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, the name for the temple
200
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
200
What emperor built the Great Wall of China?
Qin Shinhuangdi
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
Who was assassinated on the Ides of March because he was getting to powerful?
Julius Caesar
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. THat the Ka (soul) had a body to inhabit in the afterlife
300
India is what type of geographic feature?
A subcontinent/peninsula
300
What are 2 ways are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poem, they are both written by Homer, they are both about the Trojan War, they both are a basis of Greek Mythology
300
Name 2 man-made Roman inventions/innovations that aided Roman trade.
Roadways, common currency., concrete, aqueducts
400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400
According to Egyptian beliefs, what happens when a person's heart is lighter than a feather? If it's heavier?
Lighter: happy afterlife; heavier: fed to a monster.
400
How did Legalists believe government should keep peace among its people?
Through the use of force/strict rules/harsh consequnces
400
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power through the use of force.
tyrant.
400
Name three specific reasons for the decline in Rome's empire.
food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big to control; personal armies of generals; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule, etc., invasion by barbarians
500
According to our studies, this is the importance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
It was the first written code of law/laws were written in the center of the town where all could see them
500
Why is King Tut's tomb so important?
It was found in undisturbed; all the artifacts were still there and we learned a lot about Ancient Egypt
500
Name three major religions in ancient China.
Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism -- LEGALISM is not a religion
500
On which two seas did the Greeks primarily trade?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, or Aegean Sea