Mesopotamia
This was the name of the writing system in Mesopotamia, usually engraved on stone tablets
What is cuneiform?
Egyptians settled near this major river that flows from south to north and empties into the Mediterranean sea.
What is the Nile?
What is the Indus and the Ganges?
The two major rivers of ancient China?
Yang He and the "Yellow" River
Name one environmental challenge faced by the Sumerians? (Mesopotamia)
unpredictable flooding, NO natural barriers for protection, Limited natural resources
These are the two rivers of the fertile crescent that allowed for good farming.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
What is Egyptian writing called?
What is a hieroglyphics?
Worlds tallest mountain ranges that isolated much of the Indus but was also a protective barrier from invaders.
What are the Himalaya mountains?
This refers to the rise, decline and fall of Chinese dynasties.
What is the dynastic cycle?
The process which a new idea or product spread from one culture to another
Cultural Diffusion
This was the name given to the temple in which the people worshiped. It was also used as a storage facility.
What is ziggurat?
They ruled as "gods" and to the people, many people believed they had a direct connection which allowed them to rule over Egypt.
What is a pharaoh?
Seasonal winds.
What are monsoons?
This was the belief the Chinese emperor where given the divine right to rule?
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
What civilization is known for hieroglyphics, papyrus, and pyramids?
Ancient Egypt
Code of laws in ancient Babylonia. Hint: "Eye for an Eye and a tooth or a tooth."
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
These were grand tombs built for some of the wealthiest pharaohs for the after life.
What is a pyramid?
These two architectural features made the Indus Valley advanced compared to other civilizations.
What is plumbing and sewer systems?
The name of the first family of Chinese rulers to leave written records.
What is the Shang dynasty.
2 things that all the early river valley civilizations have in common? ( There are 3 possible answers)
Flooding, forms of writing, live by rivers.
The ancient Mesopotamians where this, meaning, they believed in more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
Paper sheets made from reeds.
What is papyrus?
The two oldest city-states of the Indus.
What is Harrappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
What were oracle bones used for?
Asking for advice from the gods
The people in the region were able to water their crops by ...
Irrigation Systems
True or False? Mesopotamians invented the wheel.
What is true?
Egypt is surrounded by desert, what is a benefit of this?
What is protection?
These reasons possibly ended the Indus River Valley civilizations. (3)
Earthquakes, floods, invaders.
Yellow River
Name the civilization:
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States
Ancient Mesopotamia
Name five characteristics of a civilization?
What is cities, government, religion, writing system, and art?
The process of removing internal organs, dry out the body and wrap in linen.
What is mummification?
Why don't we know a lot about the Indus River Valley?
What is we can't figure out their writing?
A political system in which nobles or lords are granted the use of land that legally belongs to the king. In return, the nobles owe loyalty and military service to their king and protection to the people who live on their estates.
Feudalism
Name the civilization:
- Huang He (Yellow) River
- Calligraphy writing
- Paper and Silk
Ancient China