Civlizations
These people lived on a peninsula surrounded by the Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas. People mostly lived in political units known as poleis or city-states, and their cultural achievements have been admired for thousands of years.
Who are the Greeks?
This name, meaning “the land between two rivers”, is given to the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now modern day Iraq. It was home to many ancient civilizations, such as Sumer, Akkadia, and Babylon.
What is Mesopotamia?
The many-god beliefs of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece are examples of _____________ religions.
What is polytheistic?
This Akkadian king used chariot armies to conquer and unite the lands of ancient Sumer, and because of that is often called the first emperor in history.
Who is Sargon?
Led by the pharaoh Khufu, this architectural achievement is the only one of the “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” still standing today. It was built by paid laborers.
What are the The Great Pyramids of Giza?
Around 3500 BCE, these were the first people to live together in large numbers in cities, in what was known as Mesopotamia.
Who are the Sumerians?
This physical feature of Greece made farming difficult and led to the development of city-states.
What are mountains?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, with their belief in one God, are examples of _______________ religions.
What is monotheistic?
This ancient Egyptian king is believed to be the first leader of a united Egypt, as shown by artifacts that show him wearing a double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who is Narmer?
This writing system created in Mesopotamia is considered the first writing system in the world.
What is Cuneiform?
These people settled in the land known as Canaan, spent time enslaved in Egypt, before eventually returning to Canaan.
Who were the Israelites?
This desert is the largest in the world, stretching across most of northern Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The king of the underworld in Egyptian mythology, who was brought back to life after being cut into pieces by his brother. This story is the origin of the practice of mummification.
Who is Osiris?
This Mesopotamian leader created one of the first written sets of laws, summed up by the phrase “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
Who is Hammurabi?
This Paleolithic Age invention allowed early humans to get more nutrition from their food, leading to bigger brains. It also was a thing that gathered early humans together, and helped scare off dangerous animals.
What is fire?
These people lived in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan. They had many things in common with their neighbors to the north, and were united with them for a time, though they are less known to history because historians used to ignore them.
Who were the Nubians?
To control river floods and provide water for farming, ancient people in Sumer and Egypt built these.
What are canals?
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What is irrigation?
Someone who tries to spread their religion to others.
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What is a prophet?
This woman was the first female pharaoh of Egypt after her husband Thutmose II died. She created the Deir el-Bahri temple and expanded Egyptian trade.
Who is Hatshepsut?
The island where King Minos and the Minotaur live in the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
What is Crete?
This kingdom in East Africa adopted Christianity as its religion and became rich and powerful from trade with surrounding civilizations.
This precious metal, a natural resource found in many parts of Africa, became central to trade, especially for the Mali Empire.
What is gold?
This ancient city in modern Israel/Palestine is a holy place for the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
What is Jerusalem?
Leader in ancient Athens who made several changes (or reforms) that eventually led to the creation of a democratic government. He is sometimes though of as a “surfer” who rode the wave of public unhappiness with the tyrants who were in charge.
Who is Cleisthenes?
In this West African kingdom, people named Griots were oral storytellers who passed down important information from generation to generation.
What is Ghana?