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100
What was the first form of writing called?
What is cuneiform?
100
What river flows through Egypt?
What is the Nile
100
Monotheism is defined as what?
What is the belief in one and only one god
100

_____________ were considered the lowest class of people in Egyptian societies.

What is slaves

100

What was the title of the leader of the Egyptian government?

A Pharaoh

200
What natural product did Mesopotamians write on?
What is clay?
200
What two rivers surrounded ancient Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200

_____________ is the belief in several gods.

What is polytheism

200

The Nile provided a route for Egyptians to __________ with other surrounding civilizations for resources in which Egypt was not rich in.

What is trade

200

Who was the creator of the first set of written laws in Ancient Mesopotamia?

Who is King Hammurabi?

300
From what plant did the Egyptians make a type of paper product, called by the same name as the plant?
What is papyrus
300
Mesopotamia is also known the ________________ due its prime location between two rivers that created rich soil
What is "Fertile Crescent"
300

Ancient Egyptians buried their Pharaohs in tombs called _________________

What is pyramids

300

How did humans change from the old to the new stone age?

They began living in farming villages, raising animals and crops

300

What two groups of people were the leaders of the Mesopotamian government?

Who are the Priests and Kings

400
What was the name of the form of writing invented by ancient Egyptians?
What is hieroglyphics?
400
Name three benefits that societies living in a river valley have over other civilizations?
What is trade, transportation, rich soil, various resources, food, water source, etc.
400

How many different gods did the Egyptians, as a civilization, believe in?

What is thousands.

400

Before towns and cities can develop in a society, the society needs to establish what?

What is farming and an agricultural surplus.

400

What saying describes the type of punishments given in Hammurabi's Code?

What is "an eye for an eye"

500

What did ancient China use as their writing form?

What is characters and symbols.

500

China is separated from India by which mountains?

What is the Himalaya Mountains.

500

What did Hinduism focus on?

What is the Four Noble Truths, Karma, and Reincarnation.

500

The four ancient civilizations we have studied, were similar in the fact, they were all what?

industrialized societies

monotheistic

dependent on fertile land

dependent on each other for trade

What is dependent on fertile land.

500

A _____________ is a city and surrounding land that make up an independent state, with its own ruler, army, and laws.

What is a city-state