Geography and Civilizations
This geographic factor most influenced the development of early river valley civilizations like Mesopotamia and Egypt.
What is access to fresh water and fertile soil?
This Babylonian legal system was one of the first written codes of law.
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
These religious wars focused on controlling Jerusalem and surrounding areas.
What are the Crusades?
This famous trade route connected Asia and Europe, boosting both trade and cultural exchange.
What is the Silk Road?
This term describes a religion that believes in multiple gods.
What is polytheism?
This region, known as the “Cradle of Civilization,” supported the development of the first complex societies.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
These safeguards in the Roman Republic prevented one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
This event caused widespread labor shortages in Europe and resulted in higher wages for workers.
What is the Black Death?
This Malian ruler distributed so much gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca that it caused inflation in some regions.
Who is Mansa Musa?
In Athenian democracy, this group of people held the rights of citizenship.
Who are free-born males with Athenian parents?
These two rivers were the main sources of water for the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The Roman Republic had these two governing bodies that demonstrated checks and balances.
What are the Consuls and the Senate?
The Crusades centered on this city, considered holy by three major religions.
What is Jerusalem?
This form of trade allowed goods to be exchanged without verbal communication.
What is silent bartering?
These stepped temples in Mesopotamia were used for religious worship.
What are ziggurats?
This river was essential for farming, trade, and transportation in ancient Egypt
What is the Nile?
Hammurabi’s Code used this type of justice to maintain order in society.
What is “an eye for an eye” or harsh punishments?
This pandemic originated in Asia and spread through Europe, killing millions.
What is the Black Death?
A trader buying goods at a lower price to sell them for more elsewhere demonstrates this economic concept.
What is supply and demand?
These structures in Egypt were used as tombs for pharaohs and had smooth sides.
What are pyramids?
Identify the latitude and longitude coordinates of Denver, Colorado.
What are 39° N and 104° W
This type of government was first introduced in Athens and allowed citizens to participate directly in decision-making.
What is direct democracy?What is Code of Hammurabi?
These were two major economic effects of the Black Death in Europe.
What are increased wages and reduced population?
The Silk Road facilitated the spread of these two cultural elements alongside goods.
What are religion and technology?
This famous Egyptian text, often placed in tombs, guided the deceased through the afterlife.
What is the Book of the Dead?