Sumeria
Name a technological invention are the Sumerians responsible for?
What continent was the Incan Empire on?
South America
What kind of houses did the Haudenosaunee live in?
Longhouses
What geographical features made Rome successful as an empire?
Alps, Mediterranean Sea
What was the title of the ruler of ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
What was the name of the Sumerian writing system?
Cuneiform
What object was plunged into the ground to found the city of Cuzco?
Golden Staff
Name one of the main crops the Algonkin farmed?
Corn, squash, beans, berries
What two brothers established the city of Rome?
Romulus and Remus
What major river flows through Egypt?
Nile
Slaves were at the bottom of the Sumerian social hierarchy, who was at the top?
Ruler, Priest, King
Maize or corn
Peacemaker and who else worked to create the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
Hiawatha
What are the three branches of government that the Romans establish and we use today?
Executive, Judicial, Legislative
Why did the Egyptians build pyramids?
tomb
What were the names of the two rivers bordering the lands of Mesopotamia?
Tigris, Euphrates
Name one of the Spaniards who conquered the Aztec or Inca
Hernan Cortez, Francisco Pizzaro
Who in Haudenosaunee society appointed chiefs to the Grand Council?
Clan Mothers
In the Second Punic War, what was the name of the General who marched into Italy, over the Alps?
Hannibal Barca
What is the difference between red land and black land for the Egyptians?
Red = Desert, Black = Farmland
What four main gods did the Sumerians believe in?
Gods of the sky, foothills, freshwater, and wind
What was Huitzilopochtli the Aztec god of?
War, Sun, Sacrifice
Name one of the nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga, Tuscarora
Who conquered Gaul, created our calendar, and almost became the first Imperator?
Julius Caesar
What was the name of the stone that allowed Europeans do decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone