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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
According to ancient beliefs, on which mountain did the gods live?
Mount Olympus.
100
According to legend, which two brothers are said to have founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus.
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

Which ruler was considered the most popular and 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?
A subcontinent.
300
How are the Iliad and the Odyssey similiar?
They are both epic poems.
300
Name one man-made Roman invention that aided Roman trade.
Roadways, common currency.
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
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
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 philosophies in ancient China.

Legalism, Confucianism, Daoism.

500
On which two seas did the Greeks primarily trade?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
500
This ruler killed his Christian citizens, while this one made their faith legal.
Nero; Constantine.