Mesopotamia
What is the written script of the Mesopotamian peoples called?
Cuneiform
Government ruled by a King or Queen
Monarchy
What natural barrier separated India from China?
Himalayas
Who was the founder of Bhuddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha)
The trade route from China to Mediterranean was called the
Silk Road
What is the women's role in early civilization?
fewer rights than men
Buildings that were city-centers for religion or economic purposes?
What is the most important geographic feature to the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Shang China, and Indus Valley?
Rivers
What major religion was founded in India, spread to China, and taught a life of happiness through getting rid of material possessions?
Hinduism
What did the Emperor do to protect China from foreign invaders from the north?
construct a large army
invade and take them over
ignore them
build a large wall
Build a large wall
What Babylonian established a harsh set of laws and punishments to keep the peace?
Hammurabi
Writing system of Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
What river gave rise to the Egyptian Civilization?
The Nile
What are the sacred writings of Hinduism?
Vedas and Upanishads
Which of these was not a contribution of ancient China?
silk
porcelain
representative democracy
civil service system
representative democracy
Mesopotamian civilizations grew up in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates. What is the area called that is between these rivers?
Fertile Crescent
a way to divert river to water crops
irrigation
Into what body of water do the Tigris and Euphrates flow?
Persian Gulf
Early Indian Civilization was centered around what rivers?
Ganges and Indus
A society in which the powers of government and religion are placed in the same hands is known as a:
Theocracy
The earliest known permanent agricultural community was established in?
A. Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
B. Brazil near the Amazon River.
C. North America near the Mississippi River.
D. Europe near the Rhine River.
A. Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
city-state
The great civilizations of India and China were virtually isolated from one another. What feature kept them apart?
Himalayans
The caste system was introduced by what group of invaders?
Aryans
The Egyptians believed their leader to be the son of a god and the cause of the flooding of the Nile. What was this leader called?
Pharaoh