Age of exploration
What were the primary motivations behind European exploration during the Age of Exploration?
God, Gold, and Glory
ruler of Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
What is Ancient Mesopotamia sometimes called
Mesopotamia is often called the "Cradle of Civilization.
The title given to a Roman ruler.
caesar
Which Persian king did the Greeks defeat at the Battle of Marathon?
Daruis
Which of the following people reached North America first?
The Vikings
a huge, triangular-shaped monument of ancient Egypt built around a tomb built during the Old Kingdom
Pyramid
In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Iraq
The ruler of an empire.
emperor
Who was the enemy of Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Christopher Columbus sailed for the New World on behalf of which European country?
Spain
the time period of Egyptian history from about 2700 to 2200BCE which is called the Age of Pyramids
Old Kingdom
What river or rivers were important to the civilizations of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A prisoner, criminal, or slave who served as a professional fighter in Rome
gladiator
What Greek city-states had a military culture?
Sparta
Which of the following European explorers was the first to complete an eastern all-sea route to Asia?
Vasco da Gama
Embalming and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.
mummification
What was the first human civilization formed?
Sumer
a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city's leaders. Served for life
Roman Senate
Citizens from Athens, Sparta, and other Greek city-states worked together to defeat the invading
Persians
Who was the first European explorer to discover the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds.
hieroglyphics
What people were the first to write down and record their system of law
Babylonians
The belief in or worship of many gods and goddesses.
polytheism
An army of 300 Spartans guarded a narrow pass against the Persians at
Thermopylae