Geography
What River is Egypt located on?
Nile
Preserving bodies so that they may continue into the afterlife
Mummification
Wrote the law code of Mesopotamia
Hammurabi
Egyptian nobility were buried in the
Pyramids
Name for land that was good for growing crops in Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Which TWO Rivers are located in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
The mouth of the river where sediment is deposited
Delta
Title for leader of Egypt
Pharaoh
A term that means belief in MANY gods
Polytheism
Egyptian's form of writing
Hieroglyphics
Ganges or Indus
People who could write
Scribes
Once farming allowed people to live in one area, they needed to create _______________ to advance life
Civilization
How did ideas spread from civilization to civilization?
Trade
A term used to represent a city and all of the land that surrounds it
City State
What do we call the rainy season in India that lasts for up to 6 months?
Monsoon
People who made things by hand
Artisans
Leaders of Egypt were also thought to be ________
Gods
A big reason why the Chinese were isolated from the rest of the world
Natural Barriers
Mountains/Deserts/Rivers
Name for land mass that allowed Asians to migrate to North America
Bering Land Bridge
What mountain range separates India from China?
Himalayas
Power by which Chinese rulers claim they are divine
Mandate of Heaven
Leaders of China would continue to come from the same family as a part of the
Dynastic Cycle
The Ancient Chinese would use these to speak to the gods
Oracle Bones
What two rivers did China rely on?
Yellow and Yangtze