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100
What was the first form of writing called?
What is cuneiform?
100
What river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile
100

Monotheism is defined as what?

What is the belief in one and only one god

100
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves
100
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
A Pharaoh
200
What natural product did Mesopotamians write on?
What is clay?
200
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
_____________ is the belief in several gods.
What is polytheism
200
What is a civilization?
What is a large society that is highly organized and can pass down written information from one generation to the next
200
Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Who is King Hammurabi?
300
From what plant did the Egyptians make a type of paper product, called by the same name as the plant?
What is papyrus
300

The area in and around Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil

What is "Fertile Crescent"

300

Ancient Mesopotamian worshiped in temples called _________________

What is Ziggurats

300

What level were Sudra's on in the Caste System?

What is the lowest (other than the Dalits)

300

What is a monarchy?

What is a person who rules over a kingdom and who's power is passed from father to son.

400
What was the name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians?
What is hieroglyphics?
400
Name three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations?
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
400

The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.

What is trade

400
How did humans change from the old to the new stone age?
They began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops
400

Why is Hammurabi's Code important in world history?

It was the first known written list of laws that made everyone  follow the same laws and enforced the same punishments.

500

What is the stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages?

What is the Rosetta Stone

500

What is the worlds longest river?

What is the nile

500

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

What is The Buddha.

500

What led to the development of a division of labor?

What is a surplus of food.

500

A _____________ is a city and surrounding land that make up an independent state, with its own ruler, army, and laws.

What is a city-state