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Geography
100
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland
What is fertile crescent
100
Longest river in the world
What is the Nile
100
Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
What is monsoons
100
The world's first system of writing
What is cuneiform
100
North-south imaginary lines
What is longitude
200
The two rivers Mesopotamia lies between
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
200
A triangle-shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river
What is a delta
200
Divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation
What is caste system
200
A series of rulers from the same family
What is dynasty
200
East-west imaginary lines
What is latitude
300
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation
300
The title used by the rulers of Egypt
What is pharaoh
300
Developed from Brahmanism and ideas from other cultures, and is the largest religion in India today
What is Hinduism
300
Set of 282 laws
What is Hammurabi's Code
300
Imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the north and south poles
What is equator
400
The worship of many gods
What is polytheism
400
Huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point at the top
What is a pyramid
400
The process of rebirth
What is reincarnation
400
The heart of Buddha's teachings were four guiding principals. These later became know as
What is the Four Noble Truths
400
Imaginary lines that represents 0 degrees
What is Prime Meridian
500
First ruler to have a permanent army
What is Sargon
500
Egyptian writing system
What is hieroglyphics
500
The Enlightened one and who sat under the Bodhi tree
What is the Buddha
500
After fighting many bloody wars to expand his empire, this person gave up violence and converted to Buddhism
What is Asoka
500
Lines at 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south
What is Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn