Vocabulary
What is a food surplus?
extra food
What invention helped farmers prepare the soil?
plow
What is the name of Egyptian picture writing?
hieroglyphics
What natural barriers did China have that gave them protection?
deserts and mountains
What are the names of people who buy and sale goods?
merchants
What does flooding leave behind that is beneficial for farming?
silt
What two rivers are associated with Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Where were farmers and laborers on the social hierarchy (ex: top, middle, or bottom)?
bottom
Name 3 Chinese inventions
compass, gunpowder, paper
Which group was the most powerful: merchants/artisans, educated workers, civil/religious leaders, or unpaid laborers?
civil/religious leaders
What is the Mesopotamian/Sumerian wedge-shaped writing system?
cuneiform
Mesopotamia was located in a region known as the Fertile ______?
Crescent
The Indus River Valley streets were organized. (True or False)
True
What was the initial reasoning for the Chinese building the Great Wall of China?
to prevent traders from entering the land
Why did Buddhism become popular in China?
The idea of reincarnation excited people
Define specialization of labor.
People performing different jobs based on skills
What was the Code of Hammurabi?
a set of laws
The Indus River Valley had an advanced _________ system?
drainage
What did the Romans show advancements in that helped them with trading?
roads
How were peasants different from pharaohs?
Peasants farmed crops used by the civilization. Pharaohs ruled the civilization, and were considered "gods on earth"
A Roman structure built to carry water into cities is?
an aqueduct
Many early settlements developed near what?
rivers
What helped scholars understand Egyptian writing?
Rosetta Stone
What did the Romans have that supported large structures?
the arch
What is true about governments in the early river valley civilizations?
Power was consolidated into one powerful entity