Mesopotamia
Egypt
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro
China
Geography
100
These two rivers form the frame of Mesopotamia and flow southeast to the Persian Gulf
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
100
This Egyptian form of writing on papyrus evolved from pictographs to sounds.
What is hieroglyphics?
100
This river flows southwest through India and was used by Harappan civilizations.
What is the Indus River?
100
Yellow fertile soil.
What is Loess
100
This desert bordered the west side of ancient Egypt.
What is the Sahara?
200
This strict code of 282 laws helped unify Babylon
What is Hammurabi's Law?
200
This Egyptian god-king ruled the theocratic society.
What is a pharaoh?
200
This seasonal wind in India brings dry air in the winter, and moist air in the summer.
What is a monsoon?
200
"China's Sorrow"
What is Huang He or Yellow River?
200
This body of water forms the western border of Mesopotamia.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
This form of government allowed each city to develop its own laws and rulers
What is a city-state?
300
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile?
300
This landmass includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh which is separated by mountains from the rest of Asia.
What is a subcontinent?
300
The pattern of rise and decline and replacement of dynasties.
What is the dynastic cycle?
300
These mountains lie to the north of the Ganges river.
What are the Himalayas?
400
In this belief, people worship more than one god
What is polytheism?
400
This method of Egyptian body preservation used embalming and drying the corpse.
What is mummification?
400
This important river flows southeast into the Bay of Bengal.
What is the Ganges River?
400
Zhou political system used to control China.
What is feudalism?
400
This high plateau makes up the center of the Indian subcontinent.
What is the Deccan?
500
A series of rulers from a single family.
What is a dynasty?
500
A government in which rule is based on religious authority.
What is a theocracy?
500
This stamp proves that there was contact from trade between Indus Valley people and Mesopotamians.
What is a trade seal?
500
This dynasty ruled China from around 1700 BCE to 1027BCE.
What is the Shang?
500
The fertile area between the Yellow River and Yangtze River known as China's Heartland.
What is the North China Plain?
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