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100
The river where the Egyptian civilization began
What is the Nile River?
100
The writing of the Sumerians (Mesopotamia)
What is cuneifom?
100
The city-state where the Mesopotamian civilization began
What is Sumer?
100
Temple towers built by the Sumerians to worship their gods
What is a ziggurat?
100
Flooding happened to many rivers each year, leaving behind rich soil called this
What is fertile silt?
200
The location of the first civilization in India
What is along the Indus River?
200
The writing of the Ancient Egyptians
What is Hieroglyphics?
200
A powerful group or family that ruled for a number of years
What is a dynasty?
200
A large wall built in China to keep out invaders
What is The Great Wall of China?
200
Two reasons civilizations began by rivers
What are fresh water for irrigation, onstant supply of food, fish in river, fertile land, transportation
300
The river where the Ancient Chinese civilization began
What is Haung He River and Yangtze River?
300
The Ancient Egyptians invented this writing material used by weaving wild plants together.
What is papyrus?
300
The social structure and civilization where people were born into their class level and rarely moved classes
What is the caste system of India?
300
An Egyptian tomb with a square base and 4 triangular sides
What is a pyramid?
300
This route contributed to exchange of goods, ideas, and cultural practices throughout the Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the Silk Road?
400
The rivers which border Mesopotamia
What are Euphrates and Tigris Rivers?
400
Discovered and cultivated silk
Who were the Chinese?
400
The government required citizens to work on building projects and they collected 60% of farmers harvest. This was the Egyptian form of what?
What are taxes?
400
The Sumerians built their houses out of this material
What are sun-dried mud bricks?
400
The invention of this device opened the eyes to ancient people and gave them more confidence to travel by water rather than by land
What is the compass?
500
The longest river in the World
What is Nile River?
500
Invented the first sewer and drainage system
Who were the people of Ancient India?
500
This written list of 282 laws established in Mesopotamia that were set for all people to follow
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
500
The building ruins of this ancient civilization show that it was twice the size of Mesopotamia and Egypt
What is the Harrapan Civilization in Ancient India?
500
The area of land which received its name because of its shape that goes from Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
What is the Fertile Crescent?