World History Vocabulary

Match the following

• River in China

• Yellow River

• Temple in Mesopotamia

• Ziggurat

• Invented in Mesopotamia

• Vedas

• Ancient Hindu Scriptures

• Xerxes

• Persian Ruler

• Wheel

Which is city is located in ancient Mesopotamia?

• Rome

• Ur

• New York

• Athens

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are called the (a)  

• Torah
• Vedas
• Odyssey

Match the following

• Religion with many gods

• Monotheism

• Language used by Romans

• Latin

• Religion with one god

• Republic

• Ancient Language in India

• Sanskrit

• State with elected representatives

• Polytheism

A 200 year peace in Roman History

• 200 Romana

• Romana Peace

• Pax Freedom

• Pax Romana

Language the Mesopotamians created

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• English

• Sanskrit

Method used in ancient Egypt to embalm or preserve a dead body

• Cremation

• Interment

• Mummification

• Decomposition

Religion that started in India but then spread to other parts of Asia

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

A person who travels from place to place is called a

• Neolithic Man

• Pilgrim

• Homeowner

• Nomad

What do you call a dried out corpse wrapped in Linen

• Goddess

• Mummy

• Deity

• Ghost