Mesopotamia
Early Mesopotamia developed near which body of water?
Rivers
The title given to Egyptian Monarchs.
Pharaoh
Ancient Greece is located near which sea?
Mediterranean Sea
Ancient Rome can be found in which peninsula?
Italian, Italy
Which mountain range can be found going North to South in Italy?
Appenines
The two rivers important for Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which river was vital for the survival of Egypt?
Nile
The early Greek city-states were called?
Polis
The first group of people to arrive and settle near Rome were called?
Latins
Which group of settlers settled in Southern Italy, later occupying 2/3 of Sicily?
Greeks
T/F: Mesopotamia had many mountain ranges protecting them from invaders.
False
The process in which Egyptians preserved their dead in order to prevent it from rotting?
Mummification
Which city-state in Greece focused more on combat and military discipline?
Sparta
Old Rome was ruled under how many kings?
7
A form of government in which the leader is not a king, and certain citizens have rights?
Republic
What was the name of the first written code of law?
Code of Hammurabi
Which kingdom to the South did Egypt conquer, expanding their empire?
Nubia
Democracy
Who was the dictator ruler that caused the decline of the Roman Empire?
Julius Cesar
The first Roman emperor was?
Augustus
What structure was the religious and political center of Mesopotamian city-states?
Ziggurats
Egyptian heiroglyphs were first carved into what material?
Stone
The height of Athenian power in Greece was due to which person dominating politics?
Pericles
What were the social classes in Rome?
Patricians/Plebians
Which ruler made Christianity the official religion of the empire?
Constantine