Religion
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods.
Guess the civilization: Developed a written number system, a calendar and great advancements in medicine.
Ancient Egypt
Near what river did Ancient Egypt develop?
Nile River
What is a city-state?
political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding land
What is the name for the writing system that developed in Ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphics
In which civilization did people honor and made sacrifices for their ancestors?
Chinese
Guess the civilization: Developed the wheel, the plow, use of bronze and the first code of law
Sumerian civilization (Mesopotamia)
Near what river did the Indus/Harappan civilization develop?
Indus River
Which civilization was initially organized in city-states?
Sumerian/Mesopotamia
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian writing system.
The belief of an afterlife belonged to which civilization:
Ancient Egypt
Guess the civilization: Developed coined money, roads/canals and blast furnaces for cast iron.
Chinese civilization
Near what rivers did the Sumerian civilization develop?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
Chinese belief that states that the ruler's authority came from divine approval (gods).
Name of a Sumerian temple/city hall, commonly located at the center of the city.
Ziggurat
Guess the civilization: Built planned cities with plumbing and sewage systems
Indus/Harappan Civilization
Near what rivers did Ancient China develop?
Huang He and Chang Jiang (Yellow and Yangtze Rivers).
Difference between pharaohs and Sumerian rulers:
Pharaohs were considered gods
Many writing systems developed from what:
pictographs
Which two civilizations made important advancements in Mathematics (especially geometry)
Sumerian and Egyptian
Why were river valleys the place were civilizations developed?
Had fertile land
Describe the dynastic cycle
A dynasty would achieve power, order and stability and thought to have the Mandate of Heaven. Eventually it would become corrupt and weak, which means it lost the Mandate of Heaven and gets replaced with a new dynasty.
Which writing system evolved from inscriptions on oracle bones?
Chinese writing system