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Named after its unique color, this river allowed China to thrive.
What is the Yellow River
100
karma and reincarnation, polytheistic, social caste is very strict
What is Hinduism
100
The Chinese heated these until they cracked to predict the future
What are tortoise shells or bones
100
This civilization has the Great Wall.
What is China
100
Chaotic period of time when nobles in China fought one another.
What is the "Time of the Warring States".
200
these mountains, in modern day Nepal, lay closest to the Indus Valley Civilization. They kept the Indus people safe from the North.
What are the Himalayas
200
4 noble truths, 8 fold path, reincarnation and karma- no polytheism
What is Buddhism
200
A term that applies to the Ancient civilizations belief in many gods
What is Polytheism
200
Egypt is known for building these in Giza
What is the Great Pyramid
200
We know very little about this ancient civilization.
What is the Indus Valley
300
Due to monsoons, these two rivers flood resulting in fertile farm land for the Indus Valley.
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers
300
very strict, harsh punishments for breaking laws, every effective way of ruling
What is Legalism
300
The major religion of the Indus valley, even to this day.
What is Hinduism
300
The Egyptians used this as a writing surface, to make baskets, and multiple other items
What is papyrus
300
Because they thought of themselves as the only civilized society, the ancient Chinese referred to themselves as the
What is the Middle Kingdom
400
Flowing north, this is the longest river in the world
What is the Nile River
400
The way, likened to water, follow the natural order to achieve peace, yin and yang.
What is Daoism
400
These writings are Hindu’s prayers/chants to their gods.
What are the Vedas
400
This kept Indus Valley cities sanitary
What is a sewage system
400
The social structure that divides/classifies people into categories (High, Middle, Low)…
What is the caste system.
500
This desert peninsula lay to the east of Egypt.
What is the Sinai Peninsula
500
honor social structure, golden rule, stressed education.
What is Confucianism
500
Egypt thought of their Pharaohs as gods. When the leader is a god, or is thought to be god's spoke person, the type of government is known as this.
What is a Theocracy
500
Terra-cotta (clay) soldiers were found in the massive tomb of an emperor belonging to this civilization
What is China
500
The Rosetta Stone allowed translation of the ancient Egyptian writing known as…
What is hieroglyphics
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