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Mesopotamia
Egypt
India and China
Greece
Rome
100
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
100
What is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
100

What is the Mountain Range that lies on the northern border of India?

The Himalayas.

100

Who is the god of fire, blacksmiths, craftsmen, metalworking, and volcanoes 

Hephaestus

100

Poor farmers & craftsmen; made up the majority of Roman population

Plebeians

200
This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
200
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
200
What emperor built the Great Wall of China?
Shi Huang Di.
200

In this city-state, women could own property.

Sparta

200

Which ruler was called "the exalted one"

Cesar Augustus (Octavian).

300
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
300
Why did ancient Egyptians preserve bodies of the dead?
To ensure they went to the afterlife.
300

India is what type of geographic feature?

Peninsula 

300
How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poems.
300

He crossed the Alps with war elephants

Hannibal

400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400

Who was the first pharaoh? He unified Upper & Lower Egypt

Menes or Narmer

400

A hereditary social group or class, often linked to occupation, where an individual's status is determined by birth and is difficult to change.

The Caste System

400

State owed slaves

Helots

400

The political alliance with Caesar, Pompey & Crassus

The First Triumvirate

500

He created a set of laws for everyone to follow.
"An eye for an eye" 

Hammurabi

500
How did Queen Hatshepsut primarily expand Egypt?
Through trade.
500

Name three major religions in ancient China.

Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism.

500

The war between Athens & Sparta was called...

The Peloponnesian War

500

These long waterways carried clean water into Rome from great distances

Aqueducts