Foundations of Human Civilizations
What is a civilization?
A complex society with cities, government, religion, job specialization, and writing.
What does “Mesopotamia” mean?
What is land between the rivers
Which river was essential to Egyptian civilization?
What is the Nile River.
What type of religion did the ancient Israelites practice?
What is Monotheism.
What river system supported early Indian civilization?
What is the Indus River?
Why did early civilizations usually develop near rivers?
What is fresh water, fertile soil, transportation, and food.
Which two rivers formed Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
Why was the Nile’s flooding important?
What is it left fertile soil for farming.
What does monotheism mean?
What is the belief in one God
What two major religions began in ancient India?
What is Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is the Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution?
What is the change from hunting and gathering to farming and permanent settlements
What system of writing did the Sumerians create?
What is Cuneiform.
Who was the ruler of ancient Egypt?
Who is the pharaoh
What holy book contains many of the Israelites’ teachings and laws?
What is the Hebrew Bible / Torah
What is the caste system?
What is a social class system in ancient India?
How did a surplus of food change ancient societies?
What is it allowed people to specialize in different jobs
Who created one of the first written law codes?
Who is Hammurabi.
What were pyramids built for?
What are tombs for pharaohs.
Who was a famous king of ancient Israel?
Saul, David, or Solomon.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
Who is the Buddha?
Name two common characteristics of early civilizations.
What is Cities, government, religion, writing, social classes, technology, job specialization (any two)
What were ziggurats used for?
What is religious temples and centers of worship.
What writing system did the Egyptians use?
What is Hieroglphics?
What are the Ten Commandments?
What are religious and moral laws followed by the Israelites
Who unified much of India and spread Buddhism?
Who is Ashoka?