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Mesopotamia
Egypt & the
Indus River Valley
China
Indo-Europeans
Minoans/Mesopotamia/
Jews
100
This region, located between the Tigris and Eurphrates Rivers, was also known as _____.
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
100
The people from this area are named for their main city.
What is the Harrapan Civlization?
100
The Huang He was given this nickname due to its constant flooding and destruction.
What is "China's Sorrow"?
100
These people (1) occupied this area (2) also known as Turkey. ***************Double Jeopardy***************
Who are the Hittites and what is Anatolia?
100
These traders, known for their art, dominated the Mediterranean Sea for 600 years?
Who are the Minoans?
200
These people established one of the first civilizations.
What is Sumer?
200
This king united Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt to form one empire.
Who is Narmer?
200
Ancient priests used these items to foretell the future and answer questions?
What are oracle bones?
200
The Aryan people of India beleived in this social and political system to separate the people into classes.
What is the caste system?
200
These people were known for creating a writing system in order to maintain trade records. This system is based on sounds representing symbols.
Who are the Phoenecians?
300
Priests and rules shared control in this type of government system.
What is theocracy?
300
Egyptian rulers were known as God-Kings.
What is a pharoah?
300
Chinese rulers believed that their right to rule came straight from the Gods.
What is the "Mandate of Heaven"?
300
In this religion, the people believe in these three Gods: Brahman, Vishnu, and Shiva.
What is Hinduism?
300
The Hebrews believed in one God.
What is monotheism?
400
These people worshipped and sacrificed to many Gods for a variety of reasons.
What is polytheism?
400
Unlike the Harrapan civilization, we could dicipher this Ancient Egyptian form of writing that used symbols to represent sounds.
What is hieroglyphics?
400
This individual wished to reform society by showing rulers how to govern wisely.
Who is Confucius?
400
This person is credited with founding Buddhism after a roaming the World seeking religious truth and an end to life's suffering.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
400
These three kings united the Hebrews into one kingdom called Isreal. ****************Double Jeopardy****************
Who are Saul, David, and Solomon?
500
This ancient king established a uniform code of laws with which to govern his people.
Who is Hammurabi?
500
The Indus Valley people traded in this material due to the difficulty in growing it and is usually found in bright colors.
What is cotton cloth?
500
Laozi established the religion based on the premise of the importance of the natural order among all living things.
What is Daoism?
500
After successfully following the eightfold path, Buddhists beleive that one can reach this state or release from pain and suffering.
What is Nirvana?
500
This kingdom began to invade and would ultimately bring Israel & Judah to their knees.
What is Babylon?