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Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
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This word means "land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
100
This river was the center of Egyptian life because floods made it possible to grow crops.
What is the Nile River.
100
The civilization on the island of Crete, which was conquered by the Mycenaeans.
What is Minoa?
100
Three reasons why Rome grew where it did.
What are volcanoes for rich soil, the Tiber River for water transportation, and seven hills for protection against enemy attacks?
100
This was the name of the king of Kish, who united the independent city-states of Sumer.
Who is king Sargon?
200
The southern part of Mesopotamia, which had about a dozen small cities, that all worshipped similar gods and had similar customs.
What is Sumer.
200
This man overthrew the king of Lower Egypt to unit Upper and Lower Egypt. To symbolized with the double crown. He became the first pharaoh of Egypt.
Who is Menes?
200
This king of Macedonia conquered all of Greece because he had unique fighting methods, including cavalry and phalanxes.
Who is king Phillip II?
200
These are the two social classes in ancient Rome.
Who are the Patricians and Plebeians?
200
Abraham and his wife, Sarah, made a covenant with God and traveled here, a location in Egypt. They became known as the Israelites, or the Jews. Later, they were forced into slavery.
What is Canaan?
300
One of the earliest writing systems in the world. This was developed by Sumer. It was made up of about 500 picture symbols.
What is cuneiform?
300
The name of the wealthy kingdom that pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom conquered for its gold mines.
What is Nubia?
300
These are the basic parts of a Greek polis.
What is an agora and an acropolis?
300
These are the three branches of the Roman Republic.
What is the Senate (controlled by the Patricians and most powerful), the citizen assembly (less powerful, controlled by the Plebeians), and the Consuls (served one year as army commanders and judges).?
300
This man led the Israelites out of Egypt, saving them from slavery. This is still celebrated by Jews in the holiday called Passover.
Who is Moses?
400
Ur, Uruk, and Eridu were all types of these in Sumer.
What are city-states, or self-governing cities of Sumer?
400
This was largest pyramid (tomb) for the pharaoh Khufu.
What is the Great Pyramid?
400
One of the most famous city-states whose people believed in training in preparation for war. They were highly skilled athletes.
What is Sparta?
400
When Roman soldier tried to conquer Carthage at the island of Sicily, the first of these wars began between Carthage and Rome.
What are the Punic Wars?
400
This word means the belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
500
"If a Freeman has put out the eye of another Freeman, they shall put out his eye." This code of law was created by this ruler of Babylonia.
Who is Hammurabi?
500
This was the Egyptian's system of writing made up of 800 picture signs. It was learned by scribes.
What is hieroglyphics?
500
After the war with Persia, Athen rebuilt their city-state. They built this marble temple on their acropolis to honor Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
500
This man was the commander of the second Punic War and brought with him fighting elephants, although he was later defeated.
Who is Hannibal?
500
In the Egyptian social pyramid, these groups of people were second from the top of the pyramid, just below the king or queen.
Who are priests and soldiers?