Geography of the River Valleys
Accomplishments
Vocabulary
Neolithic Revolution
Miscellaneous
100

What is the name for the region that Mesopotamia is located in?

The Fertile Crescent

100

What technological innovation did ALL of the river valleys develop to improve farming?

Irrigation Systems

100

What does polytheistic mean?

The belief in many gods 

100

Why is the Neolithic Revolution a turning point?

Because people learned how to domesticate plants and animals; people could settle in one place

100

What is geographic context?

Refers to where an event is happening and why it is happening there

200

What are the names of the rivers in Mesopotamia?

The Tigris and Euphrates 

200

Mesopotamians developed which of the following:

a. sewage system 

b. the wheel

c. cotton cloth

The wheel and the first wheeled vehicles 

200

What does domesticate mean?

To tame something

200

Choose one of the following and explain how it changed from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Era: 

1. Food 

2. Jobs 


1. People used to hunt and gather for food; later they farmed and domesticated animals for food

2. People were hunters and gatherers; Specialized jobs emerge (traders, scribes, government positions)


200

What is an artifact?

A type of primary source; a human-made object 

300

What are the seasonal winds in India called, and why are they important?

Monsoons; they bring rain for the crops every year

300

What was the first written law code called? And what civilization did it originate in? 

Hammurabi's Code; Mesopotamia (Babylon)

300

What is a ziggurat? 

(Double points if you tell me which civilization had them)

A pyramid-shaped temple; Mesopotamia 

300

Why did the first civilizations settle in River Valleys?

The rivers would flood and provide fertile soil which helped them grow crops

300

What is a traditional economy?

An economy based on farming

400

What are the 2 geographic features that surrounded the Shang?

 (Double points if you can give me the names)

Mountains and Desert (Himalayas and the Gobi)

400

What are the 2 main technological advancements that the Indus made?

A sewage system and weaving cotton into cloth

400

What is a dynasty?

A line of hereditary rulers 

400

How did gender roles change from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Era?

In the Paleolithic Era it was fairly equal/men and women had the same roles; in the Neolithic Era there is inequality and women start staying in the home

400

What is a nomad? 

A person who moves from place to place 

500

What are the names of the 2 rivers in the Shang Dynasty?

The Yangtze and Huang He

500

Name one advancement that the Shang developed.

Bronze-making technology 

Silk making 

An accurate calendar 

500

What does ethnocentric mean?

The idea that one's own culture/civilization is superior to others

500

What did Mesopotamia's lack of natural barriers allow? 

(Think spread of ideas and values)

Cultural Diffusion

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