Mesopotamia
Egyptian Old Kingdom
Indus
China
Geography
100

What is the term for the fertile soil deposited annually due to flooding

silt

100
Explain the "Gift of the Nile"

Nile flooded predictably every year

100
What are the two Rivers that Harappan Civilization develops around

Indus and Ganges

100

What is the alternate name for the Yellow River in China ?

Huang He 

100

Name 2 benefits of Rivers 

fresh water

agriculture 

bathing

cleaning

200

What are the two Rivers that Mesopotamian civilization develop around?

Tigris and Euphrates

200

Egyptian writing

Hieroglyphics 

200
What is the other major city of Harappan civilization? Harappa and __________. 

Mohenjo-Daro 

200

The "device" Chinese kings used to make major political and economic decisions? 

oracle bones 

200

Name 2 of the 3 mountains protecting India from invasion. 

Hindu Kush

Karakorum

Himalayas 

300

The monument built in each city's citadel? 

Ziggurat

300

Name of the Pharaoh that unified Upper and Lower Egypt?

Menes

300
Identify one major technological innovations of the Harappan civilization not found anywhere else in the ancient world?

Indoor Plumbing 

Grid-like streets

300

Chinese belief that the gods chose the ruler?

Mandate of Heaven 

300
Name 2 geography barriers protecting ancient China (be specific)

Taklamakan desert

Gobi Desert

Himalayas 

Pacific Ocean

400

What was the earliest form of legal code and overriding principle found in Sumeria?

Hammurabi's Code and an eye for an eye except for different social classes 

400

Ceremonial vessels used in mummification

Canopic Jars 

400

evidence for "urban Planning" 

Grid like streets

400

Term given for fertile soil in Ancient China 

Loess 

400
Seasonal winds affecting Indus culture 

Monsoon

500

Name of artifact that would decipher Cuneiform 

Behistun Inscription

500

Name of the Pharaoh that had the largest pyramid built for the afterlife

Khufu

500
Name of undecipherable written system 

Indus Script 

500

Capital of Shang Dynasty 

Anyang 
500

Name of "secret passage" into India that provided route for invasion 

Khyber Pass 

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