2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Mesopotamia ChinaRomeEgyptGreece
A Greek word that means “land between the rivers”
What is Mesopotamia?
A system of canals and ditches that supplies water to crops
What is an irrigation system?
The ancient people who lived in Sumer
Who are the Sumerians?
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
What is a levee?
The way a civilization is organized into classes
What is social structure?
The great trade route that began in China, stretched across southern Asia, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Silk Road?
The most common crop grown in China
What is rice?
The characteristics needed in the soil to grow rice
What are wet and fertile?
The practice of honoring ancestors through rituals, such as offering food and wine to the dead
What is ancestor worship?
He said that the Chinese needed to return to ethics or moral values
Who is Confucius?
The two groups in early Roman society
What are the plebeians and patricians?
The two most powerful magistrates in the Roman government
What are consuls?
The public meeting place and heart of the city in ancient Rome
What is the Forum?
The slave who led a revolt and demanded freedom of all slaves
Who is Spartacus?
The religion that spread throughout the Roman Empire
What is Christianity?
A huge triangular-shaped monument used as a tomb
What is a pyramid?
Another word for a craftsperson
What is an artisan?
A person who does farm work for wealthy landowners
What is a peasant?
A high-ranking government official who advised the pharaoh
What is a vizier?
To treat a dead body with preservatives to prevent it from decaying
What is embalming?
A period in Athens of peace and great wealth
What is the Golden Age?
A female priest
What is a priestess?
A person who makes money by selling goods
What is a merchant?
A single ruler who inherits power
What is a monarch?
A person who seizes power illegally
What is a tyrant?