Ancient Egypt
Mesopotamia
Indus River Valley
Ancient China
Big Ideas
100

Process of embalming with Natron (salt) and burying dead. 

What is Mummification

100

Mesopotamia is located in modern day__________?

Iraq

Saudi Arabia & Iraq

100

Indus River Valley has a writing style known as 

Sanskrit 

100

China invented a fair system of testing called

Civil Service Exams

Exams or civil exams

service exams

100

Natron is a type of 

salt for embalming or salt for drying, preserving

200

Large triangular Tombs known as 

Pyramids or Great Pyramids

200

Ancient Mesopotamia was known as the 

fertile cresant 

200
Indus River Valley Civilization is home to the River System called 

Indus River 

200

China invented (say atleast one)

Gunpower, paper, exams, silk, kites, compass

200

relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god.

pol·y·the·is·tic or polytheistic (polytheistism) 

300

River system provided rich soil for farming in Egypt 

What is the Nile River 

300

Mesopotamia has two river systems what are they?

Euphrates & Tigris 

Tigris and Euphrates

300

Indus River is surrounded by a large mountain system to the north called the 

what is the Himalayas, or Himalaya mountain range in Asia

300

The major river system in China is called the 

Yellow River or Huang he River

300
  1. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.



mon·o·the·ism or monotheistic


400

Egypt unique writing style includes images called 

What are hieroglyphs or hieroglyhics 

400

Large temples that store grain and used as religious temples

what are ziggurats

400

Gupta Empire was known for a specific invention we use today

math or decimal system and O 

400

China has a protective defensive structure called the 

Great Wall of China, Great Wall, Large Wall, the Wall of China, Wall

400

Mesopotamia was known as the land between __________ rivers 

two or 2 rivers

500

How long is the Nile River in Miles (give or take 10 mile difference)

what is 4, 132 miles

what is 4, 122 miles

what is 4, 142 miles

500

The writing style of Ancient Mesopotamia is 

What is cuneiform 

500

The religion of Ancient Indus Civilization was called 

Hindu or Hinduism 

500

People settled by the Yellow River because it was 

fertile land, good for farming, farming, agriculture, soil, good soil, fertile soil

500

The four river valley civilizations are 

Mesopotamia, Indus, China & Egypt

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