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Land Between the Rivers
Walk Like an Egyptian
Ancient India
Ancient China
Random Recall
100
These two rivers are the setting for the world's first civilization.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
100
One of the world's first writing systems used by the Egyptians.
What is HIEROGLYPHICS?
100
This is the most important language in ancient India.
What is Sanskrit?
100
This belief system teaches that people are bad by nature.
What is LEGALISM?
100
The spread of ideas from one culture to another.
What is DIFFUSION?
200
A set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest know collection of written laws.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
200
Key that allows historians to read ancient Egyptian writing.
What is the Rosetta Stone?
200
Two rivers in India.
What is the Indus and the Ganges?
200
This river is referred to as "China's Sorrow" because it often floods, killing people and destroying property. It is called two different names, give both.
What is Huang He or the Yellow River.
200
The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans.
What is domestication?
300
The Sumerians made one of the greatest cultural advances in history. The developed ________, the world's first system of writing. This form of writing used pictographs and was first used to keep business records.
What is Cuneiform?
300
Rulers of Egypt are called _________.
What are pharoahs?
300
This religion was based on the teachings of Mahavira and teaches that all life is sacred.
What is Jainism?
300
This king gave himself the title __________ which means "first emperor".
Who is Shi Huangdi?
300
This land bridge allowed people to migrate from Siberia to Alaska, which led to the first population of people to inhabit the Americas. It is said that this land bridge was likely traveled by hunters tracking large game animal herds.
What is the Bering Strait?
400
This man established the world's first empire. He broke the peace between his people, the Akkadians, and their neighbors, the Sumerians, when he sought to extend Akkadian territory. He was the first ruler to have a permanent army. He built a new capitol near what is now the city of Baghdad. He defeated all the city states of Sumer and also conquered northern Mesopotamia.
Who is Sargon?
400
Long-lasting, paper-like material made from the reeds that was easy to roll into scrolls.
What is PAPYRUS?
400
These two religions developed in India. One is based off the teachings of an Indian prince, and the other is the main religion of India.
What is Buddhism and Hinduism?
400
This ancient Chinese dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history.
What was the Zhou dynasty?
400
This is the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
What is the division of labor?
500
A people known as the __________ built a strong kingdom in Asia Minor in what is today Turkey. They made the strongest weapons of the time, they skillfully used chariots in battle.
Who were the Hittites?
500
System used to get water from the Nile River to crops.
What is irrigation?
500
There were 4 caste levels that divided Indian society. List them from lowest to highest varna.
What/Who are the Sudras (lowest), Vaisyas, Kshatriyas, and Brahmins (highest)?
500
During the _______ dynasty, armies fought for power, and the ideas of Confucius spread. During the ________ dynasty, China was unified with a strong government. During the ________ dynasty, China made advances in learning, and Buddhism spread.
What is the Zhou, Qin, and Han?
500
The ________Era was the first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools. The _________ Era was the middle part of the Stone Age; marked by the creation of smaller and more complex tools. The __________ Era or the New Stone Age was a time when people learned to make fire and tools such as saws and drills.
What are the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras?