Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus Valley
China
Fun Facts
100
What modern day country does this civilization exist in?
What is Iraq
100
What is the function of Old Kingdom pyramids?
What are tombs
100
Where is this civilization located?
What is India and Pakistan
100
Why was this called the Middle Kingdom?
What is because the Chinese thought they were between heaven and Earth
100
Define theocracy
What is when the ruler of a government is a divine figure (god) or is a religious leader as well as a political leader
200
Who made the first code of law?
Who is Hammurabi
200
Papyrus was used as a surface what writing system?
What is hieroglyphics
200
What is the reason we know so little about this civilization?
What is because they have not deciphered the language yet
200
What geographic features isolate China (pick 3)?
What are the Gobi Desert, Tibetan Plateau, Pacific Ocean, jungles, and the Himalayas
200
Which river flooded periodically?
What is the Nile?
300
What are the natural boundaries (rivers) of Mesopotamia?
What is Tigris and Euphrates
300
What finally cracked the writing code?
What is the rosetta stone
300
What did the homes in Mohenjo-Daro have that is lacking in other civilizations?
What is plumbing
300
Under Chinese feudalism, who does the land belong to?
What is the king
300
What is a monsoon and what civilization does it effect?
What is seasonal winds and the Indus civilization
400
Name a famous city-state in Sumer
What is Ur
400
What are cataracts?
What are rushing rapids
400
Name two artifacts found and what they mean about this civilization
What are toys and a lack of weapons
400
When did the Chinese dynastic cycle end?
What is in 1949
400
Why were governments created in these civilizations?
What is because of public projects and irrigation
500
Who was the first emperor of Babylon?
Who is Sargon of Akkad
500
Who is the king who united upper and lower Egypt?
Who is Narmer
500
What four modern countries are on the Indian subcontinent
What are India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh
500
What is filial piety?
What is respect
500
What are Mesopotamian temples called?
What are ziggurats
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