Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Indus River Valley
Ancient China
Miscellaneous
100
This is the term used for the belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
100
This is a point where jagged granite cliffs and boulders turn the river into churning rapids
What is a cataract?
100
These are the seasonal winds that dominate India's climate
What is a monsoon?
100
This is the dusty yellowish silt that is deposited when the river banks overflow.
What is loess?
100
This is the belief in the superiority in one's own ethnic group or culture.
What is ethnocentrism?
200
Mesopotamia is located in which present-day country?
What is Iraq?
200
In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was considered a god. What type of government is this?
What is a theocracy?
200
The cities of the Indus valley were planned using this type of system.
What is a grid system?
200
This city was the capital of the Shang dynasty.
What is Anyang?
200
He was the king of Upper Egypt and united all of Egypt during his reign.
Who is Menes?
300
This set of laws is famous for the principle of "an eye for an eye"
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
This group of people were at the lowest end of the social hierarchy
What are slaves?
300
What is the main mountain range to the the north of India?
What are the Himalaya mountains?
300
This was central to Chinese society.
What is family?
300
This is the process of a new idea or a product spreading from one culture to another
What is cultural diffusion?
400
This is the process of a new idea or product spreading from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
400
He was the youngest ruler of Egypt and died at the age of 18.
Who is King Tutankhamen?
400
What is one major cities of this civilization?
What is Mohenjo-Daro/Harappa/Kalibangan?
400
This is a political system in which nobles, or lords are granted the use of lands that legally belong to the king.
What is feudalism?
400
This group spoke a language similar to Arabic and Hebrew
Who were the Semites?
500
This leader defeated the city-states of Sumer and united northern and southern Mesopotamia into the world's first empire.
Who is Sargon the Great/Sargon of Akkad?
500
This is a type of ancient Egyptian tomb in the form of a flat-roofed, rectangular structure with outward sloping sides.
What is a mastaba?
500
What was this civilization's main contributions to science/technology?
What are plumbing and sewage systems?
500
This was central to the Chinese government. It was the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
500
This man led his army from Akkad and was able to conquer the city-states of Sumer.
Who was Sargon the Great?
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