Region where Mesopotamia was located, that allowed crops to grow
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
Ancient Greece was not one country but a group of these...
What are city states?
100
Pharaohs were buried in these
What are pyramids?
100
Early humans who picked berries/fruits, and went where herds of animals were living
What are hunters and gatherers?
100
This was built to provide China with some protection against nomads.
What is the Great Wall of China?
200
Winds brought moisture to the Indus Valley
What are monsoons?
200
these transferred water to and through the cities
What are aqueducts?
200
Process completed on pharaohs and wealthy Egyptians to preserve their bodies for the afterlife
What is mummification?
200
Ancient Greece city state that was very militaristic
What is Sparta?
200
this was written to give rights to the common people and take away power from the king
What is the Magna Carta?
300
Here you would find the Mayans and the Aztecs, but not at the same time
What is Mesoamerica?
300
Feudalism from top to bottom
What are kings, nobles, knights, serfs/peasants? * BONUS: If you had this in the Middle Ages, you had power. What was it? (200 Points)
300
Many ancient civilizations believed in more than one god, so they were _______________.
What is polytheistic?
300
Through this Ancient Rome became a huge and powerful empire
What is war and conquest?
300
This Babylonian king was the first to write down a set of laws.
Who is Hammurabi? *BONUS Why was it important to have the laws written down? (200 points)
400
These two rivers in Mesopotamia were called "The Rivers of Life and Death"
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? *BONUS Why were they called this? (200 Points)
400
a family that ruled for centuries
What is a dynasty?
400
Religious wars between the Christians and the Muslims
What are the Crusades? *BONUS: What were they fighting for? (200 Points)
400
gold and salt
What was the heart of West African trade?
400
Ancient Greece city state, Athens, is considered to be the birthplace of this type of government.
What is democracy?
500
Rome began on this river
What is the Tiber River?
500
Most ancient civilizations had these at the bottom of their social structure who did manual labor and had no rights, they were often people from conquered cities
What are slaves?
500
many ancient civilizations thought they were being punished by these if there was a famine, terrible diseases, or wars that killed many of their people
What are gods and goddesses?
500
In honor of the gods, Ancient Greece held these for men to participate in.
What is the Olympics? BONUS: How is this different from the Olympics we hold today? (200 points)
500
This occurred when people began to have a surplus of foods due to better farming techniques.