Early Civilizations
India & Asia
Greece
Rome
Islam, Africa, Asia, &
The Americas
100
River valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers (located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf).
What is the Fertile Crescent
100
Built to protect China from invasions
What is the Great Wall of China?
100
An independent city; Polis; central focus of Greek life
What is a city-state?
100
a form of government in which a few of the most prominent citizens rule
What is an aristocracy?
100
Dominate language of Islam
What is arabic?
200
Known for his law code, a collection of 282 laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
Major trade route starting in China and ending in Rome.
What is the Silk Road?
200
Rule by a few
What is an oligarchy?
200
Created to move water to and from the city of Rome (sewage system)
What is an aqueduct?
200
a country enclosed or nearly enclosed by land (Example: Mongolia)
What is a landlocked country?
300
A government by divine authority.
What is a theocracy.
300
The "Enlightened One"
Who is Buddha?
300
Rule by many
What is a democracy?
300
Form of government in which the leader is not a monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote
What is a republic?
300
Self-sufficiency farming (only growing enough food for your family)
What is subsistence agriculture?
400
Old Stone Age
What is paleolithic?
400
Major religion of India
What is Hinduism?
400
Caused the spread of Greek culture to Europe and Asia.
What are Alexander the Great's conquests.
400
Representative government
What is a republic?
400
Producing food/products based on demand of population
What is market-oriented agriculture?
500
Labeled as a time when humans stopped hunting and gathering and starting to grow crops and domesticate animals.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
500
2 Main rivers that most early Chinese civilizations settled near.
What are the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers?
500
Lack of fertile soil/farmland
What is a reason for Greek colonization?
500
Wars fought between Rome and the Carthaginians (to maintain more control of Mediterranean colonies/territories)
What are the Punic Wars?
500
Known for expanding the Mongol Empire
Who is Genghis Khan?
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