Mesopotamia River Valley Civilization
These are the two rivers that flowed through Mesopotamia allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This is the river that flowed through India allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What is the Indus River?
This is the river that flowed through Egypt allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What is the Nile River?
These are the two rivers that flowed through China allowing for fertile lands and transportation.
What are the Yellow River, Huang He, and Yangzi River?
This is spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another
What is cultural diffusion?
Mesopotamia had very few natural barriers which resulted in Mesopotamia being constantly...
What is invaded?
Social organization developed in Ancient India in which groups of people are divided into distinct social classes.
What is the Caste System?
What was the purpose of pyramids in Ancient Egypt?
What is to bury pharaohs that have died?
According to Confucius, what was the best way to promote the implementation of his ideals in Chinese society?
What is to live life focused on bettering yourself.
What are the two countries where the four river valley civilizations originated?
What are Africa and Asia?
Sumerians worshiped their gods in temples known as _____.
What are ziggurats?
Name the seasonal wind pattern that dominates India's climate and provides both beneficial rainfall but also major flooding and harmful winds.
What are monsoons?
Describe Egyptian religion and the basis of their deities.
Ancient Egyptian religion was polytheistic. Their gods and goddesses represented different aspects of nature and human life.
In Chinese history, this is the divine approval thought to be the basis of royal authority. The idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
The ancient ruins of Harappa show their cities and roads were placed in what type of pattern that is used in most modern day larger cities.
What is a grid-like pattern?
The first written laws for people in the Mesopotamia region were produced by this Babylonian King. The dodes were known as being very harsh but did establish law and order.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
Compare and contrast Hinduism with Buddhism.
Differences: Hinduism's belief in a multitude of gods and Buddhism rejects the idea of a personal god. Hinduism does not have a single founder, while Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama.
Similarities: Both religions believe in karma, the law of cause and effect, and reincarnation. Both emphasize the concept of dharma. Both believe in nonviolence.
This is the form of government Ancient Egyptians practiced.
What is a theocratic monarchy?
Which of the social classes was the least revered in ancient Chinese society? Why was this?
Merchants because people viewed them as greedy as they sold other people's items for a profit, there was no talent involved with this in the eyes of the Ancient Chinese.
Why was Ancient China isolated compared to the other river valley civilizations?
The physical geography of the Himalayan Mountains, Gobi Desert, Pacific Ocean, and jungles kept China barriered.
Organize these social classes from top to bottom according to Mesopotamian belief.
craftsmen, scribe, servants, king, high priest
King
High priest
Scribe
Craftsmen
Servant
What type of government did the Indus River Valley have?
It is a mystery as to how the Indus cities were governed.
Compare and contrast the Red Land with the Black Land.
Similarities: both considered part of the same country, Egypt, and were geographically linked by the Nile River
Differences: Black Land is highly fertile due to the Nile's annual silt deposits whereas the Red Land is completely barren. The Black Land is characterized by its dark, rich soil, while the Red Land appears red due to the color of the desert sand.
TRUE OR FALSE:
Shang Dynasty believed that all people were equal and there was no difference between the rich and poor.
FALSE: Shang China was very separated class wise and left little room for social mobility.
Name the acronym for SPICE-T.
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