Geography
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Ancient China
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What is the "land between two rivers" called?
Mesopotamia
100
What were floods like in ancient Egypt?
Flooding was violent and uncontrolled.
100
What were floods like in ancient Egypt?
Flooding in ancient Egypt was regular and well-controlled.
100
What was the main river in ancient Indian civilization?
The Indus River
100
What was the main river valley of ancient China?
The Yellow or Huang River valley
200
The source of life in ancient Egypt is...
The Nile River
200
What was the main temple of a Sumerian city called?
A ziggurat
200
What was the government leader called?
Pharaoh
200
How many people were believed to have lived in the ancient city of Harappa?
200,000
200
Where and why was the Great Wall of China built?
In the mountains along the northern border to keep out the Mongols/nomadic invaders
300
What are the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
300
What Empire was known for being ruthless?
The Assyrian Empire
300
What is "dynasty" rule?
A line of hereditary rulers (rule that passes within the family blood line)
300
What are the two major world religions that began in India?
Hinduism and Buddhism
300
What two philosophies began in ancient China?
Confucianism and Daoism
400
Flooding in ancient Sumer was ______ and _______.
unpredictable and violent.
400
The following is an excerpt from what ancient document? 195: If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.
Hammurabi's Code
400
How did Egyptians view the afterlife?
They viewed it positively, as a continuation of life on earth.
400
Why is much still unknown about the Indus Valley civilization?
Historians have not been able to translate their writing.
400
What did Confucius say was the most important relationship?
Father-son, filial piety
500
How did Egypt's geography protect it from invasion?
It was surrounded by the Western desert, the Mediterrean Sea, and the Red Sea.
500
Why is the "Epic of Gilgamesh" important today?
It gives historians insight into the values and beliefs of Sumerian society.
500
How did New Kingdom Egypt differ from the Old and Middle Kingdoms?
The New Kingdom rulers tried to expand Egypt through conquest.
500
Who were the nomadic herders once believed to have invaded the Indus Valley?
The Aryans
500
Who was Shi Huangdi?
First Emperor of China, start of the Qin dynasty
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