Mesopotamia
This building was used as part of religious worship
Ziggurats
Hinduism has multiple gods, meaning it is a ______ religion
Polytheistic
What continent is Egypt on?
Africa
Many people in ancient China believed their _________ watched over them
Ancestors
Extra crops to sell means you have a _______
surplus
Tigris and Euphrates
Buddhism is considered a __________, not a religion
philosphy
Object used for getting water from the Nile to use for farming
Shadoof
This was an important trade route
The Silk Road
All of the River Valley Civilizations rivers flooded with ______ causing fertile soil
silt
Hammurabi's Code had harsher punishments for _____ than people in the ______
lower class; upper class
Identify one achievement from the Indus River Valley
Air conditioning, grid planning, sewer systems, jewelry, etc.
Egypt had this type of Government, which had one leader (pharaoh) in charge of the government and religion
Theocracy
Identify 3 Philosophies practiced in China
Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism
Deserts blocking an army from attempting to invade a civilization is an example of
Protected Land
This was the first written language
Cuneiform
reincarnation
The Egyptians wrote religious and economic records on this
Papyrus
Identify two rivers important to early Chinese civilization
Huang He and Yangtze
The ability to have specific roles in society (doctors, artisans, merchants) other than hunter/gatherers
Job Specialization
the original use for writing was keeping __________
economic/business records
Identify BOTH rivers important to Indian Civilization
Indus and Ganges
Egyptians painted ___________ in their tombs because they believed their souls would reside in them in the afterlife
Murals
This gave power to the emperor and showed the people that he was meant to rule
Mandate of Heaven
a system of money in general use in a particular country.
currency