Name That Civ
This civilization had an Upper and Lower Kingdom at one point in their history.
What is Egypt
Almost all of the early civilizations share this common geographic feature.
What is their location near rivers/water?
This civilization had predictable river flooding, leading to a more positive outlook on life.
What is Egypt?
This law code had several statutes(laws)that operated on the principle of an "eye for an eye; tooth for tooth."
What is Hammurabi's Code?
The government or religion of a civilization is an example of this characteristic.
What is a complex institution?
The written language of this civilization was known as cuneiform.
This environmental phenomenon contributed to both agricultural creation and destruction in several civilizations.
What is flooding?
The political leaders of both Egypt and Mesopotamia held power because of their perceived ability to communicate with..
What are gods or the gods?
This law code reflected a civilization's obedience to God and care for others.
What are the Ten Commandments or Hebrew law code?
A language or form of accounting.
What is recordkeeping?
This civilization believed in ancestor worship and had priests interpret the cracks in shells.
What is China?
This geographic feature is known as the "crossroads of civilization" because of its central location in the middle east.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The Fertile Crescent was located between these two rivers.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates?
The rulers of THIS civilization held their authority based on something called the Mandate of Heaven.
What is China?
Give an example of a social class structure.
What is (answers will vary)?
This civilization used their technology to construct large ceremonial heads made of volcanic rock.
Who are the Olmec?
This geographic feature provided natural protection for civilizations, such as Egypt.
What is a desert?
Because of its lack of physical barriers, Mesopotamia organized politically into these.
What are cities or city-states?
Most religions of the early civilizations ,with the exception of the Hebrews, worshipped many gods, also known as...
What is polytheism?
What is (answers will vary)?
This civilization developed complex urban cities and had sanitation systems.
What is the Indus River Valley
Some civilizations saw their soil unable to produce crops because this had leaked into it over several years.
What is salt or salt water?
The outlook and daily life of Mesopotamians was displayed in the ancient poem...
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
These two civilizations had a written language, but archaeologists and linguists have never been able to fully translate them.
Who are the Olmec and Indus River Valley?
Name TWO specific advanced cities.
What are (answers will vary)?