Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus
China
Characteristics
100
What two rivers define the region of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
100
What River was most important to the development of Ancient Egypt?
Nile River
100
What River was most significant to the Indus River Valley Civilization
Indus River
100
What River was essential to Ancient China?
Huang He/Yellow River
100
The major river valley civilizations had what in common with religion?
Polytheistic
200
Describe the significance of the Code of Hammurabi
First written law code that tells of Mesopotamia and the social classes
200
What writing is associated with Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
200
What were the two major cities within the Indus River Valley Civilization?
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
200
What type of religious writing was used to make decisions?
Oracle Bones
200
Slavery was mainly based on what?
Prisoners of War
300
What was the writing of Ancient Sumer
Cuniform
300
The god-king of Egypt was called what?
Pharaoh
300
A societal structure in which people are born into the type of work they will do for their entire lives. There is no changing positions.
The Caste System
300
Besides the gods, who else did the Chinese worship?
Ancestors
300
the spread of new ideas from culture to culture is known as what?
Cultural Diffusion
400
What religious and government temples were used in Ancient Mesopotamia
Ziggurats
400
Deserts on either side of the Nile did not allow Egyptians to have much interaction with others but it did provide what?
Served as a natural barrier
400
What were three major achievements of the Indus River Valley?
Growing cotton, Plumbing, Planned cities
400
What mountain range acts as a barrier to the southwest of China?
Himalayas
400
What type of government did all River Valley civilizations have
Theocracy
500
Which letter represents Ancient Mesopotamia
B
500
Which letter represents the Nile River?
C
500
Which letter represents the Indus River
C
500
Which letter is the Yellow River?
H
500
How was the Indus River Valley different than the other River Valley civilizations
no evidence of social structure