Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
The River Valleys
100
These rivers flowed through the river valley civilization of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
100
This river flowed through ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile
100
This river flowed through ancient India.
What is the Indus
100
This river flowed through ancient China.
What is the Yellow (Huang He)
100
The worship of many gods and goddesses
What is polytheism
200
This king had a strict code of laws
Who is Hammurabi
200
The continent Egypt is located on
What is Africa
200
System of social hierarchy (includes brahmins and outcasts or untouchables)
What is the caste system
200
The trade route that carried goods from China to the west
What is The Silk Road
200
The belief in one god
What is monotheism
300
First Mesopotamian civilization
What are Sumerians
300
Pharaohs were considered this, a reflection of religion and government in Egyptian culture
What is a god
300
People that invaded India
What are the Aryans
300
China's most important export
What is silk
300
The most important feature of all early civilizations
What is a river
400
A result of a surplus of food, not everyone had to farm
What is specialization (of labor)
400
Wild rapids, kept enemies from the south out of Egypt
What are cataracts
400
Religion of ancient India
What is Hinduism
400
Rulers who pass control of country down in the same family
What is a dynasty
400
A characteristics of all river valleys (ex. cuneiform, hieroglyphics, sanskrit)
What is written language
500
Temple built by Mesopotamians
What are ziggurats
500
Structures built as tombs for the pharaohs
What are pyramids
500
Belief that the soul would be reborn and come back to earth in a new life
What is reincarnation
500
Idea that heaven gave power to the ruler
What is the mandate of heaven
500
Stuff that the flooding rivers leave behind
What is silt
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