Early Civilizations
Why did most early civilizations develop near rivers?
fertile soil/ Silt
This religion began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
What is Buddhism?
This river was the center of Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River?
This form of government began in Athens.
democracy
This type of government replaced the Roman Republic. (After Julius Caesar was assasinated)
Empire
This trade route connected China to the Mediterranean.
Silk Road
These two rivers supported Mesopotamian civilization.
Tigris and Euphrates
This religion believes in one God and began with Abraham.
What is Judaism?
Egyptian writing system using symbols and pictures.
What are hieroglyphics?
A city-state in Greece is called this.
Polis
This document influenced modern laws and listed citizens’ rights in a public arena on stone tablets.
Twelve Tables
Why did Abraham leave Ur (Mesopotamia) to head to Canaan (Israel)?
God promised him that he would give him land and many descendents there.
This innovation allowed early humans to settle in one place.
Agriculture (Farming)
This religion follows the teachings of Jesus Christ.
What is Christianity?
This ruler was considered both king and (part) god.
pharoah
This famous war was fought between Athens and Sparta.
Peloponnesian War
This structure carried water into cities.
aqueduct
Which Chinese Dynasty began papermaking, the seismograph, the wheelbarrow, and the magnetic compass
This system of writing was used in Mesopotamia.
Cuneiform
What type of religion did Greece have?
Polytheistic
This process preserved bodies for the afterlife.
mummification
This Greek thinker taught through questioning (Socratic Method).
Socrates
The first emporer of Rome
Augustus Caesar
Who first united china into an empire?
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Dynasty
This set of laws is one of the earliest written legal codes.
Hammurabi's Code
This belief system includes concepts like karma, dharma, and reincarnation
What is Hinduism?
These massive structures were built as tombs for pharaohs.
pyramids
Mount Olympus was believed to be the home of these.
Greek Gods
This event marked the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE.
invasion by Germanic Tribes
What building in ancient Greece was built to honor the goddess Athena?
Parthenon