Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Indus Valley
Ancient River Civilizations
100
Mesopotamia means ______
The Land Between Two Rivers
100
River that flows from south to north
What is the Nile?
100
a region that supported early agriculture and civilizations
The Fertile Crescent
100
What kind of political system did the Mesopotamian civilization use?
city-states
200
small mineral particles that come from rivers
What is silt?
200
The main purpose of the pyramids in Egypt was for ___________
burial tombs
200
What were the four River Valley Civilizations?
Mesopotamia, Indus Valley, Egypt, China
200
The oldest known writing system was called cuneiform and was invented by the_______.
Sumerians
300
people who are trained to read and write
what is a scribe?
300
Egyptians belief about what happens after a person dies.
the afterlife
300
Two main cities of the Indus Valley
What is Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
300
Science of living and nonliving things on the earth and the way they affect one another.
What is Geography?
400
This was the center of social, political, and cultural life.
Ziggurat
400
He was not only the leader but believed to be divine or god-like
The pharaoh
400
In the Indus Valley, __________with animals and symbols were used for identification.
seals
400
What natural land formation made it difficult to travel from the Indus Valley to China?
The Himalayan Mountains
500
the Sumerian way of writing
What is Cuneiform?
500
line of rulers that are all related
What is a dynasty?
500
Name one reason the Indus Valley Civilization may have ended.
earthquake
conquest/invasion
flooding/environment
500
What type of religion did both the Mesopotamians and the Egyptians practice?
polytheistic