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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

This was started in China, many goods were shipped on it, and people's cultures were spread as well.

What is the Silk Road?

100

This man was arrested, and found guilty for treason and sentenced to death. I guess the Greek government did not like what he had to say.

Who was Socrates? 

100
According to legend, which two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
200

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

What is irrigation?

200
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
200

These are two of the major religions that originated in ancient India.

What are Hinduism and Buddhism? 

200

These were the two main city-states in Greece. I would not want to go to war with either of them.

What are Sparta and Athens?

200

This person was betrayed by his best friend and killed because he was getting too powerful.

Who was Julius Caesar? 

300
These are the names of the two main rivers that flow through Mesopotamia.
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
300
Give me two important Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, and what made them so well known. 

King Tut- youngest ruler

Hatsheput- First woman pharaoh 



300

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

What are the Himalayas ?

300

Greek mythology!! Give me three gods/goddesses and what they represented.

answers may vary.

300

These were the two groups of people who lived in Rome's Republic. One group was wealthy, the other, not so much.

Who are the Patricians and Plebeians? 

400
The first written set of strict laws! 

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

400

This is the city where the tallest pyramids stand in Egypt.

What is Giza?

400

This was a Chinese philosophy that taught people to put the needs of their families first. 

What is Confucianism? 

400

This was the battle strategy that the Greeks used... especially when they battled the Persians from the east.

What is the phalanx?

400
This was the big innovation made by the Romans during the Punic Wars.

What is a small moveable bridge on the end of the ships so Rome could board Carthage ships to turn it into a land battle?

500

This was built in for the kings wife because she missed her homeland, AWWW HOW SWEET! 

What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

500

This is the reason ancient Egyptians preserve bodies of the dead. Also, the process called this.

What is to make sure their souls made it to the afterlife and mummification?

500

The Han dynasty is known for building this... and then tell me the other 3 main dynasties in China.

What is the Great Wall and Shang, Zhou, and Qin?

500

This was a war between Sparta and Athens. Sparta ended up winning... but they needed this in order to win and how did they get it.

What is the Peloponnesian war? What is a navy by making a deal with the Persians for gold to give them back Ionia?

500

Germanic invasions, political instability, economic decline. These were all causes for this. Not to mention, a guy named Odoacer had something to do with it.  

What is the fall of the Western Roman Empire?