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100
What river did people in Egypt settle next to?
The Nile River
100
The Mayas used a ________ day calendar.
365
100
What do we call the civilization that included the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa? (Not Indus)
Harrapan Civilization
100
Intercropping
Planting different crops together in the same mound to make the best possible use of limited fertile farm land.
100
What do you called fine, fertile bits of rock and soil?
Silt
200
What river did the people living in modern day India settle next to?
The Indus River
200
This was included in homes in Mohenjo-Daro and wasn't common for the time.
Bathrooms
200
What civilization extended along the Nile River from Egypt's southern border to modern-day Sudan?
Nubia
200
Smaller rivers that feed into a larger river
Tribuatries
200
Unlike other numbering systems, the Mayan system had a symbol for what?
Zero
300
How did the Nile/Indus river "give life"?
Water supply; River would flood and leave behind fertile silt that made agriculture successful.
300
How did the people of Mohenjo-Daro make their bricks? Why did the make them this way?
They baked them in ovens instead of sun-drying them. Baking them made the bricks harder and more durable.
300
The Olmecs believed the jaguar god brought what?
Rain
300
A paper-like material that the Egyptians used to write on.
Papyrus
300
After Egypt annexed northern Nubia, what did the southern region of Nubia became known as?
Kush
400
Which of the following did NOT settle in a river valley or delta? A) Egyptians B) Harrapan C) Olmec D) Mayan
D) Mayan The settled by a rain forest.
400
The Mayas had a number system based on the number _____.
20
400
Olmec cities were centers of ________________.
Religion
400
Commands given by the pharaoh.
Edicts
400
What is Inundation? (From the Egyptian civilization)
The time on the Egyptian calendar when the fiver would flood.
500
Tell me the legend of Yu the Great and the Great Flood.
He dug deep rivers to hold the flood water, saving the people from drowning.
500
What is the process of preserving dead bodies called that was used by the Old Kingdom in Egypt?
Mummification
500
What was the name of the god that the Egyptians worshipped, believed the pharaohs when to live with when they were dead, and called the sun god?
Amon-Re
500
Desertification
The change of fertile land into desert.
500
What was northern Nubia called?
Wawat