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Rolling on the River
Mess o' potatoes
Walk like an Egyptian
Not Native Americans
Fine China
100
This river supported Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile?
100
He was the king of Babylon who gave us one of the first written codes of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
100
These served as tombs for pharoahs; the most famous are in Giza.
What are the Great Pyramids?
100
This term describes the class system of the Indus Valley
What is caste?
100
The notion of having extreme respect for the elders in a family.
What is filial piety?
200
This river supported the civilizations in the Indus Valley
What is the Indus River?
200
Written to reflect the inevitability of death, this epic features a flood story that is very similar to Noah's Ark.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
200
Upper Egypt:__________, as Lower Egypt:___________ (Cardinal directions)
What are South and North?
200
These were governors in ancient India.
What are rajahs?
200
China's dynasty employed many people in government departments, eventually create this class of jobs.
What is bureaucracy?
300
These two rivers supported civilization in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
300
This modern day country encompass most of the area where early Mesopotamian empires were built.
What is Iraq?
300
These were the rulers of Egyptian kingdoms.
What are pharoahs?
300
This collection of hymns, poetry, and proverbs forms the basis of Hinduism.
What is the Vedas?
300
If ancient China faced a series of wars, droughts, floods, or other catastrophes, the ruling dynasty was thought to have lost this.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
400
This river supported civilization in China.
What is the Huang (Yellow) River?
400
The Hanging Gardens, one of the great wonders of the ancient world, were built by this ruler to please his wife.
What is Nebuchadnezzar?
400
These were the governors of smaller areas in Egypt.
What are viziers?
400
This describes the idea that many generations of a family would live in the same household.
What is the joint family?
400
Shi Huangdi had this great public work built on China's northern border.
What is the Great Wall of China?
500
Of all the rivers we've studied, this one flooded the most predictably.
What is the Nile?
500
He was the founder of this major monotheistic religion.
Who is Abraham?
500
She was the only female among the rulers of the ancient world.
Who is Hathshesput?
500
The ultimate goal of Buddhism was to achieve this; one wonders if Kurt Cobain did.
What is Nirvana?
500
He was the founder of a philosophy that emphasized harmony with nature.
Who is Laozi?