Communication
What was Mesopotamia's first form of writing called?
Which river runs through Egypt?
Monotheism is defined as what?
What is the belief in one god?
_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.
What is slaves?
What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?
What is a pharoah?
Which Ancient Civilization's language have we been unable to translate?
What is the Indus River Valley (or Ancient India)?
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
_____________ is the belief in several gods.
What is polytheism?
The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.
What is trade?
Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia?
What is Hammurabi?
From what plant did the Egyptians make a type of paper product, called by the same name as the plant?
What is papyrus?
Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________
What is pyramids?
How did humans change from the paleolithic era to the neolithic era?
What is they began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops?
What did Ancient Chinese individuals use as money?
What is coins and cowrie shells?
What was the name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians?
What is hierogylphics?
Name three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations?
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
Which two civilizations had a strong belief in the afterlife?
What is a civilization?
What is a large society that is highly organized and can pass down written information from one generation to the next?
What saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code?
What is "an eye for an eye"?
What is the Rosetta Stone?
What is a stone with writings that have been translated into the same message in three different languages
What were the two rivers that were located in Ancient China?
What is the Huang He River and the Yangtze River?
Challenge Question: What Mesopotamian god was depicted on the top of Hammurabi's code, handing Hammurabi his 'royal insignia'?
What is Shamash?
Which Ancient Civilization began by treating all individuals equally?
What is the Indus River Valley?
In Ancient China, the king was believed to follow which mandate?
What is the Mandate of Heaven?