Characteristics of a Civ
This characteristic of a civilization would include laws, trade transactions, and documentation of historical events.
What is record keeping?
This is a system of writing created in ancient Egypt.
What are hieroglyphs?
These are the four main ancient civilizations studied during this unit.
What are China, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Indus River Valley.
This cause for collapse would include climate change, depletion of resources, and drought.
What are environmental issues?
A merchant is an example of this.
What are specialized workers?
This characteristic of civilizations allowed for improved skills and efficiency.
What are specialized workers?
A consequence of breaking one of these rules could result in dismemberment.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
This Qing was the final dynasty of this ancient civilization.
What is China?
Corruption and loss of culture would be examples of this cause for collapse.
What are unity/belief causes?
This factor would represent invasions being a reason for a civilization's collapse.
What are political factors?
This characteristic of civilizations organized people through government, religions, and schools.
What are complex institutions?
This is a cycle that many leaders of ancient China followed.
What is the dynastic cycle?
This ancient civilization was protected by natural barriers (desert).
If a civilization overspends, disrupts trade, and people experience economic inequality, they may fall because of this cause.
What are economic factors?
This is how people lived prior to the establishment of civilizations.
What are nomadic lifestyles?
This characteristic includes centers for trade, large populations, and government.
What are advanced cities?
This is the belief that a leader is chosen by the gods.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This ancient civilization is where Hammurabi's Code was created.
What is Mesopotamia?
Invasions and civil wars are examples of this cause for collapse.
What are political factors?
This is a factor that allowed some civilizations to succeed and some to fail.
What is geography?
This characteristic is what civilizations create to solve a problem. (EX: the wheel)
What is advanced technology?
This is a form of writing using pictographs. It originated in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is cuneiform?
This civilization built mud-brick platforms to prevent flooding.
What is the Indus River Valley?
A corrupt leader draining funds and the public's trust would cause this.
What are unity/belief factors?
This ancient civilization is credited with the invention of papyrus.
What is ancient Egypt?