Mesopotamia and Egypt
The two rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The mountain range that Mt. Everest is part of.
What is the Himalayas?
The river known as the river of sorrows because of its unpredictable flooding and changing course.
What is the Yellow River (or Huang He)?
What is the Olympics?
The largest continent in the world.
What is Asia?
This Mesopotamian ruler created a new code of laws for his people.
Who was Hammurabi?
What is the Indus River?
A line of rulers from the same family.
What is a dynasty?
The name of one of Caesar's assassins, whom Caesar had treated like a son.
Who was Brutus?
A seafaring people who created an early 22 letter alphabet.
Who were the Phoenicians?
An Indian religion that is polytheistic and comes from the Aryan civilization.
What is Hinduism?
A philosophy that focuses on respecting authority, filial piety, and the five relationships.
What is Confucianism?
The highest point in an ancient Greek city.
What is the acropolis?
The ocean between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The name of the tombs built by Pharaohs Khufu, Menkaure, and Khafre.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
The name of the prince who would become the Buddha.
Who was Prince Siddhartha?
The idea that a king rules only as long as the gods believe he is worthy, and that he will be overthrown when this is lost.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The name of the government Rome had BEFORE becoming an empire
What was the Republic?
This female Egyptian ruler expanded trade throughout Egypt and Africa.
Who was Hatshepsut?
The empire ruled by Chandragupta Maurya in northeastern India.
What was the Maurya Empire?
A period of great chaos in China following the fall of the Zhou Dynasty.
What is the Warring States period?
The first great road that Rome built in 312 BCE.
What is the Appian Way?
The northernmost ocean
What is the Arctic Ocean?