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The first republican government began around 509 BCE in this civilization.
What is the Roman Republic?
This is what we call the measurement of a location NORTH or SOUTH of the equator. (HINT: Line of _________)
What is latitude?
This invention from 3500 BCE revolutionized transportation.
What is the wheel?
In 1973, the first phone call from one of these was made by inventor Martin Cooper, employee of Motorola.
What is a cell/mobile phone?
If a civilization is MONOTHEISTIC, they worship this many gods.
What is one?
This continent is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea.
What is Africa?
This kind of economy has people trading goods for other goods instead of exchanging money. (HINT: It starts with the letter B)
What is bartering?
The first compass was created around 200 BCE in this large Far East country.
What is China?
Without discovering this, humans would not have been able to travel by night or settle in cold climates.
What is fire?
The oldest one of these in Egypt dates back to 2700 BCE, while the oldest one in Central America dates back to 1000 BCE.
What is a pyramid?
Ottawa is the capital of this country.
What is Canada?
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GRAPES is the acronym we use to remember the components of civilizations.
Name at least TWO of the six components of GRAPES. (You'll receive an extra 100 points if you can name all six.)
Around 2000 years ago, the Romans were the first to make these metal pieces used in construction.
What are nails?
Most ancient cities were established near one of these landforms.
What are rivers?
This war, fought along the border between present-day Canada and the USA and lasting three years, ended in a stalemate (no winner).
What is the War of 1812?
The concept of DEMOCRACY began around 507 BCE in this nation.
What is Greece?
What is to water crops?
In 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful ______________ in North Carolina.
What is plane/flight?
Cuneiform is the world's oldest form of this. (Hint: It involves symbols and clay tablets)
What is writing?
Known as the "Cradle of Civilization," this ancient area is where modern-day Iraq exists. (HINT: It starts with the letter M)
What is Mesopotamia?
This is the capital of France. (HINT: It was the location of the 2024 Summer Olympics.)
What is Paris?
LONGITUDE is the measurement of a location EAST or WEST of this. (HINT: It's located in Greenwich, England)
What is the prime meridian?
The creation of this in 1989 revolutionized the way the world communicates.
What is the World Wide Web?
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The Indus Valley Civilization (modern-day India and Pakistan) had the world's first ___________ system over 4500 years ago. This greatly increased the inhabitants' health.
What is cryptocurrency?