Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt
These two rivers bordered the civilization of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
There are this many continents in the world.
What is 7?
This form of government, where citizens vote on laws, began in Athens.
What is democracy?
A government ruled by a king or queen is known as this.
What is a monarchy?
This is the name for the study of the past.
What is history?
This massive Egyptian structure served as a tomb for a pharaoh.
What is a pyramid?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
This city was the center of the Roman Republic and Empire.
What is Rome?
This is a written request signed by many people to change a law.
What is a petition?
This term refers to the way of life for a group of people.
What is culture?
This is the name of the ancient Mesopotamian writing system.
What is cuneiform?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
In Sparta, boys were trained from a young age to be this.
What are soldiers/warriors?
In a democracy, this person is elected to speak on behalf of others.
What is a representative?
This ancient civilization in Peru built Machu Picchu.
Who are the Incas?
This ruler is famous for creating an early, harsh code of law.
Who is Hammurabi?
Argentina is located on this continent.
What is South America?
This Greek philosopher was sentenced to death for questioning authority.
Who is Socrates?
This document outlines the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The belief in only one god is called this.
What is monotheism?
This major river flows through Germany.
What is the Rhine or Danube?
This, the "highest city," was a fortified hilltop in a Greek city-state.
What is an Acropolis?
This term describes a system where the government controls all economic decisions.
What is a command economy?
This Native American group lived in present-day Alaska and northern Canada.
Who are the Inuit?