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Ancient Civilizations
Mesopotamia/Egypt
India
China/Greece
Rome
100
Paleolithic
What is the Greek word for 'Old Stone Age'? (Hint: -olethic)
100
"Land between two Rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates)
What is Mesopotamia?
100
Religious group that believes in reincarnation?
What is Hinduism?
100
The belief in ancient China that the emperor received his right to rule from the gods.
What is the mandate of heaven?
100
Lower class of ancient Rome and could not hold office but could vote.
Who are the Plebians?
200
People who roam around looking for food.
What is a nomad?
200
He established the first empire in Mesopotamia around 2300 B.C.
Who is Sargon?
200
Area known in India where civilizations began.
What is the Indus River Valley?
200
Macedonian King who conquered Greece, the Middle East, Egypt, Persia, and part of India in 13 years by age 32.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
Women and the poor were appealed to this religion the most.
What is Christianity?
300
During the New Stone Age (Neolithic), civilizations were discovering how to domesticate animals and how to grow crops.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
300
People who lived in Mesopotamia.
Who are the Sumerians?
300
Complex and rigid social class or India.
What is the caste system?
300
Fortified location in the middle of a Greek city-state.
What is an acropolis?
300
In the Roman Republic this group of officials were elected every other year. (Hint: Executive)
Who are the Consuls?
400
Led the Israelites out of Egypt and was given the Ten Commandments.
Who is Moses?
400
The land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf where civilization arose in the Middle East.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
Religious leader that took the name Buddha.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
400
The war fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian Wars?
400
This dictator was considered to be loved by all of Rome. (Except for the Senate)
Who is Julius Caesar?
500
Civilization that set up the Royal Road
Who are the Persians?
500
Sumerian writing on clay tablets that used symbols to represent words and ideas.
What is cuneiform?
500
The lowest class in Hindu society.
Who are the Untouchables?
500
Large defensive structure built across northern China during the Qin dynasty in an effort to repel invaders.
What is the Great Wall of China?
500
The peninsula of Italy is located on this continent.
What is Europe?