Mesopotamia
What were the first settlers in Mesopotamia called?
Who are the Sumerians
Name two natural barriers that led to China's isolation?
Gobi Desert, Taklimakan desert, Himalayas, oceans, Tianshan mountains
In which modern country is the Indus River Valley Civilization located?
Pakistan
Name the three kingdoms of Egypt
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
Which artifact allowed modern historians to decode Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
What was the system of writing?
What is cuneiform
What are the Chinese names for the two Major Rivers?
What is the Huang He and Chiang Jian River?
Which major river flows through Northern India
Ganges River
Where was the Great Pyramid constructed?
Giza/Cairo
Which term describes the cycle of rebirth in Indian religions
Samsara or reincarnation
Name two important inventions or innovations.
Wheel, irrigation, cuneiform, plow, sailboat, etc
What artifacts from the Shang Dynasty revealed writing?
Oracle Bones
What was the biggest city of the Indus River Valley?
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
Which pharaoh is famous because the tomb was found intact?
Tutankhamun "King Tut"?
What term describes the shift from hunter-gatherer to farming?
Neolithic Revolution or Agricultural Revolution
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
What was Qin Shi Huang buried with (use the correct word)
Terracotta warriors
Name two religions of ancient India aside from Hinduism and Buddhism?
Sikhism and Jainism
Which god was king of the dead?
Osiris
Where did Arabic numerals originate?
India
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
Who started the Han dynasty?
Liu Bang
Name the founders of two Indian Empires
Chandraqupta Maurya and Asoka?
Which pharaoh fought the Hittites and claimed that he beat them?
Ramses (II)
Who was the famous king of Uruk?
Gilgamesh