These are the names of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia, which is how the area gets its' name "The land between two rivers".
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
This is the name of the main river in Egypt, it flows South to North and is one of the longest rivers in the world.
What is the Nile River?
100
These are the names of the two main rivers in India, one of which Mojenjo-Daro is located on.
What are the Indus & Ganges Rivers?
100
These are the names of the two main rivers of Ancient China, one is named for a color that the river turns after loess builds up in the river.
What are the Huang (Yellow) and Chang (Yangtze) Rivers?
100
This is the main river of Mesoamerica. It is located in South America (modern day Brazil) and is one of the longest rivers in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
200
This is the nickname given to Mesopotamia. It is called this because of it's large crescent-shaped curve that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
These are the names of the two "Lands" in Egypt. One is named for the rich, dark soil and the other is named for the hot, scorched desert.
What are the Black Land and the Red Land?
200
The definition for this vocabulary term that means "a large land mass that is set apart from the rest of the continent". Just like how India is separated from the rest of the continent of Asia.
What is subcontinent?
200
Ancient China was geographically isolated by these physical features.
What are the Gobi & Taklimakan Deserts, the Pacific Ocean, and the Himalayan Mountains?
200
This resource of the Maya is volcanic glass that a sharp rock used to make blades for spears and arrows.
What is obsidian?
300
The Sumerians used technology to __________ or to supply water to their crops. They dug many miles of canals to bring water from the rivers to their fields so that their crops could get water during the hot, dry summer months.
What is irrigation?
300
Legends say that Narmar united the two kingdoms of Egypt around 3000 BCE. Thus, he became the first _____, or king, of a unified Egypt.
What is pharaoh?
300
Many houses in the Indus Valley had bathrooms and toilets, wastewater from houses flowed into brick-lined channels. These were the world's first citywide _____.
What is sewer system?
300
In the view of Zhou dynasty, they believed in the concept of the __________, which meant that Heaven had given their dynasty the right to rule.
What is Mandate of Heaven?
300
These are the three main groups of Mesoamerica.
What are the Maya, Aztecs, and the Incans?
400
This is a system of writing in Ancient Mesopotamia that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things.
What is Cuneiform?
400
This is a process used by Ancient Egyptians that preserved the body so that the body could be a home for the person's spirit after death.
What is mummification?
400
The religion of India, or _____, includes concepts such as karma, dharma, and reincarnation. The ultimate goal of this religion is to achieve moksha, or liberation from reincarnation and becomes one with Brahman.
What is Hinduism?
400
Confucianism is one of the most important philosophies developed in China. It is a vision of a stable and orderly society based on five relationships. The most important relationship in Confucianism is _____.
What is the father-son or parent-child relationship?
400
These are artificial islands built by the Aztecs to increase their farmland. It would eventually help the Aztecs feed a growing population.
What is chinampas?
500
This is a set of laws introduced by the first Babylonian King. It is comprised of 288 laws that everyone was expected to live by.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
500
Egyptians invented a material very similar to paper. In fact, this is where we get the word for paper.
What is papryus?
500
Two of the biggest mathematical innovations introduced by India was the concept of _____ as a numeral and the _____, a counting system based on units of ten.
What are zero and decimal system?
500
This is one of the most famous and important trade routes that criss-crossed Asia, connecting China to central and southwest Asia. Not only did merchants make their fortunes on this trade route, but it was also a path for the spread of ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
500
The Aztecs committed __________ because they believed their gods brought success in battle and made the sun rise. Without this, they believed their gods would grow weak and the sun would disappear. Many victims were prisoners.