Rivers
Civilizations
Ancient Civs.
Ancient Civs. 2
Culture
100
This river supported the culture hearth in Egypt.
What is the NILE?
100
The Zhou and the Qin dynasties developed in this culture hearth.
What is CHINA?
100
A small independent kingdom with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside.
What is a CITY-STATE?
100
Leadership is passed down within a family.
What is a DYNASTY?
100
The most basic unit of society.
What is a FAMILY?
200
These rivers supported the culture hearth in Mesopotamia.
What are the TIGRIS and EUPHRATES?
200
The Olmec and Mayan civilizations developed in this culture hearth.
What is MESOAMERICA?
200
A government by divine authority.
What is a THEOCRACY?
200
Meso and South American civilizations used this religious ritual to appease the gods.
What is HUMAN SACRIFICE?
200
The movement of customs or ideas.
What is CULTURAL DIFFUSION?
300
This river supported the culture hearth in West Africa.
What is the NIGER?
300
The Sumerian and Assyrian civilizations developed in this culture hearth.
What is MESOPOTAMIA?
300
Belief in many gods.
What is POLYTHEISM?
300
The most important factor that archaeologists look for to classify a culture as a civilization.
What is a WRITING SYSTEM?
300
Societies use these to communicate and create a sense of belonging.
What are CULTURAL SYMBOLS?
400
This river supported the culture hearth in China.
What is the HUANG HE (YELLOW RIVER)?
400
The Harappan and Aryan cultures developed in this culture hearth.
What is INDIA?
400
A shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture.
What is the NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION?
400
The responsibility of children in ancient China to work for and take care of their parents.
What is FILIAL PIETY?
400
The parts of a society's physical environment that the people have shaped to fit their culture, and the technology that they have used to shape it.
What is a CULTURAL LANDSCAPE?
500
These rivers supported the culture hearth in India.
What are the INDUS and GANGES?
500
Ghana and Mali developed in this culture hearth.
What is WEST AFRICA?
500
A culture that has become advanced or complex.
What is a CIVILIZATION?
500
The second in command to the pharaoh in Egypt.
What is a VIZIER?
500
The process of accepting new ideas and fitting them into a culture.
What is ACCULTURATION?
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