Stone Ages
Mesopotamia
Israel
Egypt
India
China
Greece
Rome
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100
The time designations BC and BCE come before this major event in ancient world history.
What is the birth of Jesus?
100
The nickname given to the land known as Mesopotamia due to its ideal location for farming.
What is "The Fertile Crescent?"
100
The term that describes the Jewish belief in one god, Yahweh.
What is monotheism?
100
This geographical feature was used by the Egyptians as the basis for their yearly calendar, telling them when to plant crops and when to harvest.
What is the Nile River?
100
This geographic feature acts as a barrier between India and China, discouraging trade and communication between the civilizations for a long time.
What are the Himalayan mountains?
100
The river responsible for both deadly flooding as well as life-giving silt for crops.
What is the Yellow River?
100
The TWO aspects of Greek geography that encouraged maritime trade and colonization.
What are mountains and surrounding seas?
100
What river runs through Rome?
What is the Tiber River?
100
This word means farming.
What is agriculture?
200
The most important development of the Stone Ages.
What is controlling fire?
200
The cities states of Ur and Sumer grew large due to their location on one of these two rivers that run through Mesopotamia. (Name both)
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
This man migrated from Ur to Canaan, founding Judaism upon his arrival.
Who is Abraham?
200
This was built as tombs for pharaohs.
What are the Pyramids?
200
The polytheistic religion that developed in India as a result of the migration of the Aryan people into India.
What is Hinduism?
200
The length of time characterized by chaos and inner conflict amongst Chinese royal families.
What is the Warring States Period?
200
The legendary location of the home of the Greek gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
200
This person declared himself dictator for life and was later murdered by members of the senate.
Who was Julius Caesar?
200
This word means a way to move water.
What is irrigation?
300
The time period that signals a gradual shift from hunting and gathering to farming in permanent settlements.
What is the Neolithic Agricultural Revolution?
300
The Mesopotamians built these buildings for priests to use for worship and prayer to their gods.
What is a Ziggurat?
300
The Persian king who allowed the captive Israelites to return home to Canaan and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
300
The Egyptian form of writing that used images to show ideas.
What are Hieroglyphs?
300
The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro grew up in this river valley.
What is the Indus River Valley?
300
The Dynasty led by Shi Huangdi, who used Legalism to rule with an iron fist.
What is the Qin Dynasty?
300
The epic tale written by Homer that describes the conflict known today as the Trojan War.
What is The Iliad?
300
This monotheistic religion has Jesus as the Messiah, and the Bible as the holy book.
What is Christianity?
300
This word means money.
What is economy?
400
Due to specialization, social classes were created in settled society, grouping people into classes based on this.
What is your job?
400
The earliest known example of a written story in ancient history, originally written in cuneiform.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
400
The set of ethical rules given to the Hebrews by Moses during the Exodus.
What are the 10 Commandments?
400
This is a process of wrapping the body in linen to preserve them for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
400
According to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism, this is the cause of all suffering in life.
What are desires?
400
The invention of the Han Dynasty that helped to end China's isolation from other civilizations by promoting cultural diffusion.
What is the Silk Road?
400
This conflict ended in a Spartan victory, yet weakened all the city states of Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
This is a slave trained as a soldier.
What is a gladiator?
400
This is another word for a god or goddess.
What is a deity?
500
The term that refers to the time before written language was invented.
What is "Prehistoric"?
500
The Mesopotamians were able to solve the river flooding problem and the lack of rain problem for agriculture by creating this invention.
What is irrigation?
500
This geographic feature is directly between the lands of Israel and Egypt.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
500
The Egyptian Pharaoh who made Egypt wealthy through war, specifically defeating the Hittites and signing a peace treaty with them.
Who is Ramses II?
500
The job of the third-highest level of the caste system.
What are craftsmen/merchants/farmers?
500
This was spread from India along the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
500
Name the three columns below in order.
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
500
He was the first emperor of Rome.
Who was Augustus?
500
This type of government is ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
600
The literal translation of the term "Paleolithic".
What is "Old Stone"?
600
This was invented to help transport goods.
What is the wheel?
600
This person led the Israelites out of Egypt and parted the Red Sea.
Who is Moses?
600
The man who discovered the famous tomb of king Tutankhamun.
Who is Howard Carter?
600
These are winds that can bring wet or dry weather.
What are monsoons?
600
The emperor of the Han that contributed to the expansion of China's borders and use of Confucianist policies.
Who is Wudi?
600
This city-state relied heavily on war. They had an oligarchy, and treated slaves poorly.
What is Sparta?
600
This is the term that refers to the scattering of Jews throughout regions of the world?
What is the Jewish Diaspora?
600
This was a Roman invention designed to bring fresh water into the cities.
What is an aqueduct?