Ancient China
Which geographic factor has helped China remain isolated for centuries
What are mountain ranges
What are the two rivers systems found in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River.
Where is the Indus valley located
What is India
The Thar Desert, Ganges River, and Deccan Plateau are all geographic features of which civilization?
What is India
The Zhou overthrowing the Shang Dynasty was an example of their belief in the Mandate of Heaven in that their rulers believed they had this?
What is the divine right to rule
This poem recounts the adventures of a Sumerian hero
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra were important to ancient India because they were
What are rivers that flowed through India and gave fertile soil
Mandate of Heaven, production of silk, and reverence for ancestors are all characteristics of which civilization?
What is China
Why did the Chinese honor their ancestor's spirits?
Because they believed the spirits could bring good fortune and help predict the future
The Neolithic Revolution is seen as a turning point in human history mainly because
What is farming led to settled communities
Around 1500 B.C.E. Aryans settled in the Indus Valley and developed a written language called this?
What is Sanskrit
Archaeologist refer to the period of time before people invested writing systems as this?
What is prehistory
Why is the Huang He referred to as the "River of Sorrows?
Because the flooding destroyed crops and led to mass starvation
What was the major reason the cities of Babylon and Harappa became important centers of civilization?
What is river valley trade made them key economic centers
What evidence do we know of shows us that the Indus Valley cities were well organized
What is they had well-planned cities
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craft workers were known as
Who are artisans
Due to the mountainous topography on Chinese civilizations they developed this to help use the land effectively for farming?
What is terrace farming
What country is located in modern day Mesopotamia
What is Iraq
The Indus city-states were the most developed of the time period. Is this statement a fact or an opinion?
What is opinion.
What practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations?
What are irrigation systems?