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Ancient Contributions
Geography
Vocabulary
River Valley Characteristics
Ancient Civilizations
200
Thin piece of paper made from a reed
What is Papyrus
200

Body of water that the Nile River flows into.

What is the Mediterranean Sea.

200

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.


City-State
200
Land between rivers
What is Mesopotmaia
200
First civilization in Mesopotamia
What is Sumer
400
Ancient Egyptians gave the modern world the art or science of designing and creating buildings
What is architecture
400

DAILY DOUBLE. A present day country where Ancient Mesopotamia flourished.

What is Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria.

400

(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple

Ziggurat

400
Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops led to settled communities in this era of history
What is the Neolithic Revolution
400

Daily Double! Urban planning was an important aspect of this early civilization

What is Indus River Valley

600
The Sumerians invented a hard, round object that turns and causes machinery or a mechanical device to move
What is the wheel
600

The biggest mountain range in the world, that was north of the Indus River Valley

What is the Himalayan Mountains

600

term in Hinduism referring to right behavior and social order?

What is Dharma

600

This object was found in 1799 by French troops and it enabled researchers to decipher the Hieroglyphic language.

What is Rosetta Stone.

600
Natural boundaries of desert, mountains, and the sea Yearly flooding to enrich farmlands Production of papyrus plant
What is Egypt—Gift of the Nile
800
.“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one third of a mina of silver.”.
What is the Code of Hammurabi
800

Egypt, Indus, China and Mesopotamia all developed because of this key geographical feature?

What is a river/ river valley

800

Ancient Chinese philosophy that encouraged respect and benevolence and believed people were basically good and just needed good leaders.

What is Confucianism?

800
The development of early civilizations depended on this main factor that was a result of rivers flooding.
What is what is fertile land
800

Daily Double. the Kingdom where Hammurabi was ruler

What is Babylon

1000
Man-made systems for transporting or distributing water for use in agriculture
What is irrigation
1000

River of Ancient Civilization that had a fairy predictable flooding pattern

What is the Nile river?

1000

What is a series of rulers that come from a single family?

What is Dynasty.
1000
1.Centralized government 2. Organized religion(s) 3. Social classes 4. Specialization of labor (different jobs) 5. Art and architecture 6. Cities 7. Public Works (e.g. roads, bridges, temples) 8. System(s) of writing
What are characteristics of a civilization
1000
a river that earned it's nickname because of the sediment and minerals that would blow into the water
What is the Yellow River