Pre-History
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Mesopotamia and India
7th Grade History
100
Societies where men would hunt for meat and women would collect wild fruits.
What are Hunter Gatherer Societies?
100
The tomb of a pharaoh.
What is a pyramid?
100
A type of government where the people rule!
What is a democracy?
100
This Enlightened one spread a major religion all across Asia.
Who is Buddha?
100
A society that used many ideas from Greece and went on to become a mighty empire
What is the Roman Empire?
200
An invention which helped human beings to better digest food, causing an increase in brain size.
What is fire
200
This water source was crucial for Egyptian farming and transportation.
What is the Nile River?
200
Name one of the famous books written by the Greek writer Homer.
What is the Iliad or the Odyssey?
200
The first set of written laws. Example:"If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal), he shall be put to death before that hole and be buried."
The Code of Hammurabi
200
Medieval European warriors who practiced chivalry, were expert horseback riders, and wore heavy suits of armor.
What is a knight?
300
A time period where colder climates resulted in humans stitching and creating protective clothing
What is the Ice Age?
300
Wall paintings and carvings of birds and symbols
What are hieroglyphics?
300
Macedonian general who spread Greek culture as far as India.
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
"The land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
300
This navigator and explorer was the first European to sail into the Bahamas in October, 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
Because of a lack of farming, where do people establish villages?
What is they follow animal herds?
400
A GREAT pharaoh who ordered the construction of more monuments than any other pharaoh.
Who is Ramses the Great?
400
Name any Greek philosopher.
Who is Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, Hypatia?
400
Name one of the two rivers that passed through Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris or Euphrates?
400
This religion has a holy book called the Quran and practices a time of fasting called Ramadan
What is Islam?
500
Humans scattering wheat seeds on the ground and watering them is the beginning of...
What is agriculture?
500
Social Hierarchy
500
This type of democracy means citizens directly vote for their country's leaders.
What is direct democracy?
500
Name two of the four empires that made up Mesopotamia.
What is Sumer, Assyria, Akkad, or Babylon?
500
A Spanish warrior who was sent to the Americas to take over lands and spread Christianity. His name means "to conqueror"
What is a conquistador?