Geography
Identify the largest continent in the world.
Asia
Name 2 inventions of Shang China.
Compass, paper, gunpowder, paper money, silk
Name either of the 2 rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris, Euphrates
What river did the Egyptians build their society on?
The Nile
Which philosophy tells you to "go with the flow?"
Taoism
How does the Equator divide the Earth?
Into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
The belief that ancestors live on in the afterlife and can help or hurt you
What was the name of the temples that Mesopotamians built to honor their gods?
Ziggurat
What was the purpose of the pyramids?
Burial Tombs
Which major Chinese philosophy is also a religion?
Buddhism
What's the difference between a political map and a physical map?
A political map shows countries, cities, and capitals, while a physical map shows physical features like mountains, lakes, and rivers.
What do historians call the process of ruling families rising and falling in China?
The Dynastic Cycle
What famous phrase is used in Hammurabi's Code?
"An eye for an eye."
What is the word for water management, which the Egyptians used to thrive on the Nile?
Irrigation
What is the word for the paradise reached through enlightenment in Buddhism?
Nirvana
List the oceans of the world from largest to smallest.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
What did the local farmers nickname the Yellow River?
China's Sorrow
Which Sumerian king was the subject of the world's first myth?
Gilgamesh
What special advisor did the Pharaoh have?
The Vizier
Which dynasty implemented the ideas of Legalism?
Qin Dynasty
What is it called when there is a chain of islands close to each other?
Archipelago
What artifacts did the Chinese use for their early writing?
Oracle Bones
What modern-day country is Mesopotamia located in?
Iraq
What language on the Rosetta Stone unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphics?
Ancient Greek
What Confucian idea tells us that children should be faithful to their parents?
Filial piety