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Mesopotamia
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
Yellow River Valley
100
Name of the Mesopotamian temples
what is a ziggurat
100
Name the fertile piece of land that lies between the two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
100
The Nile River will flood and leave behind...
What is silt
100
Name the seasonal winds that dominate India's climate.
What are monsoons
100
You would find the Yellow River in this present day country
What is China
200
The belief in more than one god is called
What is polythesim
200
name the Sumerian writing system
What is cuneiform
200
Name the writing system in the Nile River and the name of the paper they use.
What is hieroglyphics and papyrus
200
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are civilizations along the Indus River valley that left behind the most...(things that help us study the past)
What are artifacts
200
To rule be a ruling family in China you must claim the
What is Mandate of Heaven
300

The Era where people stopped moving around and settled down in one place

What is the Neolithic Era?

300
the first written laws for people to follow were known as
What is Hammurabi's Code
300

Name the dessert in the Nile River Valley

What is the western and eastern desert

300
The ancient ruins of Harappa show their cities and roads were placed in what type of pattern
What is a grid pattern (for their streets)
300
Name the thing that Shang kings consulted the gods through.
What is oracle bones
400
A broad, marshy, triangular area of land formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of the Nile river
What is the delta
400
Sumerians needed these to skills to build walls, buildings, and irrigation systems.
What is arithmetic and geometry
400
These were built as tomb's for pharaoh's
What are the Pyramids
400

Capital city?

Mohenjo-Daro

400
The yellow river's nickname because it would often flood and destroy entire villages.
What is "The River of Sorrows" or "China's Sorrow"
500

Where is Mesopotamia located....Modern Day?

What is Iraq?
500
name the two rivers that flood leaving behind silt
What is the Tigris & Euphrates
500
the Nile would flood once a year in the month of
What is July
500
This building provided protection for the royal family and also acted as a temple.
What is a citadel
500

The First Dynasty of China

What is the Shang Dynasty?