A process of slowly drying a dead body to prevent it from rotting.
What is Mummification
100
China is a derivative of what name?
What is Qin
100
A set of rigid social categories or classes that determines a person's occupation, economic potential, and position in society?
What is caste system
100
Demo-Kratos means
What is People Rule
200
The growing of food on a regular basis and the adaptation of animals for human use
What is Systematic Agriculture & Domestication
200
This Egyptian period used bronze, horse-drawn war chariots, created an empire, and constructed buildings and temples to show the empire's greatness.
What is New Kingdom
200
The three philosophies to come out of ancient China?
What is Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism
200
Two religions that came out of Ancient India?
What is Hinduism & Buddhism
200
Ancient Greek democracy was the foundation for what?
What is American democracy
300
What are the six characteristics of civilization?
What are Cities, Gov't, Religion, Social Structure, Writing, Art
300
The Nile River is approximately how many thousand miles and why were settlers drawn to this river?
What is 4,000 miles and it's nutrient rich soil.
300
What are the names of the two rivers that make up China?
What is Yellow River (Huang He) and Yangtze (Chiang Jiang)
300
The first to major cities of Indian civilization?
What is Harappa & Mohenjo Daro
300
What is the main difference between Athenian Democracy & American democracy
What is Direct vs. Representative
400
A set of 282 laws that basically covered every aspect of life-this provided historians with great insight into the social conditions of these people.
What is Hammurabi's Code
400
What are the names of the two ancient writings of Egypt?
What are hieratic script and hieroglyphics
400
What percent of Ancient China was suitable for farming?
What is 10%
400
If you obey your dharma and have good karma, you will achieve what?
What is Nirvana
400
What was the result of the Peloponnesian War?
What is cooperation between the major Greek city-states (i.e. Athens & Sparta) was ruined
500
Name the civilization that these significant inventions/achievements came from:
1. Monotheism
2. The Alphabet
3. Royal Road
4. Pyramids
5. One of the 1st Libraries
What is
1. Israelites
2. Phoenicians
3. Persians
4. Egyptians
5. Assyrians
500
Thanks to this Stone, archaeologists were able to decipher the language of hieroglyphics?
What is Rosetta Stone
500
Name all the Ancient Chinese dynasties; which one lasted the longest & which was in considered the first true Chinese dynasty?
What is Xia, Shang, Zhou, Han, Qin; Zhou; Shang
500
What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism?
What is
1. Life is full of suffering
2. Suffering in caused by desire
3. Eliminate suffering by eliminating desire
4. Eliminate desire by following the Eightfold Path
500
Who were the three main Greek philosophers; who was considered the greatest?