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100

Name this writing form. Double points if you name the civilization it is from. 

What is Oracle Bones?

100

The pyramids' function was...

What are tombs?

100

A religion with many gods is called this. 

What is Polytheistic?

100

Mohenjo-Daro prioritized ritual purity and one of their largest public works showed this. It was called the...

What is the "Great Bath"?

100

This is the most common job and social class. 

What are farmers?

100

The spread of humans across the globe from one point of origin is called...

The "out of Africa" theory

200

This writing developed as a way to communicate while trading. A lot of what we have is from contracts. It was wedge shaped indents in clay. 

What is Cuneiform?

200

This type of writing is considered high art in the Chinese language. 

What is Calligraphy?

200

A religion with ONE god is called this. 

What is monotheistic/monotheism?

200

This water-moving public work is really helpful in making crops grow and preventing disease. 

What is irrigation?

200

In the Yellow River important people were buried with all the things they would need for the...

What is the afterlife?

200

This was a positive thing about the Agricultural revolution. 

What is...

- job specialization

or

- population growth

300

This form of writing we cannot translate is from ___________. 

The Indus River Valley. 

300

This metal was commonly used by artisans for sculpture and container making. 

What is bronze?

300

This was the first known monotheistic religion. 

What is Judaism?

300

This type of wall is a common way of keeping invaders out. The Great Wall of China is one of these. 

What is a "defensive" wall?

300
In Egypt the head of the government was called...

What is a pharoah?

300

This is the surprising thing archaeologists think caused people to start cultivating (growing on purpose) grain. 

What is beer?

400

This pictographic writing from the Nile River Valley is called __________.  

What are hieroglyphics?

400

This is what the temple of the Mesopotamians' are called. 

What is a ziggurat?

400

Moses was a Jewish man and according to their beliefs, God sent him a set of rules called...

What are the Ten Commandments?

400

This feature of the Mohenjo-Daro makes us think they had city planners. It makes it like the cities we live in today. 

What is a grid structure?
400

This Mesopotamian "code" had both civil and criminal laws. 

What is the Code of Hammurabi?

400

This was a bad thing that happened because of the Agricultural Revolution. 

What is an increase in deaths due to 

- disease

- war


500

This civilization practiced ancestor worship and used Oracle Bones to communicate with their ancestors?

What is the Shang Dynasty, or the Yellow River Valley civilization?

500

These people came to the Indus Valley and brought their language, prayers, and songs in the form of the Vedas. 

Who were the Aryans?

500

Amun and Bastet are this.

What are "official" Egyptian gods?

500

This is the difference between irrigation and a sewer. 

A sewer takes away waste water and irrigation brings in and stores fresh water. 

500

A pharoah, a king, and an emperor are all examples of this type of government. 

What is a monarchy?

500

Why is beer considered a positive outcome of the agricultural revolution?

Because it was often safer to drink than water due to bacteria. 

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