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Prehistory
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India/China
Greece/Rome
100
The prefix pre- in the word prehistory means
What is before?
100
He was the king of the Babylonian Empire.
Who was Hammurabi?
100
The longest river in the world flows north.
What is the Nile River?
100
The land of India is separated from the rest of the world by a great wall.
What are the Himalayas?
100
This American form of government is based on the ancient Greek principle of public participation in government.
What is democracy?
200
In the old stone age people got their food this way.
What is hunting and gathering?
200
King Nebuchadnezzar is known for this natural wonder of the ancient world, which he built for his wife.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
200
Egypt's first dynasty began when he united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Who was King Menes?
200
This religion is unique because it has no one single founder.
What is Hinduism?
200
His army conquered huge territories and spread Greek beliefs.
Who was Alexander the Great?
300
This was the main difference between the old stone age and the new stone age.
What is farming?
300
Hammurabi's Code is the first set of organized written laws based on this idea.
What is an "eye for an eye"?
300
One of the ancient wonders of the world is found in the ancient city of Giza.
What is the Great Pyramid?
300
Asoka was one of India's greatest leaders who is responsible for spreading this religion to China.
What is Buddhism?
300
Him and his followers impacted the Roman Empire by encouraging a monotheistic religion?
Who was Jesus?
400
These are two effects of food surpluses on farming villages.
What are an increase in population and specialized jobs?
400
The Babylonians and Israelites both have this in common.
What are a code of laws?
400
The Egyptians buried their dead with food and other possessions because of their beliefs in this.
What is afterlife?
400
One of his ways of strengthening China was by building the Great Wall of China to keep out the nomads.
Who was Shi Huangdi?
400
An important accomplishment of Constantine was this.
What was allowing freedom of religion?
500
There are 6 characteristics of a civilization.
What are government, cities, writing, social classes, specialized jobs, art & architecture?
500
This is a major achievement of the Phoenicians.
What is the Phoenician alphabet?
500
Every spring the Nile River would overflow its banks leaving behind a thick layer of this making the land ideal for farming.
What is silt?
500
One of the greatest achievements of the ancient Chinese eventually replaced papyrus from Egypt.
What was paper?
500
Roman religion was influenced by the gods and goddesses of this civilization.
What is Greece?