Mesopotamia
This was the name of the writing system in Mesopotamia, usually engraved on stone tablets
What is cuneiform?
Egyptians settled near this major river that flows from south to north and empties into the Mediterranean sea.
What is the Nile?
This Indus geographically now makes up these modern day countries (3).
What is India, Pakistan and Bangladesh?
This was the concept given to describe honoring your ancestors. (also name which dynasty it developed in!)
What is filial piety? What is the Shang dynasty.
What is the Tang?
These are the two rivers of the fertile crescent that allowed for good farming.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
A series of rulers from a single family is known as this.
What is a dynasty?
What is the Indus and the Ganges?
He was an influential philosopher who believed in duty, honor, education and public service. He was a major influenced of the early governments of ancient China.
Who is Confucius?
This dynasty was advanced in art, poetry and calligraphy during this dynasty
What is the Song?
The was replaced as it was more durable to make weapons and tools.
What is bronze?
They ruled as "gods" and to the people, many people believed they had a direct connection which allowed them to rule over Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Worlds tallest mountain ranges that isolated much of the Indus but was also a protective barrier from invaders.
What are the Himalaya mountains?
This was the name given to the time frame in which the 7 kingdoms of China broke out into warfare, battling for supremacy.
What is the warring states period?
During this dynasty, Zheng He explored with he massive fleet to show off China's power.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
This is the term used to describe trading without using money.
What is bartering?
These were grand tombs built for some of the wealthiest pharaohs for the after life.
What is a pyramid?
Seasonal winds.
What are monsoons?
This was the name of the emperor who started the Great Wall of China. In addition, name the dynasty!
Who is Shi Huang Di? What is the Qin?
What is the dynastic cycle?
This was the name given to the temple in which the people worshiped. It was also used as a storage facility.
What is a ziggurat?
This is a government based on religious authority.
What is a theocracy?
These two architectural features made the Indus Valley advanced compared to other civilizations.
What is plumbing and sewer systems?
This was the name given to the statues built for the emperor to "protect" him in the after life.
What is the terracotta army?
This was the belief the Chinese emperor where given the divine right to rule?
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This man created a code of laws in ancient Babylonia. Hint: "Eye for an Eye and a tooth or a tooth."
Who is Hammurabi?
The Egyptian system of writing was called this.
What is hieroglyphics?
The two oldest city-states of the Indus.
What is Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Paper was invented during this dynasty.
What is the Han?
The name of the poem named after the animated Disney film Mulan.
What is the Ballad of Mulan?
The ancient Mesopotamians where this, meaning, they believed in more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
Paper sheets made from reeds.
What is papyrus?
These reasons possibly ended the Indus River Valley civilizations. (3)
This was the name of a man made waterway, still used in China today as a major transportation highway. (In addition, name the dynasty!)
What is the Grand Canal? What is the Sui dynasty?
The two major rivers of ancient China?
Yang He and the "Yellow" River