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Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Egypt
India
China
100
This is an area in which most early civilizations chose to settle close to due to its access of water and other resources.
What is a river valley.
100
These were the two major rivers of Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
100
This was the major river of the Egyptian civilization.
What is the Nile River.
100
This is the river of the Indus Valley civilization.
What is the Indus River.
100
These are the two major rivers of the Chinese civilization
What are the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.
200
The taming of wild plants and animals
What is domestication
200
This word describes land that is able to produce abundant crops and vegetation.
What is fertile.
200
These massive monuments were built for the tombs of pharaohs.
What are the pyramids.
200
This was the outsider caste in Indian civilization
What are the Untouchables.
200
This was known as the first dynasty in China.
What is the Shang Dynasty.
300
These are people who wandered from place to place, gathering food and hunting.
What are nomads.
300
This was the law of the land in Sumer and was known to be very vengeful.
What is Hammurabi's Code.
300
These people were at the top of the Egyptian social pyramid.
What are pharaohs.
300
These were the two major cities of the Indus Valley.
What are Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
300
This is the Chinese dynasty responsible for building the Great Wall of China
What is the Qin Dynasty.
400
These words mean the belief in many gods and the belief in one god, respectively.
What is polytheism and monotheism.
400
This was the flooding pattern of the rivers of Mesopotamia.
What is that they were irregular and unpredictable, causing chaos in the civilization.
400
This is the flooding pattern of the Nile River.
What is it flooded regularly and was easy to predict for the Egyptians.
400
This word means the rebirth of a soul in a new body.
What is reincarnation.
400
This is a philosophy that believed in harsh punishments for members of society.
What is Legalism.
500
This is the spreading of one part of a culture to another civilization.
What is cultural diffusion.
500
This is what Mesopotamia means.
What is the Land Between Two Rivers.
500
This is the first process of mummification.
What is removing internal organs that decay quickly.
500
This is the language the Vedas were written in.
What is Sanskrit.
500
This is a concept that explained that power was given by God to each dynasty.
What is the Mandate of Heaven.