
Who is Confucius?
The official record keepers who wrote and recorded information in cuneiform.
What are scribes?
The world's longest river that flows from south to north and is a precious resource for Egyptians.
What is the Nile River?
India's first civilization began here.
What is the Indus Valley?
The beginning of the Roman Empire was thought to have occurred in 44BC after the death of which ruler?
Who is Julius Caeser?
These ancient Chinese artifacts made of animal bones or turtle shells were scratched and cracked to answer questions from the gods and ancestors.
What are oracle bones?