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Mesopotamia
Egypt
Indus River Valley
China
Bonus
100
Mesopotamia is also referred to as what?
What is The Fertile Crescent
100
What were two advantages and disadvantages people had from settling on the Nile?
What is Silt and predictable flooding, also natrual barriers. Barriers made it difficult for long distance trading, so people were isolated, and water brought by Nile not the same every year.
100
What two rivers flowed through the Indus Valley
What is the Indus and Ganges Rivers
100
Name one natural barrier that isolated China from other civilizations.
What is The Plateau of Tibet, Gobi Desert, Yellow Sea. (any others will be accepted)
100
What is the Sumerians writing system called?
What is Cuniform
200
What two rivers flowed through Mesopotamia?
What is The Tigris and Euphrates River
200
These were considered to be gods in the eyes of the Egyptians and ruled cities most of the time.
What are Pharaohs
200
What is unique about Indus River Valley cities?
What is they were all built on a grid (I will also except that most of them were built on platforms to prevent flooding).
200
What two rivers flowed through China?
What is Chang Jaing and Huang He (Yellow River)
200
Which direction did the Nile flow?
What is North
300
How would developing cities into city-states be an advantage and disadvantage for Sumerian culture?
What is Each was independentlly ruled allowing different government and culture to exist, but led to more wars, and interal fighting in Sumer.
300
Egyptians first built the pyramids for what purpose?
What is as a Pharaohs tomb, or final resting place.
300
What are monsoons and how did they affect Indus Valley cultures?
What is seasonal winds that change throughout the season, and carry water down from the mountains, or from the ocean. There was no telling how much water would be brought, so drought and floods were unpredictable.
300
Who were the first people to come to power in China, and list two characteristics about China society, governemnt, or religion.
Who is the Shang people (i will agree with characteristics)
300
List the social class in Egyptian society.
What is Kings, Pharaohs, and royal family Meachants, warriors Peasants, farmers, slaves
400
What three things that led to the Sumerian city-states demise?
What is famine, interal fighting, outside intruders
400
How did the Egyptians belief in the afterlife impact thier culture?
What is they began things such as building of the pyramids, and/or process of mummification
400
Scientists have found childrens toys in the Indus Valley what do you think these means about their society?
What is that they were a prosperous culture that could afford to make non-essential items
400
Who were the people that overthrew the Shang and explain feudalism.
What is the Zhou, and it is when nobles or lords rule over land or regions that leagally are owned by the king
400
What is the Mandate of Heaven
What is when a dynasty is overthrown because people believed that heaven was displeased with them. So another royal family takes over, claiming to have the Mandate of Heaven.
500
Who was Hammurabi, what empire was he a part of, and how did he change the culture in Mesopotamia.
What is a king or emperor who was pary of the Babylon Empire, and set a code of laws that were set for people in mesopotamia, 'an eye for an eye'.
500
Name three Egyptian Gods and what they stood for.
What is Isis, goddess of protection, ideal mother or women. Osiris, god of the dead/underworld. Ra, sun god. Others will be accepted if correct.
500
How do you think being isolated as the Indus Valley was could be a positive on the cultures that lived there?
What is no outside invaders, causing less war, and internal fighting. Unity in things such a social class and religion. They had to depend on themselves to thrive.
500
Explain the Dynasty Cycle in China.
What is 1. In time a dynasty would decline and become corrupt. 2. Disasters such as floods, riots, and invasions occured. 3. Old dynasty loses Mandate of Heaven 4. Dynasty is overthrown through rebellion; new dynasty emerges 5. New dynasty gains power, restores peace. 6. Strong Dynasty restores balance, gets Mandate of Heaven.
500
List one simularity and one difference between all the warly civilizations.
What is ( i will check answer)