Mesopotamia
Egypt
China
Indus Valley
Miscellaneous.
100

Mesopotamia Lies between these two rivers

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

100

These structures were used as burial sites for the Pharaoh. 

What are pyramids? 

100

Used in as a form of divination in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty. They include some of the earliest examples of Chinese Writing.

What are Oracle Bones? 

100

A Seasonal Winf

What is a Monsoon?

100

Someone who travels from Place to Place in search of food. 

What is a Nomad.

200

This was the first recorded Code of Laws. 

What is Hammurabi's Code?

200

This river was the center of life in Egypt.

What is the Nile. 

200

One of Two Rivers in China that were central to civilization in Ancient China. 

What is the Huang He or the Yangtze River. 

200

These twin cities had not only brick-lined streets but also a brick-lined sewer system. What we know of these cities comes from Artifacts.

What are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.

200

The period noted for being a time before recorded history. 

What is pre-history? 

300

This is a pyramid like structure used to worship gods.

What is a Ziggurat. 

300

Word used to refer to the worship of many gods as in Egypt and the rest of the River Valley Civilizations.

What is Polytheistic?

300

Flooding earned the Yellow River this nickname.

What is china's Sorrow?

300

This river was central to life in the Indus Valley

What is the Indus River. 

300

During the Neolithic Revolution Animals had this happen to them. 

What is Domestication. 

400

Wedge Shaped Writing on Clay Tablets

What is Cuneiform? 

400

Egyptian Writing

What is Hieroglyphics?

400

Name for India's Dominant Religion.

What is Shinto.

400

These are the two natural barriers in Northern India (You must get both to receive points)

What are the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush Mountains. 

400

Moving water from its source to where it is needed.

What is irrigation? 

500

As with most Ancient Civilizations, this class was just below the gods. 

Who are the priests? 

500

The Pharaoh was viewed in this way in addition to being ruler.

What is as a god? (Divine)

500

This separates India and China.

What is the Himalaya Mountains?

500

India is this type of landform.

What is a peninsula. 

500

On a timeline the period before the year zero is referred to in two ways. Name one.

What is CE or AD?