Ancient Mesopotamia
The picture below shows an irrigation system in Mesopotamia. How did irrigation positively impact the environment?
What is Irrigation brought water to areas that were previously dry?
people specializing and then trading their items with one another in markets
What is Religion was very important to their daily lives, and they considered Pharaoh to be a god?
What led to the creation of empires like the Qin Empire of China?
What is A leader of one region took over other neighboring areas, and ruled them as one place?
What was one responsibility of an Athenian citizen?
What is To attend all assembly meetings?
Aside from being born in Rome, having Roman parents, and being a part of the social classes, what is the OTHER way one can become a citizen in Rome?
What is They could apply to be a citizen?
Certain developments in a civilization cause changes to happen. What did the creation of non-agricultural (non-farming) jobs lead to?
What is new types of jobs and new technology
How did the Nile River impact the movement of people, goods, and/or ideas throughout Egypt?
What is It provided a faster way to move people, goods, and/or ideas by letting the river be the main mode of transportation?
what landform in China and helped provide a natural border for protection?
What are The Himalayan Mountains?
What was one result of ancient Greeks not having enough farmland to feed themselves?
What is They traded to get what they needed?
How did other groups influence the government that the Romans created (a republic)?
What is The Greeks practiced a democracy, and Rome liked that the people had a say?
The creation of different goods and skills allowed Sumerians to trade within their region and with those around them. Using the image below, what was created to help the merchants sell their goods?
What is markets?
Why did the Egyptians create mummies?
What is Because they believed that they would need their bodies in the afterlife, and needed to preserve them?
Most early settlements were found in Inner China. Which of the following best describes why?
What is Less extreme physical environments and access to more resources?
What was the overall impact, or outcome, that occurred because of the interactions and events that happened between Persian messengers and the Greeks they met with?
What is the Greeks killed the messengers, which led to the Persian War?
Which of the following did not happen because of the increase in taxes citizens had to pay in the Roman Empire?
What is The people became super wealthy?
The middle class was made up of merchants and craftspeople- highly skilled workers who created many different tools and luxury items. These types of jobs and skills led to...
What is people specializing and then trading their items with one another in markets?
Looking at the images below, one can observe one of the main similarities between Egyptian and Mesopotamian religion. The similarity is that both are ___________.
What is polytheistic?
After areas were conquered and became an empire, the emperor had to unite them in order to make them one area. Which of the following is an example of how empires would unite the people?
What is Creating a single writing system that everyone must use, making one language be the primary language spoken, or creating one type of money that everyone had to use when trading?
Which of the following is evidence that shows Sparta was an oligarchy?
What is The Council of Elders were a small group who held the power?
Julius Caesar completely changed the government of Rome when he became the first "dictator for life." What were the effects of this change once Julius Caesar died?
What is The Republic began to fully decline, until Augustus took power, became an emperor, and the republic fell?
Archaeological work in Mesopotamia has uncovered many Indus Valley originating objects. What would this suggest?
What is Mesopotamians traded with Indus Valley peoples?
What was a job that was carried about the Vizier?
What is being the main advisor to the pharaoh, creating reports on what was happening throughout Egypt to present to pharaoh, or being a chief overseer of projects?
The Silk Road increased interaction between the east (China) and the west (Europe), and allowed for the spread and exchange of _________
What is silk and spices, languages and religions and culture?
How did Greece’s physical geography influence the economic choices they made as a region?
What is The land is a peninsula that is covered in mountains, so trade was primarily done through sea travel (to both other Greek city-states and outside civilizations)?
How were Christians treated in the Roman Empire before 300 CE? (HINT: This is BEFORE Emperor Constantine came to power)
What is The Roman Empire persecuted Christians?