Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
Yellow River Valley
100

Thick bed of mud left behind when the rivers flood.

What is silt?

100
name the fertile piece of land that lies between the two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100

When the Nile River would flood, it left behind...

What is silt

100
the Indus River is protected by which mountain range to the north
What is the Himalaya's
100
You would find the Yellow River in this present day country
What is China
200

Ruler of Babylon and wrote a law code

What is Hammurabi

200
name the two rivers that flood leaving behind silt
What is the Tigris & Euphrates
200

belief in many gods

What is polytheism? 

200

What are seasonal winds that brings heavy rain in the summer?

What is a monsoon?

200

Method used in China to communicate with the gods. 

What is the Oracle Bone? 

300

A government in which the head of the state is also the head of the religion. 

What is Theocracy?

300
name the Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform
300

paper made from reeds

What is a papyrus?

300

Cities in the Indus River Valley

What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro 

300

To rule, a ruling family in China you must claim this

What is Mandate of Heaven

400

stepped pyramids in Mesopotamia were known as

What is Ziggurats?

400
the first written laws for people to follow were known as
What is Hammurabi's Code
400
The writing system of the Ancient Egyptians is known as
What is hieroglyphics
400

large Land mass of India

What is a subcontinent?

400
The Yellow River valley is very isolated. Name one of the many natural barriers that protects the Yellow River.
What is Ocean, Deserts, Mountains, Plains
500

this was used to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics

What is the Rosetta Stone?

500
Mesopotamia had very few natural barriers which resulted in Mesopotamia being constantly
What is invaded
500

These were built as tomb's for pharaoh's

What is the Pyramids

500
Name the seasonal wind pattern that dominates India's climate
What is monsoon
500
In order to read and write in the Yellow River valley you would need a certain set of skills that everyone else in the civilization does not have. This person is called a
What is Specialized Worker
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