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Most civilizations grew up around/near _________.

water

100

How did they travel the rivers?

by boat

100

Because of their belief in an afterlife, what did Egyptians do to important people when they died?

Mummified them/tomb

100

In the Chinese civilization, who was able to go to school?

boys

100

The Greek Empire was not one large solid piece of land, it was actually lots of ___________.

Islands

200
All civilizations had the same basic needs of ________, shelter, clothing.

Food

200
They used the rivers to assist their farming.  What is that called?

Irrigation

200

What is the name of the famous Egyptian structures/buildings?

Pyramids

200

The Chinese Civilization followed God's laws and read the Bible.  T or F 

false

200

What is the name of the worldwide athletic competition that came from Greece tradition?

Olympics

300

Most people in the earliest civilizations had this occupation...____________.

Farming

300

What is a ziggurat?

Their type of structure/building.

300

What were the Egyptian kings/highest rulers called?

Pharoahs

300

What was the Terracotta Army?

Clay lifelike figures built/buried underground

300

What was the name of the large Roman arena where the gladiators fought?

Colosseum

400

All civilizations had their own system of ____________, which made their _______ and rules.

government, laws

400

What is their system of writing with symbols called?

Cuneiform

400

Name the large river that the Egyptian civilization settled near.

Nile

400

What are the name of the structure that was built on the northern boarder of the Chinese Civilization?

The Great Wall

400

What shapes did the Parthenon building use in the front part...especially famous for the Greeks?

large columns or pillars

500

All civilizations developed their own system of _______________, which included a written language.  They also had a __________, which included numerous beliefs/gods.

Communication, religion

500

What does the term "fertile cresent" refer to?

the land between the rivers where they settled

500

What is the name of the unique Egyptian form of writing called?

hieroglyphics

500

Name three things that were traded by/to the Chinese on the "Silk Road".

silk, tea, salt, sugar, spices, cotton, ivory, wool, gold, silver

500

What number is this Roman numeral translated into...                                                                 XXIV 

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