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100
What was the first form of writing called?
What is cuneiform?
100
What river flows through Egypt? In which direction does it flow?
What is the Nile? What is northward from East Africa into Egypt?
100
Monotheism is defined as what?
What is the belief in one and only one god
100
What did the Egyptians create to help them track the flooding cycles of the Nile River?
What is a calendar
100
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
A Pharaoh
200
Who developed a writing system made up of just 22 characters?
Who are the Phoenicians
200
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
Respect of all people is the first principle of _____________.
What is Confucianism
200
What was found by archaeologists in Clovis, New Mexico?
What were artifacts
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
Mesopotamia is also known as the ________________, due to it's prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is "Fertile Crescent" or Land Between Two Rivers
300
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________
What is pyramids
300
Why do we use the term "the Stone Age" to describe the period of time of hunterers and gatherers?
These people mainly relied on stone tools
300
What term describes the technology, customs, beliefs and art of a group?
What is culture?
400
What was the name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians?
What is hieroglyphics?
400
What did the Chinese people build to help control the flooding along the Huang "Yellow" River?
What are levees
400
For what purpose was Solomon's Temple built?
What is to house the Torah
400
What occupation has the responsibilities to uncover evidence, or clues, from the past?
What is an archaeologist
400
What saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code and what was it's purpose?
What is "an eye for an eye" What is to enforce punishment
500
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is a stone with writings (hieroglyphics) that have been translated into the same message in three different languages
500
Why is the Huang or "Yellow" River, that flows through the North China Plain, often called China's Sorrow?
What is because of the destruction caused by it's floods
500
What is the main difference between Daoism and Confucianism?
What is Daoism focuses on harmony with nature Confucianism focuses on order
500
What farming method allowed successful farming in Mesopotamia?
What is irrigation
500
Why did Shi Huangdi build the Great Wall of China?
What is to protect the empire from northern invaders