Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
100
"land between two rivers"
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
100
Cataracts
What are the rocky, strong rapids found in the Egyptian Nile?
100
A Subcontinent
What is a large landmass that juts out from a main continent?
100
Socrates
Who was the first philosopher in Athens who never wrote anything down?
100
Romulus and Remus
Who is believed to have founded Rome?
200
The two rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
Menes
Who united Upper and Lower Egypt?
200
The Khyber Pass
What is name of the pass in the Hindu Kush Mountain range where the Aryans got through and is an area of importance to that region?
200
The man who brought Athens to its Golden Age and who made democracy famous!
Who is Pericles?
200
They fought the Romans in the Punic Wars!
What is Carthage?
300
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
What is silt?
300
A dynasty
What is a series of rulers from the same family called?
300
Performing one's religious and moral duties.
What is dharma?
300
A market place in Athens
What is an agora?
300
"To Forbid" in Latin
What is "veto"?
400
A Sumerian temple
What is a "ziggurat"?
400
Herodotus
Who is the Greek historian who wanted to find the source of the Nile?
400
Seasonal strong winds, powerful rain
What are monsoons?
400
Euclid
Who is the father of geometry?
400
Schism
What is a religious split called?
500
Phoenicia
What civilization had the cedar tree, the alphabet & the purple dye?
500
Thutmose III
For whom was Hatshepsut a regent?
500
Groups divided into wealth, birth or occupation
What is the "caste system"?
500
Demeter
Who is the goddess of agriculture and who created the seasons?
500
Rome's first written law code on bronze tablets.
What is the Law of the 12 Tables?
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