Early Humans & Mesopotamia
Early humans who foraged plants and followed migrating animals
Who are hunters and gathers?
The river that ran south to north, in the middle of the country
What is the Nile River?
This building stood in the center of Athens upon a hill
What is the Parthenon?
A conflict that involves war between two groups in the same country
What is a civil war?
Siddhartha Gautama was his real name
Who is the Buddha?
The practice of managing crops and live stock
What is agriculture?
The process of treating a body to keep it from decaying
What is embalming?
A column that forms upward leaf motifs and is the most complex out of the three
What is a Corinthian column?
An ancient city that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
What is Pompeii?
He was the first emperor to convert to Christianity
Who is Constantine?
The two major rivers in ancient Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
A reed plant that grows along the Nile River
What is papyrus?
The Greek word for city
What is a polis?
Brutus led a rebellion against this early group of Roman inhabitants
Who are the Etruscans?
The event of Moses leading the Israelites from Egypt to find the Promise Land
What is the Exodus?
The first set of written laws
Hammurabi's Code
The pharaoh who is best known for constructing pyramids
Who is Khufu?
Name means 'lover of wisdom'
Who is a philosopher?
A ruler who has absolute power
What is a dictator?
The truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering
What are the Four Noble Truths?
The temple where ancient Mesopotamians would worship their many gods
What is a ziggurat?
The highest ranking government official who directly served the pharaoh
Who is the vizier?
Slaves who are prisoners of war
What are helots?
The emperor who brought about reforms to the Roman Empire
Who is Caesar Augustus?
The three parts of Brahman
Who are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva?