Mesopotamia
What is the belief in many gods?
Polythesism
What is a delta?
the marshy region formed by a deposit of silt at the mouth of the river
What were the seasonal winds called that affected the crops of the Indus Valley?
monsoons
What is a loess?
a fertile deposit of wind-blown silt
Who was Narmer?
An Egyptian king who was thought to reunite Upper and Lower Egypt and he wore a double crown.
What is the area near the Nile River that is known for its fertile soil?
Fertile Crescent
What was the purpose of papyrus?
It was a plant (reed) that used to write on and build boats.
Why do we know so little about the Indus Valley Civilization?
Its written language has not been decoded.
What is 1 environmental challenge people faced in early Chinese civilization?
Great floods sometimes covered the whole village
What is a city-state?
What were the 3 environmental disadvantages for the Sumerians?
1) natural disasters (flooding, fires and storms)
2) no natural barriers for protection
3) limited food
What were the social classes like in ancient Egypt?
They were not locked into their class. They could move up and down.
Women had many of the same rights as men.
How do we know that the people of the Indus Valley traded with the Sumerians?
Indus seals were found in Sumer and Sumerian items in the Indus Valley
What is a tortise shell or other animal bone that Chinese wrote on to ask questions of the gods?
Oracle bone
What was the way of choosing a new dynasty in Ancient China, if the current dynasty was being foolish or wicked?
Mandate of Heaven
What areas of life did Hammurabi's code cover?
Rules, judgments and laws
Why did Egyptians mummify bodies of pharoahs?
They wanted to preserve the bodies for the afterlife and it was respectful.
What skills would the construction of planned cities require?
Architects would have to experienced, detailed and accurate. Plumbers would have to be knowlegeable.
Between which two rivers was the heartland of China found?
Yellow River and Yangtze River
Describe the role of family in the Ancient Chinese tradition?
Parents were to be respected.
Women were not respected and their main purpose was to bear a son.
Men were respected and ruled their houses.
What ways did Sumerians solve problems through organization?
1) They dug irrigation ditches to grow crops
2) They built city walls with mud bricks for defense.
3) They trades their own natural resources for new raw materials.
Why was the Nile River a gift for the Egyptians and why did they worship it?
1) It provides fertile soil for crops.
2) It provided a water source that they could use for irrigation.
What were some achievements of the people of the Indus Valley?
1) Organization of the cities-planning, detailed plans of a precise grid system
2) Efficient trading system-gold, silver and cloth
3) Development of plumbing and sewage system
What was the major advantage of the Chinese system of writing?
People all over China could read it, even if they spoke different languages.
What were 3 scientific achievements of the Ancient Egyptians?
1) They created a calendar.
2) They created a system of writing.
3) They created medicines and conducted surgeries.