Civilizations
A pharaoh was their ruler.
Who were the Egyptians?
The first known civilization
What is Mesopotamia?
Their writing system is known as hieroglyphics.
Who are the Egyptians?
The location of these empires.
What is India?
They used oracle bones to make decisions and predict the future.
Who is the Shang Dynasty?
The location that early civilizations had in common.
What is a water source or a river?
Their writing system was known as cuneiform.
Who is Mesopotamia?
Name the peaceful king of Maurya.
Who is Ashoka?
They had a strong navy and a direct democracy.
Who was Athens?
The two main components of the Chinese Empires' defense system.
What is...a strong army and the Great Wall of China?
Historians have not been able to decipher the writing system of this civilization.
Who is India or Indus Valley?
Name 3 characteristics of the Gupta Empire.
What is...military expansion, agriculture, international trade, religious tolerance?
It was known as "the land between two rivers."
Who is Mesopotamia?
This word or phrase is not related to the others - hunter-gatherer, pastoral nomad, migration, silt.
What is silt? Silt is used for farming, the others are related to people who moved in search of food.
This is the first civilization to record their history in writing.
Who is the Shang Dynasty?
Name 2 ways in which the Maurya king expanded his empire without violence.
What is...Buddhist missionaries, religious tolerance, accepted all cultures?
The two main goals of the Han Dynasty - and the 3 ways in which they achieved those goals.
What is...stability and expansion. Confucius, strong defense, and trade
List the five reasons why civilizations arose.
What is...access to water, gov't, defense, specialized jobs, trade?
The writing systems had this in common.
What is pictures and symbols?
Name two accomplishments of the Gupta Empire.
What is...decimal system, calculated pi, determined the earth's rotation?