Geography/Government | Mesopotamia/ Egypt | China/Greece | Rome | Middle Ages |
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What is place?
Culture is a part of this theme of Geography.
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What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
The rivers in Mesopotamia.
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What is polytheism?
The worship of many gods
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What is aquaducts?
The Romans built these to bring water to their cities.
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What is feudalism?
The way of life during the Middle Ages.
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What is longitude and latitude and address?
Two ways to express absolute location
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What is Mesopotamia?
The land between two rivers
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What is dynasty?
A series of rulers from the same family
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What is the arch?
A main feature in Roman architecture.
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What is the Pope?
The head of the Roman Catholic church.
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What is democracy?
Government by the people.
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What is language?
A characteristic of a civilization.
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What is Sparta?
A city state known for its physical strength
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What is Christianity?
A new religion that began during the Roman empire.
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What is Bubonic plague?
A reason for the very short life expectancy in the Middle Ages.
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What is oligarchy?
Government by a few.
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What is the Great Pyramid in Giza.
The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
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What is an unbroken history?
The main difference between the ancient Chinese civilization and all other ancient civilizations.
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What is Rome's size?
The main reason for the fall of Rome.
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What is fleas biting rats and fleas biting humans?
The way the plague was transferred from one person to another.
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What is the Senate?
The patricians were in this part of the Roman government.
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What is the Rosetta Stone?
An ancient Egyptian stone tablet that helped modern people decipher hieroglyphics.
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What is a city-state?
A region in Greece with its own government.
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What are the Punic Wars?
The wars between Carthage and Rome.
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What are the Crusades?
Wars between the Christians and the Muslims.
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