Geography
What river in Egypt was essential for farming and transportation?
What is the Nile River?
What continent is considered the birthplace of humans?
What is Africa?
What is irrigation used for?
What is "watering crops?"
What is polytheism?
What is the belief in many Gods?
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)?
What geographic feature helped protect ancient China from invasions to the North?
What is the Great Wall of China?
What pull factors may have encouraged early humans to migrate to different regions?
What are resources? (Food, Water, Land - all acceptable)
What crop was first domesticated in Mesoamerica?
What is corn? (Maize)
What writing system did the ancient Egyptians use?
What are Hieroglyphics?
Who was the first emperor of Rome, bringing stability after years of civil war?
Who is Augustus (Octavian)?
What desert covers much of Northern Africa?
What is the Sahara?
What term describes humans moving from place to place in search of food?
What are nomads? (Nomadic)
What was one major effect of farming on human societies?
What are permanent settlements? (villages & cities)
What writing system did the ancient Egyptians use?
What is cuneiform?
Who was the famous Greek philosopher and student of Plato, known for teaching Alexander the Great?
Who is Aristotle?
What mountain range helped protect ancient India from invasions to the North?
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
What was the "land bridge" that connected Asia and North America during the Ice Age?
What is Beringia? (Bering Strait or Bering)
What term describes people who specialize in one type of work (like pottery or weaving) instead of farming?
What is specialization of labor?
What was the main purpose of ziggurats in Mesopotamia?
What is religious worship? (temples)
Which Chinese philosopher stressed order, respect, and proper relationships?
Who is Confucius?
What major river system supported early Chinese civilizations?
What is the Yellow (Huang He) River?
What tool development gave early humans a big advantage in hunting and survival?
What is fire? (stone tools, bow & arrows, acceptable)
What is the shift from hunting and gathering to farming called?
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
What is the name of the world’s first epic poem, from Mesopotamia?
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Who was the Macedonian king who created one of the largest empires in the ancient world by the age of 30?
Who is Alexander the Great?