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100

What was the name given to people who didn't have a permanent home and migrated from place to place?

Nomads

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

According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the Greek gods live?

Mount Olympus.

100

What was the name of three most famous civilizations in Mesoamerica/South America

Mayas, Incas and Aztecs

200

What was the name of the person they found frozen in the ice?

Otzi

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. (double points if you can tell me why!)
Sparta; because women needed to own land in case their husbands were killed in battle.
200

What were chinampas?

Floating gardens in Lake Texcoco that the Aztecs used to provide food for their civilization

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?
A subcontinent.
300

Which ruler was called "the exalted one," or "a person of great rank and authority?"

Caesar Augustus Octavia

300

Why did towns start to grow in Medieval Europe?

there were more job opportunities that paid better than the Manor system due to the Black Plague

400
The process by which Mesopotamians brought water from rivers to their fields is called ________.
irrigation.
400
According to Egyptian beliefs, what happens when a person's heart is lighter than a feather? If it's heavier?
Lighter: happy afterlife; heavier: fed to a monster.
400
How did Legalists believe government should keep peace among its people?
Through the use of force.
400

Name one man-made Roman invention that aided Roman trade.

Roads, common currency

400

Name at least FOUR of Leonardo da Vinci's achievements

Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, flying machine, diving suit, armored tank car, robot, gears, submarine, giant crossbow, mechanical drummer, automated hammer, etc.

500
According to our studies, this is the importance of Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
It was the first written code of law.
500
How did Queen Hatshepsut primarily expand Egypt?
Through trade.
500
Name three major religions in ancient China.
Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism.
500

Name THREE reasons why Rome fell

food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big to feed everyone; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule, etc.

500

Why SPECIFICALLY was the printing press important?

It allowed information to be written down at a faster rate, causing information to be shared at a faster rate