Beginnings
Most civilizations grew up around/near _________.
water
How did they travel the rivers?
by boat
Because of their belief in an afterlife, what did Egyptians do to important people when they died?
Mummified them/tomb
In the Chinese civilization, who was able to go to school?
boys
The Greek Empire was not one large solid piece of land, it was actually lots of ___________.
Islands
Food
Irrigation
What is the name of the famous Egyptian structures/buildings?
Pyramids
The Chinese Civilization followed God's laws and read the Bible. T or F
false
What is the name of the worldwide athletic competition that came from Greece tradition?
Olympics
Most people in the earliest civilizations had this occupation...____________.
Farming
What is a ziggurat?
Their type of structure/building.
What were the Egyptian kings/highest rulers called?
Pharoahs
What was the Terracotta Army?
Clay lifelike figures built/buried underground
What was the name of the large Roman arena where the gladiators fought?
Colosseum
All civilizations had their own system of ____________, which made their _______ and rules.
government, laws
What is their system of writing with symbols called?
Cuneiform
Name the large river that the Egyptian civilization settled near.
Nile
What are the name of the structure that was built on the northern boarder of the Chinese Civilization?
The Great Wall
What shapes did the Parthenon building use in the front part...especially famous for the Greeks?
large columns or pillars
All civilizations developed their own system of _______________, which included a written language. They also had a __________, which included numerous beliefs/gods.
Communication, religion
What does the term "fertile cresent" refer to?
the land between the rivers where they settled
What is the name of the unique Egyptian form of writing called?
hieroglyphics
Name three things that were traded by/to the Chinese on the "Silk Road".
silk, tea, salt, sugar, spices, cotton, ivory, wool, gold, silver
What number is this Roman numeral translated into... XXIV
24