Ancient Mesopotamia
What two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the name of the river in Egypt?
The Nile
What is the name of the yellow soil found in China and Iowa?
Loess
Summer Monsoons are caused by:
The uneven temperature between land and water causes winds to bring excessive precipitation for days or weeks at a time.
3/4 of Greece is covered by what?
Mountains
The name of the one God in Zoroastrianism.
Ahura Mazda
What did the Pharaonic crown of the Middle Kingdom represent?
Upper and Lower Egypt
What tall mountain chain makes it difficult to travel into/outside of China from the West?
Himalayas
The highest class in the caste system is:
Brahmin
What were the types of plays performed in Athens?
Tragedy and Comedy
What is silt?
The fine soil left behind by river flooding.
What was the purpose of the pyramids in the Old Kingdom?
Tombs for Pharoahs
Huang He
Name a river in India.
Indus; Ganges; Godavari
What was the Statue of Athena sculpted from?
Gold and Ivory
Who built the first empire in Mesopotamia?
Sargon of Akkad
What was Egyptian writing called?
Hieroglyphics
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The divine blessing of the one true and just ruler in Ancient China
What is the name of the Ancient Indian city whose residents seemed to have just disappeared?
Harappa
What was the name of the ruler of Ancient Athens?
Pericles
"An Eye for an Eye" comes from what?
Hammurabi's Code
Who was the king of the Egyptian Gods?
Ra
"Please Bring Honor To Us All" represents which school of Chinese philosophy?
Confucianism
What was the name of the Indo-European people who invaded India through the Khyber Pass?
Aryans
Which form of government is Greece most famous for developing?
Democracy