Ancient Mesopotamia
$100 – Mesopotamia was between the ____________ and ________ Rivers is known as the "cradle of civilization."
Tigris and Euphrates
$100 – These large triangular tombs were built for pharaohs.
What are pyramids?
What is colosseum?
$100 – This city-state is known for creating democracy.
What is Athens?
$100 – This long river was the center of early Chinese civilization.
What is the Yellow River (or Huang He)?
$200 – Mesopotamians wrote using this wedge-shaped writing system.
What is cuneiform?
$200 – This river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt, providing water, transportation, and fertile soil.
What is the Nile River?
$200 – Rome was built near this river!
What is the Tiber River?
$200 – This city-state focused on military training.
What is Sparta?
$200 – This belief system teaches respect for elders and proper behavior.
What is Confucianism?
$300 – He was the king of Babylon famous for creating one of the first written law codes.
Who is Hammurabi?
$300 – This process preserved bodies for the afterlife.
What is mummification?
$300- Before Rome was a republic, it was a __________________
What is monarchy?
$300 – Greek myths explained what?
What are natural events or the actions of the gods?
$300 – This structure was built to keep out invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
$400 – This invention helped Mesopotamians transport goods and made farming easier.
What is the wheel?
$400 – This Rosetta Stone discovery helped scholars read this ancient writing system.
What are hieroglyphics?
$400 – The Roman laws were written down on these.
What are the Twelve Tables?
$300 – The Greeks believed these powerful beings lived on Mount Olympus. Who was the most powerful god?
Whois Zues?
$400 – The ancient Chinese believed rulers had this divine right to rule.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
$500 – Ziggurats were built for this purpose.
To worship the gods of their religion
$400 – He was the boy pharaoh whose tomb was discovered mostly untouched.
Who is King Tut
$500 He was the first emperor of Rome, originally named Octavian.
Who is Augustus?
$500 – This war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
$500 – This trade route connected China to the West.
What is the Silk Road?