Unit 1: Maps and Timelines
Unit 2: River Civilizations
Unit 3: World Religions
Unit 4: Empires in their Golden Age
Unit 5: Interactions across the Hemisphere
100

The "negative" part of a timeline, when the years count down towards 0. 

What is BCE years?

100

A fancy word for farming.

What is agriculture?

100

Antonym of compare

What is contrast?

100

A form of government first recorded in Ancient Greece where the people vote to make decisions.

What is democracy?

100

The trade route that began in China circa 130 BCE and crisscrossed the eastern hemisphere, shown here:

What is the Silk Road?

200

A map that shows human-created borders and capitals, like this

What is a political map?

200

The major river Ancient Egyptians used for irrigation.


What is the Nile?

200

Believing in many deities, like in Hinduism

What is polytheism?

200

A legalist philosophy of leadership.

What is harsh punishments will force people to obey you?

200
Barbarian invasions, economic problems, over-expansion, government corruption, etc.

What are the causes of the fall of Rome?

300

A temperate climate

What is hot in the summer and cold in the winter?

300

The king of Mesopotamia who wrote the first set of laws

Who is Hammurabi?

300

Muhammad, Jesus, Abraham and others who are messengers of God

What are prophets?

300

The large group of people who work for the leader of a government, like during the Han Dynasty of China.

What is a bureaucracy?

300

The lowest class in the Feudalism hierarchy.

What are serfs?

400

The continent with the highest population density.

What is Asia?

400

The ancient river civilization near modern-day India and Pakistan that disappeared for unknown causes, possibly invaders or an earthquake. 

What is the Indus Valley Civilization?

400

Buddhists believe reaching this will allow them to escape the cycle of reincarnation

What is Enlightenment?

400

The mountain range that protected the Roman Empire from attacks from the north. 

What are the Alps?

400

A major urban area in the Caliphate's empire.

What is Baghdad?

500

The relative location of Europe using compass directions.

Lot's of options!

What is north of Africa?

What is west of Asia?

What is to the east of the Atlantic Ocean?

etc.

500

The 7 characteristics of a civilization

What are...?

  • Stable food supply

  • Social hierarchy

  • Government

  • Religion

  • Arts

  • Technology

  • Written language

500

A sacred text that Jews and Christians have in common

What is the first half of the Bible or the "Old Testament"?

500

The Chinese merchant and scholar who described life in the Gupta Empire in his travel records. 

Who is Fa-Hian?

500

The leader of the Christians who caused the Crusades.

Who is Pope Urban II?