Early River Valley Civilization
Characteristics of Civilization
Ancient Cities
Purpose of Government
Specialized Jobs
100

This civilization out of the 4 listed was not mentioned in this unit: Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient China

What is Ancient Rome?

100

The ability of having more than enough

What is a surplus?

100

Memphis, Egypt Babylon, Mesopotamia, Beijing, China and Mohenjo Daro, Indus River Valley are examples of 

What are ancient cities?

100

rules made by an authority and that must be obeyed.



What are laws?
100

These men were used to protect their civilization and go to war if necessary.

What is a warrior?

200

An agricultural nation that is situated beside, and depends on, a river is known as 

What is a river valley civilization? 

200

The process by which a society reaches an advanced stage of social and cultural development and organization.

What is a civilization?

200

the process of making an area more urban.

What is urbanization? 

200

These are rules that are not written but should be well known

What are unwritten rules/laws?

200

A person educated in skill of writing and mathematics

What is a scribe?

300

Mesopotamia (3500 BC) Egypt (3100 BC) Indus (2600 BC) China (2000 BC), these are known as 


What is the earliest river valley civilization? 

300

Artisans, Merchants, and Priest are example of 

What is Job Specialization? 

300

City life is known as 

What is urban? 

300

one of the first codified or written law codes.

What is Hammurabi's Code?

300

A skilled craft worker who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.

What is an Artisan?

400

Water for growing crops / domesticated animals and ease of transportation = more trade are examples of 

What is major advantages of living near a river?

400

Pharaoh, soliders, government officals, merchants, farmers, and slaves are known as

What is social hierarchy? 

400

Countryside is known as 

What is a rural area?
400

This is where Hammurabi's code was created. 

Where is Ancient Mesopotamia? 

400

Anyone who is involved in business or trade

What is a merchant?

500

This river was vital to Ancient Egypt and its people to survive.

What is the Nile River?

500

Democracy and Dicatatorship is known as 

What is government? 

500

The outlying areas of a city

What is the suburb?

500

Final Jeporady Question: the number of laws in the Code of Hammurabi

What is 282?

500

These people read sacred texts and kept temple or church records to foster literacy in many early socities. 

What is a priest?

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