Geography
Name the seven continents.
Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, North America, South America
Egyptian writing system made up of pictures and sound symbols.
Hieroglyphics
A line of rulers from one family.
dynasty
A day of worship that starts sundown Friday to nightfall Saturday.
Sabbath
What mountain chain contains Mt. Everest and borders Northern India with China?
Himalayas
Name all the cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose.
North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
This plant grows wild along the Nile used to make baskets, rope, sandals, and paper.
Papyrus
What do you call a network of trade routes, 4,000 miles long extending from western China to the Mediterranean.
The Silk Road.
What did Moses receive on Mount Sinai?
The Ten Commandments
The lowest level of society in India. You don't even want to step on their shadow.
Untouchables.
What do you call imaginary lines that run east and west but measure north and south?
Latitude Lines
This 10 year old pharaoh ruled for only 9 years when he died unexpectedly. He is famous because of the treasures found in his tomb.
Tutankhamen or King Tut.
Daoism teaches the importance of _____________ and encourages people to treat __________ with respect.
nature
What happened when Joshua led the Israelites around Jericho 7 times.
The city's wall came tumbling down.
Part of the Hinduism religion where you come back or you're reborn as something different.
reincarnation
What same body of water was important to the Egyptians, Romans, Israelites, and the Greeks?
Mediterranean Sea
Before a body was embalmed, priest removed the body's _______________.
organs
Priest heated the ________ __________ over a fire until they cracked. The pattern of the cracks provided answers from the gods and ancestors to the king's questions.
oracle bones
This Israelite King was David's son and he had many wives that led him to turn away from God.
King Solomon
Indian mathematicians invented the symbol __________ and connected it with the idea of nothing.
zero
Name the highest mountain in the world.
Mt. Everest
Why is lower Egypt above upper Egypt?
The Nile river flows North and dumps into the Mediterranean Sea.
Which Chinese philosopher followed the Golden Rule: Treat others like you want to be treated.
Confucius
Where the Israelites tribes worshipped God in a large tent-like structure called
tabernacle
Buddhism is the belief that the world is full of suffering and the only way to end suffering is to
stop desiring worldly things.