Egypt
name 2 bodies of water that surround India
Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea
A family that is rules a country from generation to generation
What is a dynasty
what did Greece break into because of their geography
City-States
The River that runs through Egypt
The Nile
a reed plant that grows along the Nile, which can be used to make paper.
What is Papyrus?
The system that keeps people in India in one place economically and socially
The caste system
Name 3 of the 4 dynasty's we studied
Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han
Name 2 city-states in Greece that fought all the time
Athens/Sparta
The land that surrounds the Nile is what color
black
The two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
Who was a famous philosopher from China
Confucious
Athletic Games that started in Greece
the olympics
fertile flat land made of silt left behind as the river drains into a larger body of water.
Delta
The king that made a code of laws
Hammurabi
Name the two mountain ranges
Himalayas and Hindu Kush
What dynasty lasted the least amount of time?
Zhou
The name of the dictator in Rome that was assassinated
Julius Caesar
A system of writing that was made up of about 800 picture-signs.
Hieroglyphics
What is Mesopotamia often called and why?
The Fertile Crescent
Who were the group of people that came in on chariots and took over the land?
The Aryans
what dynasty used oracle bones
Shang
A period of peace in Rome that lasted 200 years
Pax Romana