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This was the largest and most important structure in a Sumerian city.
a ziggurat.
100
People whose job was to write and keep records were called ______.
scribes.
100

What was the world's first civilization?

Mesopotamia (or specifically, Sumeria)

100

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

Mount Olympus.

100

Who was the first Roman Emperor?

Cesar Augustus (Octavian).

200
This is another name given to the Mesopotamian region because of its good soil.
the Fertile Crescent.
200
What is the name given to the style of writing found on ancient Egyptian artifacts?
Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics.
200

What do the prefixes mono and poly mean?

One and many

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

The Peloponnesus is what type of geographic feature?

A Peninsula.

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

The capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople, is the site of which modern-day city?

Istanbul

400

Name the three types of Greek columns

Doric, Ionic, Corinthinian

400

Name a specific reason for the decline in Rome's empire.

food shortage; Marcus Aurelius's death; empire too big; personal armies; civil war/splitting of empire; inconsistent rule

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

What was the name of the period when people learned to farm?

Neolithic Revolution or Neolithic Period or Agricultural Revolution

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.