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Mesopotamia
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Maya & Aztec
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
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
100

The Maya lived in this region of present-day Mexico and Central America.

What is the Yucatán Peninsula/Central America?

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

The Aztecs built their capital city on an island in this lake.

What is Lake Texcoco?

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?"

Cesar Augustus (Octavian).

300

Maya priests used calendars partly to determine these important events.

What are religious ceremonies/festivals?

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
This is the name given to a person who illegally seizes (takes) power.
tyrant.
400

The Aztecs believed they needed to offer human sacrifices to keep the gods doing this.

What is maintaining the balance of the universe (or preventing the world from ending)?

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 specific reasons for the decline in Rome's empire.

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

500

Maya boys and girls had different expectations growing up. What was one responsibility typically expected of Maya girls and one typically expected of Maya boys?

What is weaving cloth, cooking, caring for younger children, or helping manage the household?

Or

What is helping farm, hunting, fishing, carrying goods, or learning their father's trade?