Vocabulary
Agriculture/Maps
Writing
Beliefs
Status
100
What term means “able to support the growth of many plants; capable of producing new life”?
Fertile
100
What was the primary benefit of a civilization being in a river valley?
Rich soil for agriculture
100
What did the first civilization use writing for?
For business, record keeping and for their religion - writing stories, telling the future, enchanting tombs
100
Which belief system developed in the Vedic civilization?
Hinduism
100
What is the title given to the leaders in ancient Egypt?
Pharaoh
200
What term means “a society, or group of people,with similar religious beliefs, customs,language, and form of government”?
civilization
200
Where is Mesopotamia located on the map?
B
200
What is Cuneiform? What civilization created it?
A writing style, Mesopotamia
200
What is the name of the sacred texts in Hinduism?
The 4 Vedas
200
Who has the most power in the ancient Chinese feudal system?
The emperor, Zhou dynasty
300
What term means "the belief that kings and queens have the right to rule given from the
gods?"
Mandate of Heaven
300
Where is Egypt located on the Map?
A
300
What are hieroglyphics? What civilization created it? Where was the writing used?
A writing style, Egypt, used in tombs
300
In what civilization did the Book of Dead originate? What does the book teach?
Egypt, what happens in the afterlife
300
How can we tell Egypt was a long lasting and powerful civilization?
They build pyramids
400
What term means "the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments"
Geography
400
Where is China located on the map?
D
400
The development of writing in Mesopotamia led to the creation of which social class?
Scribes
400
In what civilization did the Epic of Gilgamesh originate? What does the epic teach?
Mesopotamia, life is precious - nature and the wild is evil
400
Who has the least power in the ancient Chinese feudal system?
Enslaved People/Indentured Servants
500
What term means "A system of organizing people into different ranks of levels of importance?"
Hierarchy
500
Where is India located on the map?
C
500
In Daoism, the Emperors burn bones in order to...
predict the future
500
What philosophies were developed in China?
Daoism & Confucianism
500
Fill in the social hierarchy below with the 4 Indian varnas 
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras