Egypt
Indus
China
Mesopotamia
Key Terms
100

The name of the world's longest river...

The Nile

100

Strong seasonal winds in the subcontinents climate

monsoons

100

Name of river earliest dynasty emerged from

Huang He

aka Yellow River

(due to Loess)

100

What is Mesopotamia Greek for

"between the rivers"

100

the belief in many gods and goddesses 

polytheism 

200

Written language of Ancient Egypt

Hieroglyphics 

200

Two planned and organized cities from Indus Valley

Mohenjo Daro, Haraappa 

200

How dynasties selected their ruler

Mandate of Heaven

200

Two rivers Mesopotamia lies in between 

Tigris and Euphrates

200

The people in society who knew how to read and write

Scribes

300

In order to reach the after-life Egyptians believed the body should be properly preserved or...

mummified

300

name of river and present day location

Indus 

Pakistan 

300
China's first dynasty with written records and what they recorded them on

Shang

Oracle Bones

300

First written language and what it was written on

Cuneiform. Clay tablet and stylus

300

When power is passed down from the mother's family vs father's 

matrilineal (mother)


patrilineal (father)

400

Purpose of Pyramids

Mausoleum to store dead Pharaohs and their families

400

3 pieces of evidence to support Indus Valley was advanced

Drainage System to dump sewage

Cities on mound for defensive and preventive flooding

long distance trade

large populations in cities with food being able to feed everyone

Great Bath

400

Name of the dynasty who first used the Mandate of Heaven

Zhou

400

first written law code 

Hammurabis Law Code

400
A ruling family that stays in power for centuries

Dynasties 

500

Name of chief official to the Pharoah

Vizier

500

Theory on what happened to Indus Valley

Combination of environmental factors such as climate change, shifting tectonic plates, change in course of rivers

500

What dynasty unified China after 250 years of warfare and turbulence?

Qin

500

Name of structures in Sumer built to honor their gods and perform religious rituals

Ziggurats

500

Ancient Egyptians used this to write on

Papyrus

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