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100

A person from whom one is descended

What is an ancestor?

100

A place of worship believed to be sacred or holy

What is a shrine?

100

The city of Mohenjo-Daro was located in this river valley.

What is the Indus River Valley?

100

This is the translation of the Chinese "Huang He."

What is the "Yellow River?"

100

The people of the Americas grew this vegetable also known as "Indian corn"

What is maize?

200

A social class in India

What is a caste?

200

A belief that living souls are reborn in a new body.

What is Reincarnation?

200

This religion of India believed in many gods including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

What is Hinduism? 

200

He was the first emperor of China.

Who was Shi Huangdi?

200

This civilization arose after the Olmec civilization ended.

Who were the Maya?

300

Indian Corn

What is maize?

300

A series of rulers who belong to the same family.

What is a dynasty?

300

This prince of India gave up his wealth and started a new religion, Buddhism.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama? 

300

This wall built in China is over 4000 miles long.

What is "The Great Wall of China?"

300

These people built what may have been the first cities in the Americas.

Who were the Olmecs?

400

Class

What is a group of people according to social rank?

400

Knowing the truth.

What is enlightened?

400

This word means "enlightened one."

What is the Buddha? 

400

For 2000 years, this Chinese philosopher's ideas were the single strongest influence on Chinese life.

Who was Confucius?

400

The Olmecs carved these out of stone, even though they had no metal tools.

What are the giant stone heads.

500

To set apart from others

What is to isolate?

500

One of the main cities in the Indus Valley

What was Mohenjo-Daro?

500

This emperor of the Maurya Empire made Buddhism the state religion.

Who was Asoka?

500

After the Qin dynasty Qin dynasty ended, this dynasty gained control of China.

What was the Han Dynasty?

500

The Maya built these to honor their gods.

What are temples or pyramids?