General Ancient River Valley Civilization
Which of the following means a greater amount than needed?
What is surplus?
What is a pyramid-shaped temple used to worship gods?
What is a ziggurat?
What was the purpose of mummification?
What is to preserve the physical body, and keep the home for a soul or spirit.
Ancient India was located along which river valleys?
What is the Indus River Valley?
Daoism is best explained by which symbol that shows opposites (bad/good)?
What is Yin Yang?
The names of the Ancient River Valley Civilizations were:
What is:
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Ancient India?
How did the Mesopotamians use irrigation?
What is they created levees and reservoirs to hold water and not drown their crops?
How did the Old Kingdom pharaohs show their power?
What is by building pyramids?
Two major religions founded in India included:
What is Hinduism and Buddhism?
What was the purpose of the Great Wall of China?
What is to act as a barrier and defend northern China from enemy attacks?
The first river civilization began in 3500 BC near present-day Iraq. This civilization was called:
What is Mesopotamia?
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as the Fertile Crescent and:
What is the Cradle of Civilization?
Why were pyramids built?
What is to serve as tombs for pharaohs?
Feelings of nirvana, the 8 fold path, and 4 noble truths were described by:
What is Buddhism?
The network of roads from Europe to Asia used as trade routes was called:
What is the Silk Road?
"What goes around comes around" means whatever you do good or bad will come back to you one day. Hinduism calls this:
What is karma?
How did cuneiform change history?
It was the first written language - Advanced communication and made it easier.
What landform was the basis of civilization in Ancient Egypt?
What is the Nile River?
This word means "rebirth many times in life" and is a Hindu belief:
What is reincarnation?
The Silk Road allowed for trade between which two continents:
What is Europe and Asia?
What was needed for civilizations to be built?
What is farming, surplus, job Specialization, government, cities?
The first set of written laws in 1790 BC from Babylon was called:
What is Hammurabi’s Code?
Why was the Rosetta Stone important?
What is it helped to decipher hieroglyphics since nobody knew how to read the Egyptian language?
The caste system in India:
What is:
Priests - Bhramin
Warriors - Kshatriya
Merchants - Viasya
Peasants - Sudra
Untouchables?
The Yellow River of China is described best in which of the following statements:
What is The Cradle of Chinese Civilization?