Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus River
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Misc
100
This ruler was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire
Who is Hammurabi
100
A king and a god in Egypt
What is a pharaoh
100
seasonal winds that dominate India's climate and affect crops
What is monsoons
100
A deposit of fertile, windblown soil
What is loess
100
A belief in many gods
What is polytheism
200
Despite its severity, ______________ reinforced the idea that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.
What is Hammurabi's Code
200
In which form of Egyptian writing did pictures stand for both ideas and sounds
What is hieroglyphics
200
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley civilization?
What is we have not deciphered their language
200
Because the Chinese saw themselves as the center of the civilized world their won name for China was ____________
What is The Middle Kingdom
200
A series of rulers of the same family
What is a dynasty
300
By brining together the peoples and nations of northern and southern Mesopotamia, Sargon of Akkad created the world's first _________________
What is an empire
300
The ______________ were built to house the Pharaohs' bodies, because their spirits were believed to rule even after death.
What is the pyramids
300
How do we know that the people of the Indus Valley traded with the Sumerians
What is The Indus seals were found in Sumer and Sumerian items were found in the Indus Valley
300
The Chinese originaly developed the idea of the ____________ to justify the Zhou overthrow of the Shang
What is The Mandate of Heaven
300
This is the process by which the ideas, beliefs, and products of one people are shared with and accepted by another people.
What is cultural diffusion
400
Because the Tigirs and Euphrates did not flood at regular intervals the Mesopotamians viewed their gods as
What is harsh and unpredictable
400
The process of mummification was connected to the Egyptian belief in
What is an afterlife
400
Cities in the Indus Valley were built with fortified areas called
What is citadels
400
Developed during the Zhou dynasty when memebers of the royal family and nobles granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king.
What is feudalism
400
This is a political unit that operates similarly to an independent kingdom, although it shares a culture with other areas.
What is a city-state
500
Creator of the world's first empire
Who is Sargon of Akkad
500
Because the rulers of Egypt were considered divine figures, Egypt's government was a
What is a theocracy
500
The cities of the Indus Valley are unique because they had
What is well planned cities in grid patterns with their own plumbing and sewage systems.
500
Kings consulted the gods or ancestors through the use of
What is oracle bones
500
In which civilization did women lack the most rights
What is Ancient China Bonus: Give one example
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