Mesopotamia
Ancient Israel
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
5th grade Social Studies
100

What word means land between the rivers?

Mesopotamia

100
A set of rules to live by; believed to be given to Moses by God.

The Ten Commandments

100

This is the person at the top of the social pyramid in Egypt.

King or Pharaoh 

100

These are the mountains that make up the northern border of India.

What are Himalayan Mountains?

100

Name the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee.

East TN, Middle TN, and West TN
200

This is the name for the building where Mesopotamians worshipped.

Ziggurat
200

This was the second King of Israel and the man who made Bethlehem the capital of Israel.

Who is David?

200
What river did the Egyptians rely on for fishing and irrigation?

The Nile

200

Another name for the Indus River Valley is what?

Harappan Civilization

200

This  East Tennessee city is home to the University of Tennessee Volunteers.

What is Knoxville?

300

This was a city-state near Mesopotamia known for inventing the wheel.

What is Sumer?
300

The Israelites were kept in slavery in this country.

What is Egypt?

300

Egyptians were _______________ which means they believed in many gods.

Polytheistic

300

Strong winds that blow one direction and then another and bring a rainy season are known as what?

Monsoon

300

This was the name of a State that lasted only a short time on the border of Tennessee.

What is Franklin?

400

What are the two rivers that run through Mesopotamia?

Tigris and Euphrates

400

This was the 3rd King of Israel who was known for his wisdom and finishing the temple.

Who is Solomon?

400
What is special about the Nile?

1. It's the 2nd longest river in the world.

2. It flows from South to North.

400

Ancient Indians believed that this happened when a person dies.

What is reincarnation?
400

This is another name for the Indian Removal Act.

Trail of Tears

500

Name two inventions that Sumerians were known for OTHER THAN the wheel.

Irrigation, board games, chariots, cuneiform, sailboat

500

This is the body of water that Moses had to cross when leading the Israelites out of slavery.

What is the Red Sea?
500

Upper Egypt is located where? 

Southern Egypt

500

This is the religion practiced by most Ancient Indians.

What is Hinduism?
500

This was the first governor of Tennessee.

Who was John Sevier?