Mesopotamia
What is the name of the ruler who created the first codified laws?
Hammurabi
What is the name of the technique in which Egyptians dug canals to create more fertile farmland?
Irrigation
The Mandate of Heaven
What is the name of the seasonal wind pattern that brings rain to India every summer?
Monsoons
What are the two rivers in the Mesopotamia region?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the one of the nicknames given to Mesopotamia because of its farmable land?
Fertile Crescent / Cradle of Civilization
Who was the ruler of Ancient Egypt, seen both as a god and a king?
Pharaoh
On oracle bones, the Chinese would write questions to the gods and to their deceased ____________.
Ancestors
In what type of pattern were Indus cities organized into?
Grid Systems
What is the name of the largest hot desert in the world, which is located in Africa
The Sahara Desert
What system of government did the Sumerians create?
City-States
What type of writing system are the Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Pictographs
What was the name of the social structure that granted land to powerful clans(families) to control within the dynasty?
Feudalism
What technology did the Indus develop to help keep their cities clean?
Plumbing / Sewer System
What is the name of the mountain range that separates India and China?
The Himalayan Mountains
What was the name of the empire that conquered the Sumerians?
The Akkadians
What body of water did Egypt use to trade with Mesopotamia?
Red Sea
Why was the Yellow River also known as "China's Sorrow?"
Unpredictable Flooding
What were the two major cities built in the Indus River Valley?
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro
What was the name of the fertile land at the mouth of the Nile River?
Nile River Delta
Under Hammurabi's Code, what was the punishment for someone who falsely accused another of a crime?
Death
What is the name of the material that the pyramids were mainly built out of?
Limestone
What were the names of the two dynasties discussed in the River Valley Civilizations Unit?
Shang and Zhou Dynasties
Although their decline is a mystery, one theory suggests that this group of people invaded the Indus River Valley c. 1500 BCE:
The Aryans
Name a modern-day country that is in the region of Mesopotamia
Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Kuwait