The arc of fertile land in southwest Asia is referred to as...
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
The Nile flows
What is North?
100
Harappan society was known for its...
What are advanced and planned cities?
100
The man who made the saying," An eye for an eye" famous.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
The belief in many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
The Greek word meaning "Land between the rivers."
What is Mesopotamia?
200
The triangular-shaped deposit of land found at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
This justified the Zhou overthrow of the Shang and states there should only be one ruler and that ruler had the blessing of the gods...
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
200
The Code of Hammurabi was important because it was the….
What is the first set of laws?
300
Nobles were given land from the ruler in exchange for military service; peasants then took care of the land and provided labor in exchange for military protection and a cut of the land and it's crops from the nobles. This is known as....
What is feudalism?
300
One of 3 environmental problems people in Mesopotamia faced.
What is flooding rivers, lack of natural resources and no natural protection?
300
The king in Egypt is also thought to be a _____________.
What is a god?
300
The Egyptian system of writing.
What is hieroglyphics?
300
China was one of the first society's to...
What is write history OR have a centralized government?
400
A form of government based on religious authority.
What is theocracy?
400
Mesopotamia used these to better their society...
What are taxes?
400
The vizier is like the...
What is Vice President?
400
The Mesopotamian system of writing.
What is cuneiform?
400
The 2 rivers found in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates?
500
What are the 5 characteristics of civilization?
What are specialized workers, advanced technology, advanced cities, complex institutions, and record keeping?
500
How were Mesopotamian Kings viewed?
What is representatives of the gods?
500
The preservation of dead bodies in Ancient Egypt.
What is mummification?
500
The religious temple constructed by the Sumerians.