Prehistory
Egypt & Mesopotamia
India & China
Greece & Rome
The Middle Ages & Renaissance
100

A person that moves around from place to place. In prehistory, these people moved to hunt and gather food.

What is a nomad?

100

The name of the river that flows through Egypt and is also the longest river in the world?

What is the Nile River?

100

The name of the Chinese philosopher who felt that family should always come first.

Who is Confucius?

100

The city-state of Sparta valued what about all else?

What is loyalty to Sparta and military strength? 

100

This system was used to provide protection against invaders during the Middle Ages.

What is Feudalism?

200

The name of the era that is also known as the "Old Stone Age."

What is the Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age?

200

The names of the two rivers that Mesopotamia is located between.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

200

Summer Monsoons bring this to India.

What is rain? 

200

Only this group of people could participate in the Olympic games.

Who are men? 

200
This is an example of a plague that killed millions of people during the Middle Ages.

What is the Black Plague?

300

People domesticated animals and grew crops during this era.

What is the Neolithic Era or the New Stone Age?

300

The name of the writing used in Egypt and Mesopotamia.

What are Hieroglyphics writing in Egypt and Cuneiform writing in Mesopotamia?

300

If a Hindu follows the Dharma of their caste, they will escape this cycle of being reborn into the body of another living thing.

What is reincarnation? 

300
The city-state of Athens created this form of government ruled by the people.

What is a democracy?

300

During the Middle Ages, this institution collected taxes, tended to the sick and made laws?

What is the Catholic Church?

400

Artifacts are used by these scientists to learn about early civilizations.

Who are archaeologists? 

400

 The meaning of the name "Mesopotamia." 

What is the land between two rivers?

400

Buddhism spread from India to China on this trade route.

What is the Silk Road? 

400
The citizens of Rome used this form of government where they voted for leaders to represent them. 

What is a Republic?

400

The Renaissance began in Italy for this reason.

What is wealthy merchants controlled the Italian city-states?

500

The name of the time period before writing was invented.

What is prehistory? During this time, people created pictures in caves.

500

The name of the first set of laws put into place in Ancient Mesopotamia.

What is The Code of Hammurabi?

500

This emperor conquered the warring states and unified China under his rule.

Who is Qin Shi Huang?

500

The Byzantine empire was either the eastern or western side of the divided Roman Empire. 

What is the eastern side of the Roman Empire?

500

This artist drew images of helicopters, tanks, parachutes, and flying machines.

Who is Leonardo da Vinci?