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Maurya or Gupta
100

A pharaoh was their ruler.

Who were the Egyptians?

100

The first known civilization

What is Mesopotamia?

100

Their writing system is known as hieroglyphics.

Who are the Egyptians?

100

The location of these empires.

What is India?

200

They used oracle bones to make decisions and predict the future.

Who is the Shang Dynasty?

200

The location that early civilizations had in common.

What is a water source or a river?

200

Their writing system was known as cuneiform.

Who is Mesopotamia?

200

Name the peaceful king of Maurya.

Who is Ashoka?

300

They had a strong navy and a direct democracy.

Who was Athens?

300

The two main components of the Chinese Empires' defense system.

What is...a strong army and the Great Wall of China?

300

Historians have not been able to decipher the writing system of this civilization.

Who is India or Indus Valley?

300

Name 3 characteristics of the Gupta Empire.

What is...military expansion, agriculture, international trade, religious tolerance?

400

It was known as "the land between two rivers."

Who is Mesopotamia?

400

This word or phrase is not related to the others - hunter-gatherer, pastoral nomad, migration, silt.

What is silt? Silt is used for farming, the others are related to people who moved in search of food.

400

This is the first civilization to record their history in writing.

Who is the Shang Dynasty?

400

Name 2 ways in which the Maurya king expanded his empire without violence. 

What is...Buddhist missionaries, religious tolerance, accepted all cultures?

500

The two main goals of the Han Dynasty - and the 3 ways in which they achieved those goals.

What is...stability and expansion.  Confucius, strong defense, and trade 

500

List the five reasons why civilizations arose.

What is...access to water, gov't, defense, specialized jobs, trade?

500

The writing systems had this in common.

What is pictures and symbols?

500

Name two accomplishments of the Gupta Empire.

What is...decimal system, calculated pi, determined the earth's rotation?

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