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Ancient Civilizations Board Game-6th Grade
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6th Grade
04/15/2018

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Republic
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A government of elected officials (Rome)
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Consuls
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Two of these hold supreme power over the republic; served one year (Rome)
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Senate
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300 people in this council; they served for life (Rome)
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Assembly
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A group of representatives that passed laws, elect officials, and declare wars (Rome)
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Tribunes
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A group of ten that protected the rights of the plebians and had the power to veto; served for one year (Rome)
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Twelve Tables
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The first Roman code of law that guaranteed equal rights to both patricians and plebeians (was posted in the Forum)
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Julius Caesar conquered many lands for Rome. Some of the lands are:
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Italy, Spain, France, Greece, North Africa, the Middle East, and western Asia Minor
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Romans divided their huge empire into smaller pieces called...
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Provinces
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Rome is located on the ____ Peninsula
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Apennine Peninsula
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The island of ____ lies southwest of Italy
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Sicily
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Greece is located in...
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Southeastern Europe
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Greece is located in the ____ Peninsula
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Balkan Peninsula
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Greece extends into the ____ Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Greece is separated from Asia by the ____ Sea
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Aegean Sea
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Greece consists of many ____
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Peninsulas
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Greece has more than ____ islands
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2000
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____ is Greece's largest island
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Crete
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____ is Greece's largest mountain
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Mt. Olympus
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____ is Greece's modern-day capitol
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Athens
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The southern half of Greece is called a _____
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Peloponnesus
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Mesopotamia is located in the fertile crescent, in between the ____ and ____ Rivers
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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Climate in Mesopotamia is ____
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Arid (Hot and Dry)
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Mesopotamia means...
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"Land Between The Rivers"
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____ was a king who ruled Babylon from ca. 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.
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Hammurabi
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____ were people that built cities in Mesopotamia ca. 3500 B.C. They invented the wheel, writing, numbers, and many more great things we still use today.
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Sumerians
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The first law code was written by Hammurabi, king of Babylon, and said...
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"An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth."
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The Fertile Cresent is located in...
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The Middle East
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Mesopotamia was located where now, the modern-day country of ____ stands
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Iraq
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The people who lived in Mesopotamia had a ____ of everything
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Surplus
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In order to get food to survive, people had to ____ animals and plants.
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Domesticate
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The two sources of the Nile River are ____ and ____
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Lake Tang and Lake Victoria
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Lower Egypt was located ____ of the Nile
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North
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Upper Egypt was located to the ____ of Egypt
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South
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Egyptians grew crops such as:
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Barley, Emmer, Wheat, Flax, Onions, Beans, and Cucumber
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Egypt's first pharaoh began to rule in about ____
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2920 B.C.
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The "Black Land" in Egypt meant...
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It meant life. The "Black Land" was located around the Nile.
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The "Red Land" in Egypt meant that...
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It meant danger. "Red Land" was dry and a desert.
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Egyptians buried their pharaoh's in pyramids because...
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Egyptians believed in the afterlife
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The process in which pharoahs would become mummies is called ____
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Mummification
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Egypt is located on the ____ Peninsula
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Sinai Peninsula
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