Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
China
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What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
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What civilization settled near the Nile River and Delta in Africa?
Egyptian
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What is one achievement of the Indian Civilization? (Hint: math)
The concept of the number zero
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What are three things that China contributed to the world?
Paper, porcelain and silk
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Who created the first alphabet?
Phoenicians
200
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers
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What did the Egyptians call their rulers?
Pharaohs
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On what two rivers did the civilizations of India develop?
Indus and Ganges
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What river is most important to classical China? (One river, three names)
Huang He River, River of Sorrows, Yellow River
200
Which empire created the idea of Imperial Bureaucracy?
Persia
300
Where is Mesopotamia?
The Arabian peninsula
300
What was a pyramid really used for?
Burial sites
300
Name the two empires that were in India that we talked about
Gupta and Mauryan
300
What was the mandate of Heaven?
God's approval of an emperor to rule
300
Leaders in early civilizations often gained power through -
Hereditary rule
400
What is the name of the written language in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
400
What is the name of the type of government that they had in the Nile River Valley?
Theocracy
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What is the name of the written language used in India?
Sanskrit
400
What were oracle bones? How were they used?
Oracle Bones were China's first "written language"
A person would ask an important question, and then a hot poker would be stuck in a turtle shell or bone of an ox, and based off of the cracks, they would have the answer to their questions.
400
What do Hammurabi's Code and the Ten Commandments have in common?
They are both written law codes that ensured people knew the principles to follow
500
What is the name of the earliest known civilization that was located inside of Mesopotamia?
Sumer
500
Which of these is the Nile River Valley?
1
500
Name the two major religions that started in India
Hinduism and Buddhism
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What was the civil service system and what was its purpose?
Government officials were given the position based on merit, not just because they were friends with the right person
500
What were at least 3 major reasons why early permanent settlements developed in river valleys?
rich fertile soil, irrigation water for agriculture, drinking water, protection from invaders