Vocabulary Terms Unit 1
Mesopotamia
China
Indus Valley Civilization
Egypt
100
Hunters and Gathers
What is Nomad
100
Name the first major city-state in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer
100
Devine permission from gods to rule over China. Must be a just ruler.
What is Mandate of Heaven
100
Along what river did Indus Valley Civilization develop along
What is Indus Valley River
100
rulers that were believed to be God-Kings
What is Pharoah
200
A change from hunting and gathering to farming
What is Neiolithic Revolution
200
First written language in Mesopotamia
What is Cuneiform
200

Name the river that Chinese civilizations developed along

What is Huang He river (yellow river).

200

What caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilizations

Nothing is definite, historians speculate.
200
Where did the Egypt emerge and along what river?
What is North Africa, Nile river
300
Tools used by humans to make life easier, examples include wheel and plow
What is Technology
300
Ruler in Babylon who wrote the first set of laws
What is King Hammurabi
300

The philosophy _____ emphasized personal and governmental morality with correctness of social relationships between citizens

What is Confucious teaching

300

Name 2 innovations that the Indus Valley Civilization gave to the world

What is Indoor Plumbing and the grid system for cities. 

300
What are the five features of a civilization?
Advanced cities, written system, complex institution, Technology, social classes
400
Believe in multiple gods/goddess
What is Polytheistic
400
A place of worship stepped pyramid in Mesopotamia
What is Ziggurat
400

Why was Chinese writing so difficult?

The number of total characters.
400

What are the seasonal winds called that dominated India's climate

What is monsoons

400
These were elaborate tombs
What is Pyramid
500
a spread of culture through trade, travel and war
What is Cultural Diffusion
500
Along what two rivers did Mesopotamia develop along
What is Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
500

Name three of four technological advances found in China

What is build roads, canals (grand canal), coined money, silk, and Great Wall of China

500

Name the Mountain Range that was a natural barrier to the Indus River Valley Civilization and where it was located (a cardinal direction)

What is Himalayas and northeast. 

500

Name the tablet that helped discover the true meaning behind ancient hieroglyphics 

What is the Rosetta stone

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