Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient India
Yellow River Valley
Other
100
This describes the general region where Mesopotamia was located?
What is the Middle East?
100
This describes the general location of Ancient Egypt.
What is Northern Africa/ Egypt?
100
This is the geographic location of the above ancient civilization.
What is Deccan Plateau/India/ Asia?
100
This is the location of this ancient civilization.
What is Asia/China?
100
This mountain range divided India and China serving to isolate both civilizations from invasion and extensive cultural diffusion.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
200
Mesopotamia means "Between two Rivers" in Greek. Which two rivers did this civilization exist between?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
This is the name for the river Valley the ancient Egypt called home.
What is the Nile River Valley Civilization?
200
This is the name of the two large rivers in India that were the basis for the Indus River civilization.
What is the Indus,Ganges, and Brahmaputra Rivers
200
This is the name of the river valley in this civilization, which served as a the foundation for the early development of Chinese Civilization.
What is the Huang He River (Yellow River)?
200
What ancient civilizations built ziggurats?
Mesopotamia
300
What attracted people to this civilization?
What is Fertile Soil, Arable Land, River Access (trade)?
300
This term describes the type of religious system in Ancient Egypt featuring gods such as Osiris, Isis, and Amon-Re.
What is Polytheism?
300
This the geographic term for a large land mass that is just below the size of major continents (ascribed to India).
What is a subcontinent?
300
Belief that a ruling family in China is granted the right to rule from Heaven based on their ability to govern fairly and ensure prosperity.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
300
Name the two cities in India that had urban planning.
Harrappa and Mohenjo Daro
400
This describes the first organized system of laws in the history of western civilizations?
What is The Code of Hammurabi?
400
The Nile River Valley was vitally important to the establishment of an advanced society. The following is an explanation for why this river valley was so important.
What is the Nile River provided arable soil and silt with which to farm and irrigate? What is the Nile River provided essential trade options and access to the Mediterranean Sea?
400
This is the name for the winds that brought wet weather in the summer and dry weather in the winter.
What are the Monsoon winds?
400
This is the word for ethnocentric belief that China was the center of the world
What is the Middle Kingdom?
400
This ancient philosopher believed in the 5 relationships for a healthy society and the supported education for everyone to achieve their true potential.
Who is Confucius?
500
Sumer, Babylon, and Er were cities in ancient Mesoptomia. The following would be an explanation for where they were located and why.
What is the land mass between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers because they had access to fertile soil and trade using these river systems?
500
These advanced structures of Egyptian society showed the mathematical comprehension and wealth of this civilization. The following describes why and how the Great Pyramids were built.
What is they were built using large limestone blocks on log rollers and water to reduce friction as a tomb for the great pharaohs?
500
Social hierarchies are often established so people within a society know their role and social status to promote social order. Ancient India is a prime example of this with their establishment of this system tied to their Hindu religion.
What is the Caste System?
500
This is the explanation of the Dynastic Cycle.
What is when a ruling family (dynasty) weakens and begins to overtax its people and become corrupt, another ruling family will take their place with a renewed Mandate of Heaven?
500
These are three environmental challenges faced by the people known as the Sumerians?
What is limited natural resources, no natural barriers, unpredictable flooding?
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