Where is the Nile river located?
North Africa (Egypt)
What are some inventions of the Mesopotamia people?
wagon wheel, bronze, plow, math, geometry, sundial
What modern-day country is the Indus Valley located at today?
Modern-day Pakistan
What two rivers were in Ancient China
Yellow (Huang He) and Yangtze
Which river and civilization is shown by letter A?
Nile River and Egypt
What land is considered the Jewish Home land?
Isreal
What is monotheism?
Belief in one god
What are the large monuments called where the Pharaohs are buried?
Pyramids
What two rivers make up the Mesopotamian civilization?
The Tigris and Euphrates.
What river is this civilization located on?
Indus River
What was the Mandate of Heaven?
The right to rule China
What is the Bottom River "B" and Top River "C"
Bottom River = Euphrates
Top River= Tigris
What is the sacred text of Judaism called?
The Torah
What geographic feature do Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China all have in common?
Rivers
__________: writing system of Egypt
Hieroglyphics
What is considered the first written law code?
Hammurabi's Code
How did we know that they had a central government?
well planned cities, grid systems, uniform housing, and sewer system
How was Mandate of Heaven and the Dynastic Cycle connected?
New dynasty, everything good, gets old, stops working as hard, dynasty loses Mandate of Heaven, new dynasty takes over.
Which River is shown by letter "F"
Indus River
Who is the founder of Judaism and who is credited with writing the Torah?
Founder is Abraham
Writer of the Torah is Moses
What is Polytheism?
Belief in more than one god
What is the name of the irrigation technology that was used in Ancient Egypt?
Shaduf
What was Mesopotamia's writing form?
cuneiform
What are the two main cities?
Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro
Two official dynasties of China?
Shang and Zhou
What River is shown by letter "G"
Huang He River aka Yellow River
What is the name of the law code of the Jewish people?
The Ten Commandments!
What does exile mean?
made to leave
Why is the Rosetta Stone important?
Gave us the ability to translate hieroglyphics
Was Babylonian Society Equal or Unequal? How do you know?
Unequal. Punishments were different based on social class.
What group of people invaded/ migrated into India from the north?
the Nomadic Aryans.
What is feudalism?
A system where the government gave lords land to rule but owed the king military service and support.
What geographic feature is shown by the letter "H"
Gobi Desert
Which King caused the Jewish people to leave Isreal and go into captivity in Babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Where is Mesopotamia located...modern day?
Iraq