Mesopotamia
What writing system was developed in Mesopotamia?
What is Cuneiform?
What river was Ancient Egypt settled on?
What is the Nile?
What possible natural disasters could happen to India that we discussed?
What is flooding and famine or monsoons?
What river was Ancient Chinese civilization built on?
What is the Huang (Yellow) River?
What does monotheism mean?
What is the belief in one god
Why was Cuneiform so important?
What is, the first writing system created
What was the Egyptian writing system called?
What is hieroglyphics?
What was the river Ancient Indian civilization was built on?
What is the Indus River?
What was the name of the 1st Chinese Dynasty?
What is the Shang Dynasty?
What was one feature of all ancient river valley civilizations?
Any correct answer is acceptable
What were the two rivers Mesopotamia existed between?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
What was the name for Egyptian Kings?
What are pharaohs?
What were the two main cities in Ancient India?
What was Harappa and Mohenjo Daro?
What was the name of the 2nd dynasty in China?
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
Confucianism is not a religion but...
What was the name of the fertile land in Mesopotamia? (Hint: the green area on the map we looked at of Mesopotamia)
What is the Fertile Crescent?
What was the purpose for mummification?
What is to give souls a use for the body in its afterlife?
What advancements did Ancient India have?
What is advanced plumbing systems, irrigation, and water chutes
What were some of the new innovations from Ancient China?
What is leather armor, bronze weapons, horse drawn chariots, and/or iron axes?
Paleolithic peoples lived their lives as
What are Nomads (constantly moving to find food)
What were the temples called in Mesopotamia?
What are Ziggurats?
What is the term for people who believe in many gods?
What is Polytheistic
What was the language of the Vedas?
What is Sanskrit
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
What is the concept that if a dynasty was not ruling their people properly or justly, they would lose the support of Heaven?
What is a characteristic of a civilization?
Any correct answer is acceptable.