| A | B |
|---|
| Would become the Buddha after attaining enlightenment | Siddhartha Gautama |
| Told of Odysseus’ travels home after the Trojan War | Homer |
| First Roman emperor, who began the Pax Romana | Augustus Caesar |
| Greatest female pharaoh | Hatshepsut |
| Honored by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as an important ancestor | Abraham |
| Pharaoh with many military and architectural accomplishments | Ramses II |
| Unified China and began construction of the Great Wall | Shi Huangdi |
| Wrote one of the oldest law codes in history | Hammurabi |
| Spread Greek culture as far east as India | Alexander the Great |
| Honesty, order, and respect for others were central teachings | Confucius |
| Ruled Greece during its Golden Age in which democracy and the arts flourished | Pericles |
| Brought the Hebrews from Egypt into their promised land | Moses |
| Body that made the laws for the Roman Republic | The Senate |
| People who originated monotheism based on moral laws | the Hebrews |
| People who used mythology to explain natural and human events | The Greeks |
| People who formed communities all across Europe after being driven from their homeland in 70 A.D. | The Jews |
| Nation defeated by the Athenian navy, preserving Greek democracy | The Persians |
| Centers of Sumerian religious and cultural life | Ziggurats |
| Brought water from distant sources to cities and towns | Roman aqueducts |
| Originally a temple to Athena | The Parthenon |
| Kept dangerous foreign invaders out of China | The Great Wall |
| Structures closely associated with Egyptian religious practices | Pyramids |
| Made it possible to build bridges, aqueducts, and taller buildings | The arch |
| Used by traders to reach markets in Southwest Asia | The silk road |
| Source for several European languages used today | Latin |
| Building material developed and used extensively that was light and strong | Concrete |
| First used in India to stop the spread of disease | Vaccination |
| Trade and travel were made easier and safer | Roman roads |
| Ancient Egyptian picture-writing | Hieroglyphics |
| Ancient Sumerian writing using soft clay tablets | Cuneiform |
| Time in which use of standard coins and military protection caused trade to increase | Pax Romana |
| War between two powerful Greek city states | The Peloponnesian War |
| Trek made by the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery to their promised land | The Exodus |
| China's golden age, marked by glory, peace, and unity | Han Dynasty |
| Made farmers' fields in Egypt and Mesopotamia more productive | Annual flooding |
| Jewish people were scattered after the Romans destroyed Jerusalem | The Diaspora |
