Mesopotamia
Egypt
India and China
Greece
Rome
100
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
100
What is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
100
What is the Mountain Range that lies on the northern border of India?
The Himalayas.
100
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
100
According to legend, which two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
200
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
200
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
200
What emperor built the Great Wall of China?
Shi Huang Di.
200
In this city-state, women could own property. (double points if you can tell me why!)
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
200
Which ruler was called "the exalted one," or "a person of great rank and authority?"
Cesar Augustus (Octavian).
300
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
300
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve bodies of the dead?
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
300
India is what type of geographic feature?
A subcontinent.
300

How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?

They are both epic poems by Homer

300

Name one man-made Roman invention that aided Roman trade.

Roads, common currency.

400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400

Deceased bodies will decay if left untreated, so the Egyptians transformed them into?

Mummies

400
How did Legalists believe government should keep peace among its people?
Through the use of force.
400
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power.
tyrant.
400

Name two specific reasons for the decline in Rome's empire.

food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big to feed everyone; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule, etc.

500

According to our studies, this was the first written code of law.

Hammurabi's Code of Laws.


500

The largest pyramid at Giza, also known as the Great Pyramid, belonged to which pharaoh?

Khufu

500
Name three major religions in ancient China.
Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism.
500

Name one of the two seas the Greeks primarily traded on?

The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

500

  • He issued the Edict of Milan in 313 CE,               which legally recognized the religion and ended Christian persecution in ancient Rome.

Constantine.

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