Mesopotamia
Egypt
Babylonians
India
China
Early River Valleys
100
What were the first settlers of this area called? (Fertile Crescent)
Who are the Sumerians
100

Why is the Nile considered a gift?

What is without the Nile, Egypt would be nothing but desert, and the civilization would not have been created

100
What is the oldest known legal system?
What is Hammurabi's Code or The Code of Hammurabi
100

What made the Indus Valley a good place for civilization?

What are the the mountains, deserts, and the rivers

100

How does the Yu irrigation system help protect the settlement growth?

What is reducing floods and allow surplus of growth for crops

100

What characteristics of a civilization does a government that creates laws and priests that practice special rituals fall under?

What is a complex institutions

200
What was their system of writing?
What is cuneiform
200
What did the Egyptians call their kings?
What is Pharaohs
200
Why were the Babylonians said to have treated their women fairly? (This was unheard of at the time)
What is Babylonian women could own property and engage in business
200

What do the planned cities of the Indus Valley tell people about their culture?

What is having a strong central government

200

What is the name of the silt-fertile soil in ancient China?>

What is loess.

200

Who did some historians believe to be the first leader to unite Eygpt?

Who is the Scorpion King

300
Name one of their inventions
What is wheel, arch, plow, sailboat, cuneiform
300
What type of writing did the Egyptians use?
What is Heiroglyphics
300
What Sumerian literature do "The Babylonian Epics" resemble?
What is "The Gilgamesh Legends"
300

What kind of reputation did the Assyrians have?

What is the fiercest warriors in history; cruel, violent

300

How did women's rights in China compare to those of Sumer and Egypt?

What are the women in China had fewer rights

300

What are the names of modern-day counties that contain ancient Fertile Crescent settlements?

What is Iraq, Syria, or Turkey

400
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What is "the land between the rivers"
400
Which "rock" made it possible for us to read Hieroglyphics?
What is the Rosetta Stone
400
What are some characteristics of Hammurabi's Code?
What is strict, harsh, clear, "an eye for an eye"
400

Why is little known about the Indus Valley?

What is scholars could not decipher their language  

400

Why are the oracle bones important to historians today?

What is,it provides us with one of the earliest examples of ancient Chinese writing and five historians' insights into the dynasty's life.

400

What is the name of the major city of the Shang Dynasty?

Who is Anyang

500
Sumer was made up of what?
What is multiple, independent city-states
500
Would a woman rather live in Egypt or Sumer at the time? Why?
What is Egypt. Women in Egypt had status and great independence
500
What did the Babylonian's work in astrology allow them to discover?
What is they were able to recognize planets and foretell eclipses
500

Which civilization created the plumbing system?

Who are the Harappan Civilization

500

How might the Mandate of Heaven affect how a king ruled?

What is a king king might try to rule wisely and well to keep the Mandate of Heaven

500

Who was ancient China's supreme god?

Who is Shang Di

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