Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt
Geography & Map Skills
Ancient Greece & Rome
Government & Citizenship
Early Civilizations & Culture
100

These two rivers bordered the civilization of Mesopotamia.

What are the Tigris and Euphrates?

100

There are this many continents in the world.

What is 7?

100

This form of government, where citizens vote on laws, began in Athens.

What is democracy?

100

A government ruled by a king or queen is known as this.

What is a monarchy?

100

This is the name for the study of the past.

What is history?

200

This massive Egyptian structure served as a tomb for a pharaoh.

What is a pyramid?

200

This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

What is the Equator?

200

This city was the center of the Roman Republic and Empire.

What is Rome?

200

This is a written request signed by many people to change a law.

What is a petition?

200

This term refers to the way of life for a group of people.

What is culture?

300

This is the name of the ancient Mesopotamian writing system.

What is cuneiform?

300

This is the largest ocean on Earth.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

300

 In Sparta, boys were trained from a young age to be this.

What are soldiers/warriors?

300

In a democracy, this person is elected to speak on behalf of others.

What is a representative?

300

This ancient civilization in Peru built Machu Picchu.

Who are the Incas?

400

This ruler is famous for creating an early, harsh code of law.

Who is Hammurabi?

400

Argentina is located on this continent.

What is South America?

400

This Greek philosopher was sentenced to death for questioning authority.

Who is Socrates?

400

This document outlines the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens.

What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

400

This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

What is Jamestown?

500

The belief in only one god is called this.

 What is monotheism?

500

This major river flows through Germany.

 What is the Rhine or Danube?

500

This, the "highest city," was a fortified hilltop in a Greek city-state.

 What is an Acropolis?

500

This term describes a system where the government controls all economic decisions.

 What is a command economy?

500

This Native American group lived in present-day Alaska and northern Canada.

Who are the Inuit?