Mesopotamia / Egypt
World Religions
African Kingdoms
Ancient Greece/Rome
Medieval Europe
100
The structure that ancient Egyptian pharaohs were buried in.
What is a pyramid?
100
The belief in one God.
What is monotheistic?
100
The desert that covers a majority of Africa.
What is the Sahara?
100
The place where the 10 major Greek gods live.
What is Mt. Olympus?
100
The flowering of culture at the end of the Middle Ages. It comes from the French word meaning "rebirth".
What is the Renaissance?
200
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
What is Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent?
200
The country where Buddhism and Hinduism arose.
What is India?
200
The first African Kingdom.
What is Ghana?
200
The first Roman dictator / emperor.
Who was Julius Caesar?
200
The theme of most medieval art to help teach the people.
What is religion?
300
The first code of laws that were written.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
The sacred text in Judaism.
What is the Torah?
300
The name of the trade route in Africa.
What is the trans-Saharan?
300
The Greek form of government where all citizens share power.
What is a democracy?
300
The birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence (Italy)?
400
Religious towers built by the Sumerians.
What are ziggurats?
400
The city that contains some of the holiest sites in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
400
The two major resources traded.
What are gold and salt?
400
The body of water that the Roman Empire circled at the end of its expansion.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
The Catholic priest who broke away from the Catholic Church and started the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
500
The Egyptian pharaoh who had the Great Pyramid of Giza built.
Who was Khufu?
500
This is the symbol for this religion.
What is the symbol of Isam?
500
The wealthiest man in history and first to convert to Islam in Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa?
500
The river that Julius Caesar crossed marking the beginning of his take over in Rome.
What is the Rubicon River?
500
The powerful and rich family that ruled Italy during the Renaissance. The series "The Serpent Queen" is about her family.
Who are the Medicis?